By Brandon Russell |
An all-touch webOS smartphone has been uncovered from the Bermuda Triangle of mobile oblivion, but sadly it’ll never rest in your pocket. As bad as you want it to sit beside your collection of iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices, this webOS smartphone is a…
By Brandon Russell |
WebOS is no longer a neglected afterthought in the HP empire. The company confirmed on Monday that finally, after essentially leaving webOS to rot, LG has purchased the rights (not the entire portfolio) for the beloved OS, with intentions to implement the software into its…
By Killian Bell |
When Microsoft announced its new Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets, they were seen as a potentially damaging move to third-party PC makers, whose own Windows-powered tablets may not fare so well against first-party hardware. However, Hewlett-Packard’s Head of PC, Todd Bradley, isn’t worried about…
By Brandon Russell |
The fossil of webOS is being preserved and put on display by HP, with version 1.0 becoming final on Friday. The company set up a two minute demo video on a larger-screened TouchSmart all-in-one showing off HP’s achievement, saying that the Enyo 2 framework is…
By Todd Haselton |
We quote a lot of analysts around these parts. Sometimes it drives me nuts. But sometimes they’re dead on. Today is one of those times. Remember when HP purchased Palm and its awesome webOS operating system? Then failed to deliver products to the market on…
By Todd Haselton |
Oh HP, you really are a silly company to watch sometimes. If you remember, HP bought Palm and then famously killed all of its Pre devices running the webOS operating system. Now, HP says it has to get back into the smartphone game. CEO Meg…
By Brandon Russell |
There’s Android, Windows Phone, iOS and BlackBerry: The powerhouses of today and beyond. And somewhere in the graveyard of mobile operating systems is webOS, a mere shadow of its former self, but it’s there. On Friday, HP announced that its restoration efforts to keep webOS…
By Brandon Russell |
An internal memo circulating through HP suggests the company has created a new Mobility business unit that will focus on consumer tablets and other unannounced projects. The branch will reportedly be helmed by former Nokia MeeGo vet Alberto Torres beginning in September, with HP’s Todd…
By Brandon Russell |
In an attempt to break free of its webOS past, it was revealed on Wednesday that the platform is rebranding itself as an HP-funded offshoot. Dubbed Gram, the new venture will focus on “software, user experience, the cloud, engineering and partnering.” “Gram will leverage ‘the…
By Mark Hearn |
As of Monday, The New York Times discontinued support for its dedicated BlackBerry and webOS applications. The Palm Pre, and webOS in general, have pretty much gone the way of the do-do, and RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones have been struggling to hold a relevant position in today’s…
By Todd Haselton |
Well, look what we have here. HP officially “killed” webOS last summer and, while the company has come back to say that it will still work with webOS in some fashion, the mobile operating system is largely forgotten in the smartphone marketplace. Or, should we say…
By Brandon Russell |
HP’s Enyo team wants to set the record straight. Following a report from Friday that said key members were packing their bags for Google, a blog post from the company wants the world to know the majority of its team remains, development will continue and,…
By Todd Haselton |
HP keeps promising that it has plans for webOS but those plans are going to have to be pretty minimal at this point. The key members of the HP Enyo team who work on webOS’s HTML5 technology has packed up and left for Google, The Verge reported…
By Mark Hearn |
Just less than a year ago, the tech world was infected with an outbreak of TouchPad fever. HP’s floundering attempt to bring webOS into the tablet arena saw a brief resurrection after the company placed the slab on fire sale status, dropping its price to $99.…
By Brandon Russell |
Oracle, a company that specializes in enterprise software products — particularly database management systems — once considered entering the smartphone market to compete directly with Android. In fact, according to the company’s CEO, Larry Ellison, Oracle at one point contemplated the purchase of Research In…
By Todd Haselton |
HP on Tuesday announced that it was releasing additional developer tools for its Open webOS project. The company released a new mobile web browser called Isis, which is built on QtWebkit — a technology that was first open sourced by Nokia — and supports both…
By Brandon Russell |
After failing to find a buyer for Palm’s assets, HP begrudgingly announced that webOS would be an open affair. With the dust finally settled, HP CEO Meg Whitman saw fit to reveal details about her feelings towards webOS’ future, explaining how HP has a clear…
By Sean P. Aune |
Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO of Palm, has fulfilled his duties to HP and has made his way out the door. When Hewlett-Packard purchased Palm in 2010, they got Jon Rubinstein, the CEO of the company at the time, in the deal. His agreement with HP…
By Noah Kravitz |
The official open-sourcing of webOS began today with the release of Enyo 2.0 to developers. Along with today’s release, HP also detailed a nine-month roadmap culminating in the full release of Open webOS 1.0 this September. The full details are available on the HP webOS Developer Blog.…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R is back to tackle more questions and queries from Buffalo readers, viewers and fans! In this episode, Jon provides yet another “long winded” answer to a rather long winded question about BlackBerry, QNX, WebOS, Android, and almost everything in between. Jon also provides…
By Sean P. Aune |
It might be surprising to some, but even though HP has opted to put webOS out to the open source pasture, the company still plans to support the software, and to do that, someone has to be in charge of it. HP named HP Names…
By Killian Bell |
Despite announcing the death of its webOS hardware back in August, 2011, HP is still rolling out updates for its failed TouchPad tablet. The latest release, webOS version 3.0.5, introduces a number of new features and a list of tweaks that will undoubtedly be welcomed…
By Adriana Lee |
As 2011 ticks that last digit over, it’s natural to take a moment and reflect. It’s perhaps the only time when being a bit sentimental isn’t corny or cheesy, but expected, especially after a year that made us laugh, scream, cry or cheer. At various…
By Brandon Russell |
After dragging its feet for the better part of 2011, HP finally decided to make webOS an open affair rather than kill it off altogether. Newly released information is shedding light on what may have happened during this period of darkness, revealing HP to be…
