Webos

News

Jon Rubinstein Is Leaving HP

11:55PM January 27, 2012 | Casey Chan

Jon Rubinstein, the former Apple exec, godfather of webOS and CEO of Palm, has left HP, reports AllThingsD. The move isn’t too surprising as the writing has been on the wall since he left HP’s Palm unit last summer to move to a lesser role at HP’s Personal Systems Group. More »


Computing

Open WebOS 1.0 Coming In September

3:00AM January 26, 2012 | Adrian Covert

When HP kinda, sorta killed webOS as a money making endeavour, they promised to keep it alive as an open source project, but offered little in the way of concrete details. According to The Verge they’ve partially pulled back the curtain, revealing that Open webOS 1.0 should arrive in September. More »


Mobile

HP Insiders Claim WebOS Was Doomed From The Start

1:10AM January 3, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

We’re all well aware of the commercial problems that HP has endured with WebOS. But now, according to the New York Times, insiders have admitted that the software was doomed from the get-go. More »


Computing

Where Does WebOS Go From Here?

5:00PM December 10, 2011 | Adrian Covert

WebOS still has a pulse! The mobile OS seemingly doomed to a cold eternity in a digital graveyard has been granted an open source reprieve. Great! Only question is, what comes next? More »


News

WebOS Lives!

5:42AM December 10, 2011 | Brian Barrett

In the most dramatic stay of execution since Robin Hood shot an arrow through Little John’s noose, HP has decided that WebOS will live on as open source. And there was much merriment and back-slappery throughout the land! Also: good work, HP. More »


News

The Absolute Saddest Business Card In The World

4:20PM December 9, 2011 | Sam Biddle

John Kneeland does not have an easy job at the moment. John Kneeland is probably nervous about his career every morning. John Kneeland is probably worried about the future right now. John Kneeland works in HP’s maybe-dead WebOS division. More »


News

WebOS Stalling And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

5:30AM December 1, 2011 | Brian Barrett

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. More »


News

HP’s Printer Obsession Is The Reason Why It Hasn’t Sold WebOS Yet

5:31AM November 23, 2011 | Adrian Covert

HP is all but done with webOS, rumoured to be in talks with potential buyers. However, a sale hasn’t happened yet because it’s still deluding itself into thinking people care about seeing a linux-based mobile OS on a printer. More »


Software

Just Let WebOS Die Already

10:57AM November 22, 2011 | Brian Barrett

HP’s earnings were brutal this past quarter, sure. In response, new CEO Meg Whitman’s clarion call to investors, repeated over and over again? We need to be more clear. We need to let you know what’s going on. More »


Software

HP Blew $US3.3b On WebOS

9:05AM November 22, 2011 | Sam Biddle

HP will tell the investors just how rocky its waters are later tonight, but for now, enjoy this gem: the company lost $US3.3 billion solely through buying and squandering webOS. More »