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Yup, LG may be working on a webOS-based smart watch. The Korean company said it will use the platform it acquired from HP on its smart TVs, but it looks like they are preparing to bring it to wearables, as well. Details are scarce at the moment and all we have is a teaser at…
WebOS, the bastard mobile operating system that seemingly no company can do good with has finally resurfaced again. While Palm nor HP could bring the OS into the limelight again, even with its simple and elegant UI, but early last year LG decided to take on the challenge and implement webOS into smart televisions. Well,…
When HP sold webOS to LG, it kept Palm’s mobile patent portfolio and webOS cloud services. Two companies agreed on a licensing deal instead, that would allow LG to make webOS-based products (TVs) while paying royalties to HP. The good news for HP is that it can still sell those patents to third parties, and…
There’s no secret that Google TV hasn’t been the biggest success since it launched almost three years ago. Arguably, LG has been the loyalist manufacturer when it comes to supporting the failed Google experiment. Now the Korean OEM could be developing another Google TV box on the low, as it just recently trademarked the name…
According to the Verge, HP announced today that it is issuing a mandatory update to save all webOS devices from dying a premature death. The untimely demise of webOS phones and the Touchpad tablet involves a root certificate that is slated to expire on July 23, 2013. When this certificate expires, all webOS devices will…
If you own the HP TouchPad you may’ve already installed Android on it as you can pretty much forget about getting new native apps anytime soon. Or, you may be resorting to dual-boot to run both Android and webOS. While that’s all cool, re-booting all the time is a pain in the neck, and we’re…
According to multiple reports, LG is poised to buy webOS from HP. Developed by Palm, webOS was well-regarded when it launched, but never gained traction against Android and iOS. The mobile operating system, along with the rest of Palm, was purchased by HP and promptly discarded when Leo Apotheker took over as CEO of HP.…
Savvy developers keep webOS live and have recently managed to cram it into the Nexus 7. As you’re about to see in a video, Google’s 7-inch tablet can handle this platform fairly well, though not all of the capabilities are working just yet. Still, you can connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot and browse the web…
Not everyone liked HP’s idea to effectively abandon webOS. Developer community embraced the company’s decision to open source the OS and group of enthusiast behind the Phoenix project is now doing something to resurrect one of the fanciest mobile platforms ever. For a start, they launched a mobile application that brings the whole OS along…
A graphic from Geekologie shows the evolution of handset design from the early brick phones that weighed two pounds to the current crop of stylish black slabs. The two most striking changes I see are touchscreens, which revolutionized how we interact with our phones, and internal antenna technology which let designers get rid of that…