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Phoenix hits Kickstarter goal to bring Android apps to HP TouchPad

By Shane McGlaun
on 13 May, 2013

I think most of the people who follow the mobile realm when HP purchased Palm to get webOS wondered exactly what HP was thinking. The operating system already failed to lure in developers and buyers for Palm. HP apparently felt that its name or position was all it needed to get webOS to become a popular and viable alternative to Android and other smartphone operating systems.

HP sells WebOS to LG, only it won’t be for smartphones

By Cory Gunther
on 25 Feb, 2013

Today we've just learned a lot about HP's upcoming plans. They've completely ditched WebOS on all fronts and look to be headed down the green street we call Android. This weekend they announced their first Android-powered device, the HP Slate 7, and now it has been confirmed that HP just sold WebOS to LG Electronics. There's a few small important details regarding the deal, so read on for more information.

Google’s Nexus 7 gets a taste of webOS

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Dec, 2012

Ever since HP killed off webOS only to later make the project open source, we've been seeing it slowly show up for a few of our favorite Android devices. It was ported to the Galaxy Nexus, as well as the NOOK, but today the popular Nexus 7 tablet is getting a taste of webOS -- even if it isn't too functional. Check it out below.

webOS coming back as an Android app

By Dave LeClair
on 28 Nov, 2012

webOS keeps popping up again in one form or another. Whether it's a Nook color getting webOS successfully booted on it, or some other kind of announcement about the defunct mobile OS, there's always something. Well this time, webOS is actually coming back as an Android application. Weird, but true.

First generation Nook Color successfully booted with Open webOS

By Dave LeClair
on 16 Oct, 2012

Open webOS, the open source tablet OS, has been successful booted onto a Nook Color, which normally runs Android. Ping-Hsun Chen of Taiwan managed to get webOS up and running on a Barnes and Noble Nook Color recently. This is a great first step for users looking to mod their old first generation Nook Colors, but it's just that, a first step.

Open webOS Galaxy Nexus port adds gesture area

By Eric Abent
on 10 Oct, 2012

Slowly but surely, the Open webOS port to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is beginning to get fleshed out a bit. It wasn't too long ago that Open webOS was first ported to the Galaxy Nexus, and today we're seeing the addition of a new gesture area. In other words, things are moving along pretty quickly.

Source code for Open webOS Galaxy Nexus port goes public

By Eric Abent
on 4 Oct, 2012

When it comes to Open webOS on Android, things seem to progressing rather quickly. Open webOS isn't even a week old yet, but within a few hours after HP released it, it was already booting on the Galaxy Nexus. Just a couple of days later we saw it booting on the Transformer Prime, and today, the source code for the Galaxy Nexus port has been posted online, so the open source community can officially go nuts.

Open webOS 1.0 ported to Transformer Prime

By Eric Abent
on 1 Oct, 2012

One hacker has been working hard over the weekend, getting the brand new Open webOS 1.0 running on the Transformer Prime. This weekend, open webOS developer Steven Troughton-Smith - who got the open webOS OpenEmbedded beta running on the same device, remember - managed to get Open webOS 1.0 to boot on the Prime. Even more impressive? Open webOS 1.0 was only released on Friday.

Core WebOS developers defect to Google

By Michael Crider
on 25 May, 2012

It's not a popular fact among the Android faithful, but Ice Cream Sandwich has a lot of the same design DNA as HP's (and formerly Palm's) WebOS, thanks to designer Matias Duarte. Now Google is getting a fresh batch of concerts from the WebOS team. The Enyo developer team helped create the HTML5 framework for the HP TouchPad, and The Verge has announced that they're making their way to Google soon.

WebOS app favorite Glimpse coming to Android

By Michael Crider
on 26 Jan, 2012

As anyone who's actually used it will tell you, the death of Palm/HP's WebOS really is a shame. The little operating system that couldn't had a lot of great ideas (more than a few of which made their way into Ice Cream Sandwich) but low sales and almost nonexistent app support doomed the platform. That isn't to say there were no good apps, and one of the best is coming to Android in the future: the multi-faceted, multi-talented Glimpse. The HP TouchPad app does more multitasking in a single window than certain iDevices can manage all day.