Engadget reports that LG has acquired webOS from HP. According to the report, LG intends to use webOS for its smart TV products.
Back in December 2011, HP the intention on making webOS an Open Source project.
webOS 3.0.5 for TouchPad.
HP to open source webOS.
HP announced that it will contribute webOS to the open source community. The next best thing for HP and a much better fate for webOS.
Will we see new webOS hardwares from other manufacturers? I certainly hope so. HP and open source community must improve webOS architecture
webOS 3.0.4
webOS 3.0.4 is now available.
For those who actually purchased HP TouchPad at a severely discounted price should find this update useful. The TouchPad feels zippier and now it would pair with non-webOS smartphone through Bluetooth.
Having fun with CyanogenMod on HP TouchPad.
On Thursday October 13th, 2011 I picked up the three HP TouchPads I purchased at a severely discounted price. On Friday, iPhone 4S went on sale and I was helping a few people with theirs. Saturday morning I decided to install CyanogenMod on the HP TouchPad. I didn’t actually work on it until late afternoon.
Now, I’m bookmarking the important pages that helped me the most in installing the CyanogenMod on HP TouchPad.
- [ALPHA] CyanogenMod 7 for the HP Touchpad :: V7.1.0 Alpha (13 Oct 2011) – Lower your expectations!
- [HP Touchpad CM7 Alpha][Guide] Android Market
Note to self:
You’re having too much fun.
So, My HP TouchPads finally arrived. Now what?
It only took 2 months for HP to deliver the TouchPads I purchased at a severely discounted price. UPS usually comes by the office in the afternoon; this time they showed up at 10:00 in the morning. Then I found out I was overbooked with lots of work and forgot that I had tickets to see Foo Fighters for tonight. I told my friends to find someones who could make use of the tickets.
Anyway, it’s a bit late and I finally got home. I took the HP TouchPads out of the shipping boxes.
I then asked myself: “Now what?”
How about the CyanogenMod for TouchPad? I heard the project is coming along. Well, I guess I’ll have to wait.
HP ships (my) TouchPad order.
I received an email from HP yesterday regarding my severely discounted TouchPad orders. This time the email includes three UPS tracking numbers and this means my order is shipping. Oddly HP is shipping each TouchPad separately.
Based on the tracking number, the TouchPad is currently in Indiana.
I hope this bears good news for those who are still waiting for their TouchPad, the severely discounted ones.
