spotmeterf64 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I am a big webOS fan. I think it's the best mobile platform available, and the Palm Pre 2 is still one of the best smartphones out there. The Pre 3 is even better, but was never officially available. Now that webOS is open source, what do you think will happen to it? Will we see features like cards folded into other OS's like Android? Will we see a new webOS phone once Open webOS is mature? I think OEMs may pick up webOS as the platform matures. but more likely it will die on the vine. What do you think? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I haven't seen any movement yet on webos since declaring it open source. I think I'm skeptical it will get legs under it. Robert via CM9 Kindle Fire using Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I think it would take a lot to get it back up and moving. With Android also open source, and having the market share, mature development community for apps and games, google play media offerings, etc. it is really going out on a limb for any OEM to even attempt a webOS phone. Also, with the OS being all but dead for this long, I can't imagine that it would even be competitive anymore without major work and upgrades. iOS and Android are constantly evolving and tweaking and adding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioc21 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I'm pretty sure webos is dead. Let it go. When you have HP's CEO calling the WebOS purchase a "detour" you know it's over. It'll be an OS people wistfully remember as being great and never getting a fair shot. Which it really didn't. But, it seems like a lot of the ideas that webOS had that made it interesting are finding their ways into the other major OSes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnygATL Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I'm pretty sure webos is dead. Let it go. When you have HP's CEO calling the WebOS purchase a "detour" you know it's over. It'll be an OS people wistfully remember as being great and never getting a fair shot. Which it really didn't. But, it seems like a lot of the ideas that webOS had that made it interesting are finding their ways into the other major OSes. I think you hit the nail squarely on the head with that response. Enough said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 It has a cult following. Like movies that most people didn't care for, but a small group thinks they were great and doesn't understand why it bombed in the box office. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 It has a cult following. Like movies that most people didn't care for, but a small group thinks they were great and doesn't understand why it bombed in the box office. LOL I remember Beta lasting in the corner of the video store for years too. Those crazy cults. Robert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotmeterf64 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 If I can get a useful multitasking metaphor on an OS like Cards, I'll be happy. To me cards and a physical keyboard made me love my Pre. I am looking at BB 10 but I doubt it will ever be released. RIM is running on fumes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koiulpoi Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 http://www.xda-developers.com/android/open-webos-galaxy-nexus-port-source-code-now-available/ Ported to the Galaxy Nexus~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47seijar Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 WebOS might have had a chance before WP8, but now it looks like Microsoft and RIM will duke it out for #3 behind iOS and Android. That leaves little room for WebOS to push back into the game and be relevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kckid Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 LG buys WebOS from HP. " LG has acquired the webOS source code along with ”related documentation, engineering talent, and related webOS websites” from HP. The vendor reportedly only has plans to use the operating system on smart TVs, but as we’ve learned numerous times in the past, nothing is set in stone when it comes to webOS. http://bgr.com/2013/...tion-hp-343175/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffDTD Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Agree, its dead. But the wrecklessness shown by HP when they purchased Palm disgusts me. There were aspects of Palm that had a chance at a future if married to the right company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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