In a surprise move, HP has announced that it will give WebOS to the open source community while continuing to support and develop the platform. HP believes that the combination of the superb WebOS platform combined with open source innovation and corporate support from HP, will foster innovation, creating a compelling user experience. “WebOS is the only platform designed from
Another week with no news from HP, another investigation by the WebOS Internals crew. This time they've directed their attention at HP's App Catalog for WebOS to reveal everything you ever wanted to know...and probably some stuff you didn't really care about. - There are 8399 unique apps. - There are 3514 apps that work on all WebOS devices. -
HP has still hasn't decided what to do with WebOS but appears to be taking the decision seriously. At an all-employee meeting last night with the WebOS team in Sunnyvale, new CEO Meg Whitman, reportedly said, "It's really important to me to make the right decision, not the fast decision," and "If HP decides to do this,we're going to do it
Over the weekend, an amazing piece of detective work by the WebOS Internals team and some crowd-sourcing via Twitter has revealed that there approximately 4.2 million WebOS users, give or take. Every WebOS phone or tablet user has to create a profile in order to use their device. Each profile has a unique identifier, a number that appears to simply
The rumours continue to swirl around HP and WebOS but AppleInsider is claiming that the fate of WebOS could be decided today (11th October). Reports suggest that the initial bidding process is complete and that an annoucement may be made after a meeting today to confirm the next step in the sale process. There's been much speculation as to who the