webos

Even before HP (HPQ) bought Palm, webOS was a fine operating system, but it failed to draw a critical mass of developers.

It seems that nobody was interested in buying it, or HP did not find someone willing to pay as much as they asked for.

"I think you'll see us with a family of slate products, clearly Microsoft for the enterprise, and a webOS product, " Bradley said.

Log in to your Synergy account and you'll be able to see your data on any webOS device.

Despite announcing an end to manufacturing webOS hardware, we have decided to produce one last run of TouchPads to meet unfulfilled demand.

WebOS, with its intuitive gestures and card-stacking organizational system, seems perfectly suited to a tablet.

H-P stresses that webOS is a platform and that the TouchPad is just one iteration of it.

But they were still one of the most credible threats to Apple's mobile user interface dominance.

HP says it has an advantage there -- many applications written for the Web need be rejiggered only slightly to work on WebOS.

When Palm first unveiled webOS in 2009, the new platform was supposed to be the next mobile messiah.

Still unclear on this end is whether Android will replace WebOS or be a dual-boot option as in the Ubuntu solution.

Then, something amazing happened: a sudden wave of interest in webOS as had never before been manifested.

Last month, Rubinstein switched roles, to be an executive at HP instead of the guy in charge of webOS.

Developers are holding out for Feb. 9, when HP is hosting a huge webOS announcement at its San Francisco offices.

Apps for the webOS platform are written primarily in JavaScript and HTML, programming languages used by developers to code for the web.

No discussion of the future of the desktop would be complete without delving into the topic of the WebOS.

At a CES presentation today, Palm announced its next-generation smart phone platform, called webOS.

And on the desktop side of things, they're working on webOS-syncing software that will run on Windows (and Macs), we hear.

Also a lot of the so-called WebOS startups offer online storage as a key part of their package.

A rumour on TechCrunch. com suggests that Palm has a second webOS handset in development for release this year.

As we recently reported, HP has decided to ditch its phones and tablets using the webOS operating system.

HP may also license webOS to other hardware manufacturers, HP CEO Leo Apotheker said here on Wednesday.

Pushing the "Topaz" may be the best way HP can expand its platform.

Bradley said several times HP will "invest heavily" in WebOS, and use it on slate PCs, Netbooks, and phones.

Unlike iOS, Apple Inc. 's mobile operating system, webOS handles Adobe Flash with ease.

Hewlett-Packard Co. is expected Wednesday to show off a tablet that runs the WebOS operating system it acquired along with Palm.

Unlike the TouchPad, which ran the WebOS software that H-P acquired from Palm, its Slate tablets run Microsoft's Windows 7 software.

Many of the same criticisms that apply to plug-ins apply to "webOSes" which try to mimic a desktop environment on the Web.

In 2011, HP hopes to use its ample money and talent to revive webOS with new phones and tablets to challenge Apple and Android.

Other data, such as photos and calendar entries, will be synchronized between webOS devices with an online system called Synergy.

HP will continue to explore options to optimize the value of webOS software going forward.

The Palm Pre runs a relatively new operating system called WebOS.

One thing is clear though: HP is throwing its full weight behind webOS.

Later this year, we'll apparently see webOS on desktop PCs and laptops.

HP executive Jon Rubinstein (the CEO of Palm) also confirmed at the same event today that webOS 2. 0 is coming later this year.

Not to mention that webOS is originaly web based only.

The Pre 3, a more normal-sized webOS smartphone, is also due out this summer.

Maybe not this year, maybe not this CES, but by 2013 we'll be writing WebOS' obituary.

Symbian and webOS require that apps be single page and we think its a good paradigm too.

WebOS did a good job of building a mobile experience based on web technologies.

To get traction from third party developers with WebOS HP will need to sell a lot of units.

The downside is that WebOS is not widely used in phones and so hasn't received the same kind of support from app developers.

Starting in 2012, webOS will be shipping on all of them (in addition to smartphones and tablets).

WebOS' time has passed and we're just watching the funeral.

Along with Palm and webOS, HP got Palm's 1, 500 patents last year, as they emphasized to us at the time of the sale .

The biggest difference between HP and Chinese companies is that we are selling an ecosystem based on our WebOS rather than hardware.

HP's WebOS is a distant fifth.

HP spent $1. 2bn buying Palm, whose WebOS software powers the TouchPad, in April 2010.

To remind you of what a WebOS is, it is basically a virtual desktop on the web and has various built-in applications.

100 million devices running webOS, many of which will connect to HP's infrastructure.

I'm itching to learn details about HP's WebOS device.

Remember that promising webOS software H-P bought in a $1. 2 billion acquisition of Palm last year?