Palm Pre, HP TouchPad, webOS News, Blog, and Accessories

Remember when Steve Jobs famously rebuffed Palm's patents as not worth much? It seems Apple has had a change of heart as it has paid $10 million to acquire Palm patents. Then again, what is $10 million to a company with $147 billion in cash? Not much. Apple has licensed the patents from Japan's Access, Co. Access purchased PalmSource in 2005 a...read more

Looking for a HP Touchpad? They are still out there
News - March 13, 2013

If you missed out on the fire sale at Best Buy when HP sold out of its last Touchpads, and have been kicking yourself ever since, don't worry. You can still find a HP Touchpad out there if you're willing to take a chance. Several retailers still offer HP Touchpads, although they can get pricey. A quick Google Shopping search comes up with seve...read more

Will a webOS TV be better than Google TV or Apple TV?
News - March 12, 2013

LG's intent of using webOS on smart TVs means a new platform will hopefully emerge in the TV space. Will they be successful when other companies were not? I hope so. Google TV had a lot of promise, but didn't go very far. Even though millions of users around the world love their Android phones, for some reason using Android on a TV isn't in h...read more

webOS mobile hardware petition started
News - March 04, 2013

LG just purchased webOS from HP but they supposedly intend to use the OS in smart TVs. The webOS community seems to want mobile hardware however. We'd like to see smartphones and tablets running webOS. One user has decided to start a petition at change.org in hopes of convincing LG to move forward with a mobile device. The petition is entitled...read more

Wordpress for webOS looks great
News - March 01, 2013

webOS is still the best mobile OS from a UI standpoint and I'm glad to see some people still supporting it. Most of us have Wordpress blogs these days, and Wordpress for webOS is an elegant way to manage your blog. Based around sliding panels, Wordpress for webOS lets you manage your self hosted, or WP hosted blog. WordPress for webOS uses the...read more

Will LG breathe new life into webOS or will this be another disappointment?
News - March 01, 2013

webOS has had a long history in its short life. After all, wasn't just a few years ago in 2009 when we saw webOS for the first time? Palm was resurrected and introduced webOS only to later get in financial trouble. They were purchased by HP who promised to double down on webOS. Unfortunately that didn't happen, and HP dumped webOS on the open s...read more

Can webOS be saved? TechCrunch says no
News - February 25, 2013

webOS has found another home today. HP has agreed to sell the last remaining parts of webOS and its team to LG. webOS will apparently be used in LG's smart TVs. So is this good news or bad news for webOS? Well if you're an engineer on the webOS team, then I suppose it's good news. TechCrunch has a different take however. John Biggs over at Te...read more

HP sells webOS properties to LG
News - February 25, 2013

webOS has been left for dead and given to the open source community, but it's not over until it's over. HP has apparently struck a deal with LG to sell all the remaining pieces of Palm's webOS. That means the code, the engineering talent, and more will head over to LG. Apparently, LG will use the software in its smart TVs. No financial detai...read more

What was up with that BlackBerry Super Bowl commercial?
News - February 03, 2013

If you watched the Super Bowl you probably saw the strange BlackBerry commercial. Although I didn't know what to expect, what I saw was a bit strange. It turns out BlackBerry did that by design. CNET talked to BlackBerry Chief Marketing Officer Frank Boulben who said the commercial was purposely done that way. We wanted to do something that bre...read more

Open webOS runs as an Android app
News - December 04, 2012

webOS fans out there can take solace in the fact that webOS is not dead, yet. webOS has a new lease on life because it can now be run as an Android app. We've seen it running on Android phones before, but not as an app. The good folks at Phoenix International Communications (PIC) have managed to build a functional version of Open webOS as an And...read more

webOS running on a Galaxy Nexus
News - October 24, 2012

webOS is now open source and that means that anyone can work on it. The team at WebOS Ports has been working on porting webOS to the Galaxy Nexus and their alpha version is now out. WebOSNation has taken it for a spin and you can see how it runs in the video. It's pretty smooth, but they still have some work to do as some things still hang a bit...read more

Open webOS ported to Galaxy Nexus
News - October 05, 2012

Until recently we hadn't heard much about webOS. HP decided to dump its plans for webOS smartphones and tablets and instead moved webOS to the open source community. Now called Open webOS, the best mobile OS in the world is being ported to various devices. This time, the Galaxy Nexus gets the webOS treatment. Completing the install on a Galax...read more

HP CEO says no new smartphones in 2013
News - October 04, 2012

HP CEO Meg Whitman has confirmed that HP will not release a new smartphone in 2013. She has previously stated that HP will have to enter the smartphone market again at some point, but apparently not in the next year. She mad the announcement during a meeting with analysts. “We don’t have any plans to introduce a smartphone in 2013, but we’ve g...read more

HP plans to cut more jobs than expected
News - September 10, 2012

HP announced plans earlier this year to cut 27,000 jobs from its global workforce. Now a new SEC filing released today indicates the number will actually be 29,000. The cuts will supposedly save the company over $3 billion. In the filing the company said it had already cut about 3800 jobs. The cuts will continue through next year into 2014. Ev...read more