webOS News

Jon Rubinstein leaves HP
The former CEO of Palm and the father of webOS, Jon Rubinstein, has left HP. AllThingsD reported Mr. Rubinstein's tenure at HP is over, effective today. Mr. Rubinstein agreed to a 12-24 month tenure ...

Open webOS 1.0 arriving in September
HP announced today that they will complete the full open-source transition by September. The name of the OS will be Open webOS 1.0 when the transition is complete. Developers inside and outside of HP...

OTA update for webOS released by HP
Even though webOS is effectively dead as a competitive mobile OS, HP is apparently still working on it. HP released an over the air update to webOS. The update takes TouchPads to version 3.0.5, and ...

HP tried to sell Palm assets for $1.2 billion but there were no takers
HP bought Palm for $1.2 billion back in 2010, only to look to dump it in 2011. VentureBeat is now reporting that HP sought to get back its $1.2 billion investment in webOS and the other Palm assets, ...

HP wimps out, makes webOS open source
After a long review process, HP has decided to make webOS open source. They company says they will remain actively involved in its development, but it doesn't appear that they will be making hardware...

HP still unsure about the future of webOS
HP CEO Meg Whitman held an all hands meeting yesterday to figure out what to do with webOS. Should HP keep the OS? Should they sell it? We thought we would get an answer last night, but apparently ...

HP to finally kill off webOS?
HP announced this week that they would reverse course and hold on to their PC division rather than sell it. The company remained curiously silent on the webOS division however. Insiders are now tell...

HP pushes OTA update for the TouchPad
HP has pushed out an OTA update for the TouchPad. The update brings webOS up to version 3.0.4. The update includes a new camera app, as well as the ability to pair the TouchPad to non-WebOS smartpho...

Get Android running on the HP TouchPad now
Check out this video of Android running on the TouchPad. It's sluggish for sure, but it is running in a card like any other app. It looks like some kind of emulator which is not ideal, but it is a s...

Amazon may acquire webOS from HP
Venture Beat has an interesting article out today about Amazon possibly acquiring what's left of Palm / webOS from HP. VB says they have a source that says Amazon may be the likely candidate to pick ...

HP dumps CEO as Meg Whitman takes over
HP has officially dumped CEO Leo Apotheker and asked Meg Whitman to take over. Whitman was on the Board of Directors, but will not be President and CEO. Whitman has a fantastic record of success as C...