After the failure of the HP TouchPad tablet and Pre and Veer smartphones, HP discontinued all of its webOS hardware last year. But the company didn’t kill off the operating system. Instead, HP has started to convert webOS into an open source project, and Open webOS is due out later this year. Then what? It’s […]

Phoenix Devices hopes to keep webOS alive, port it to existing hardware is a post from: mobiputing

HP has announced plans to release webOS as an open source project soon, but while the source code isn’t available yet some folks have already started working to port webOS to run on hardware originally designed to run designed for different operating systems. WebOS-Internals member Ryan Hope posted a few pictures today of an HTC […]

webOS goes open source soon, hacker already porting it to Android hardware is a post from: mobiputing

HP may have canceled the Pre 2 smartphone, but the company is still rolling out software updates… for now. This week HP released webOS 2.2.5 for some Pre 2 handsets, adding new features including: Support for Skype voice calls and instant messages Ability to share text messages and calls with an HP TouchPad over Bluetooth […]

HP releases webOS 2.2.4, brings Skype to more phones is a post from: mobiputing

Have you ever wondered how many webOS devices Palm and HP sold before unceremoniously cancelling the latest webOS phones and tablets this summer? About 4.2 million. The folks at webOS Internals have put together an estimate of the number of webOS devices activated over time, and since 2009 it looks like that’s about how many […]

About 4.2 million people have registered webOS devices… ever is a post from: mobiputing

The future of HP’s webOS operating system remains uncertain. While the company canceled all current webOS smartphones and tablets this summer, HP has continued to push out software updates for the million or so HP TouchPads that had been sold. But it looks like the company won’t be offering any updates for the Palm Pre3 […]

HP is done updating webOS for the Palm Pre3 is a post from: mobiputing

Officially HP hasn’t yet decided whether to kill off its webOS division. Unofficially, The Guardian reports it’s probably going to happen. During a conference call discussing the decision not to spin off HP’s PC business as a separate company, HP executives yesterday said that a decision on webOS would be made in the coming months. But […]

Guardian: HP will probably kill off webOS soon is a post from: mobiputing

HP is killing off its webOS hardware division, which means pretty soon there will be no more HP TouchPad, Pre or Veer devices. But the company still has high hopes fro the webOS software. HP may still install webOS on future PCs, printers, and other devices, and the company has been seeking a partner willing […]

Samsung won’t be buying webOS from HP is a post from: mobiputing

Following HP’s announcement that it would discontinue all webOS hardware including smartphones and tablets, Microsoft’s Brandon Walsh reached out to webOS developers, promising free phones and other tools if they were interested in developing for Windows Phone 7. So far he’s received over 200 replies. For its part, HP is trying to convince webOS developers […]

Microsoft courts webOS developers while HP tries to hang onto them is a post from: mobiputing

HP announced today that the company would discontinue its webOS hardware products in the fourth quarter of 2011. That means we can say goodbye to the HP TouchPad tablet and the HP Pre, Veer, and other webOS phones. But the company isn’t killing webOS software… at least not yet. During a conference call with reporters […]

HP: webOS isn’t quite dead yet… we’re just not sure what to do with it is a post from: mobiputing

About a year and a half ago Hewlett Packard bought Palm for $1.2 billion. The company had big plans for the webOS operating system, and planned to launch phones, tablets, and other products… even printers. Today those plans are largely coming to an end. HP has announced it will discontinue webOS devices including phones and […]

It’s the end of webOS as we know it: HP kills the TouchPad, Pre, Veer is a post from: mobiputing

  App store GetJar has announced that it’s garnered over 2 billion total downloads. GetJar sports a large catalog of free applications for pretty much every smartphone platform except iOS, including BlackBerry, webOS, Android, Symbian, and even HTML5 web apps. GetJar offers more than 150,000 apps in total, and the company has managed to score a few […]

GetJar free app store surpasses 2 billion total downloads is a post from: mobiputing

One of the biggest complaints early reviewers have had about the HP TouchPad tablet is the lack of high quality apps available for webOS 3.0. In fact, some of the apps HP had promised would be available at launch didn’t make the cut when the tablet started shipping earlier this month. Take the Amazon Kindle […]

Amazon Kindle app now available for the HP TouchPad is a post from: mobiputing

HP has launched a public beta of HP Play — a new application designed to let you synchronize your media between a PC or Mac and an HP TouchPad tablet or webOS phone. The software is based on the open source Songbird media player and right now it only lets you sync your music over […]

HP Play beta syncs music between your PC and webOS phone or tablet is a post from: mobiputing

Popular blogging service WordPress has been offering mobile apps for writing posts, editing comments, and generally managing your blog for a few years. But the company’s iOS and Android apps have never been as easy to use as the web-based WordPress admin panel. Among other things, the mobile apps lack a WYSIWYG (What you see […]

WordPress finally launches a full-featured mobile blogging app — for webOS is a post from: mobiputing

HP contends that one of the strengths of the webOS platform is that the company controls both the hardware and the software, allowing HP to tightly control the user experience of the TouchPad tablet and webOS phones, much the way Apple does with its iOS devices. But that doesn’t mean HP isn’t willing to license […]

HP in talks to license webOS for competitors’ phones, tablets is a post from: mobiputing

HP has started accepting webOS 3.0 apps designed for the upcoming HP TouchPad tablet. The company released an SDK (software developer kit) for the operating system in February, but now developers can submit apps for including in the webOS App Catalog which will allow TouchPad users to find and download apps using the on-device app […]

HP opens the door to webOS 3.0 app submissions, in-app purchases is a post from: mobiputing

HP may have acquired Palm just to get its hands on the webOS operating system (does a company have hands?), but HP CEO Leo Apotheker says the company isn’t ruling out the possibility of sharing webOS with other device makers. When asked whether HP would license webOS for use on phones or other devices from […]

HP is willing to let other companies license webOS is a post from: mobiputing

Mojo app support appears in HP TouchPad Emulator Beta 5 is a post from: mobiputing

Twitter has announced that starting by the end of this month third party apps will have to ask you for permission before they can access your Twitter direct messages. The move will certainly give users a little more control over the data shared with third parties, and it’s always good to be reminded that data […]

Third party Twitter apps will have to ask permission before showing “direct messages” is a post from: mobiputing

Slacker‘s premium mobile music service is now offering on-demand mobile music streaming for $10 per month. Slacker’s free music service generates a station for you based on a song or artist and finds more songs based on what you like and what you don’t. The free version was restricted featured ads and a limited number of […]

Slacker now offering on-demand streaming music is a post from: mobiputing