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webOS, also known as LG webOS and previously known as Open webOS, HP webOS and Palm webOS, [2] is a Linux kernel-based multitasking operating system for smart devices, such as smart TVs, that has also been used as a mobile operating system.
On 15 August 2012, it was revealed that HP had re-organized the remaining WebOS team as a unit known as "Gram", made up of the remaining components of Palm. [33] In February 2013, HP announced that it had sold the WebOS team, along with a license to the WebOS source code, documentation, and underlying patents, to LG Electronics. LG planned to ...
The HP TouchPad is a touchscreen tablet that runs HP webOS. It has several notable features. The TouchPad uses card multitasking found in Palm Pre phones. [31] The integrated webcam on the front of the HP TouchPad enables video conferencing.
The sale comes just months after the announcement that HP sold Palm's operating system, WebOS to LG, and more than a year after HP put the failed TouchPad tablet to rest. HP's relationship with ...
Hewlett-Packard (NYS: HPQ) plans to keep the webOS platform it acquired from Palm but will also make the operating system open source, allowing developers and others to modify and expand on the ...
And just like that, Palm's baby was abandoned. Among the "other announcements" in today's press release about the potential spinoff of its entire Personal Systems group (PCs, mobile devices ...
It was initially developed by Palm, which was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard, and then LG Electronics. Palm launched WebOS in January 2009. Various versions of WebOS have been featured on several devices, including Pre, Pixi, and Veer phones and the HP TouchPad tablet. The latest version, 3.0.5, was released on 12 January 2012.
Korea's LG Electronics has acquired the webOS operating system technology from Hewlett-Packard , both companies announced in a joint press release today. The OS was designed for the Palm line of ...