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HP announced Friday, the company will retain the webOS business, will also continue to adhere to the webOS platform open source route.
HP said in a statement, webOS is available through the open source protocol, which means that software developers, hardware manufacturers may modify, launched its own version of webOS market.

By webOS platform combined with the open-source community development capabilities, HP wants improved measurement of next generation equipment applications and Web services. HP CEO Whitman said: “do not sell, nor does it authorize third party vendors using. “The fires but by open source webOS alive.

HP believes that adopted open source webOS allows developers to customize the system, open source’s goal is to accelerate the development of platforms. HP will also participate in the open source community, both involved in the investment, will manage, prevent splitting. WebOS is completely open source.

Whitman also said: “the webOS platform is fully mobile, cloud needs, scalable design, HP will stimulate open source community creativity through innovation, promoting the development of next-generation applications and products. ”

In August, has been considering the future of webOS HP, then announced it had stopped developing webOS hardware, including the Palm Pre phone and TouchPad tablet. When launched in 2009, webOS was innovative and highly acclaimed, but whether it is Palm or HP, taking advantage of its access to mobile devices on the market share of difficulties.

Fiscal year 2011, webOS to be dragged down profits. A year by the end of October, HP webOS devices have stopped manufacturing cost of $ 1.64 billion.

Here is HP’s webOS open source project development plan:

1, the open source project’s goal is to accelerate the development of webOS open.

2, h-p’s active participation in the projects and investments.

3, the project needs a good, transparent, comprehensive management, so as to avoid the phenomenon of fragmentation.

4, software is a pure open source project.

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News source: weiphone
As we all know, HP decides to open the source code of Web OS came out in recent days, and 12 months will no longer be producing any corresponding hardware (including smartphones). This has brought us to a question: who has used WebOS, go from here? According to foreign media reports, the results a little more market share of the Smartphone market: 40% moving to Android,29% migration to iOS (iPhone), 26% will become a user of Windows Phone, consumer choice of only about 5% a BlackBerry (this online survey of more than 3,000 of the total number).

According to rumors, there are about 4 million users of WebOS, where 1 million people enter the world of Windows Phone, there will be a certain threat to other OS.

Also revealed in the WebOS users, Windows Phone 7 is the third largest system platform, BlackBerry has largely neglected.

Our readers, if you happens to be one of the 4 million people, you will choose what platform?

Network Edition of the New York Times article today saying, number before the Palm staff pointed out that the WebOS software to the open source browser rendering engine WebKit as the basis of the decision was wrong, goes beyond the era, which makes WebOS is destined not to be successful. Following is the text of the article: HP TouchPad tablet was one of 2011 ‘s most closely watched consumer electronics, but rapidly becoming the worst products of the year. TouchPad was widely considered to be an Apple iPad competitor, but sold only seven weeks in the market by the time was HP for weak sales, “shoot”.

TouchPad decaying analysts listed a number of factors, but some of the people involved in developing core TouchPad software pointed out that the TouchPad there is little likelihood of success.

TouchPad running WebOS operating system, with many of the same browser technology. According to the plan of the development team, WebOS will be more flexible and more open than Apple iOS software, more beautiful than Google’s Android. HP 2010 spent $ 1.2 billion acquisition of Palm, WebOS in the TouchPad and other products.

Facts have proved that WebOS is bad. Several former employee was involved in the development of Palm WebOS and Hewlett-Packard, WebOS from the very beginning there was no hope, because its development there is a very large defect. Senior Software Manager Paul may match before Palm (Paul Mercer), “said Palm trying to leverage Web technology development practices beyond the era of mobile phone software platform, we are unable to complete this ambitious and groundbreaking design. Since the technology was not yet mature, this design could not be achieved. “Mesae was responsible for WebOS interface design work.

WebOS has shown that the fate of other companies in the field of mobile operating systems difficult to challenge Apple and Google. Both companies occupies a dominant market share, and thousands of developers favor. Many companies choose a smart phone and a tablet with Android, but making them too closely with Google, it is difficult to do many Android product “stand out”. By owns WebOS, HP can control both software and hardware, a more direct relationship with the customer.

Palm sold the company’s “message” is that WebOS is based on common Web technologies, developing software for it easier and more attractive to developers.

Said before Palm, Palm WebOS Pre smart phone development software, WebOS poses a problem. Mesae took part in the Apple key product design, later moved to Palm.

After internal discussions, Palm decided to make WebKit as the basis for WebOS. Mesae says, this is wrong, because the application cannot be run more quickly reached a level corresponding to the iPhone. But an anonymized before WebOS application development team member said that WebOS’s core problem is that Palm does not turn it into a platform to external developers are attractive, Palm lacked proper leadership or engineers to finish the work.

The former members of the WebOS application development team said, from concept to completion of development, WebOS took about 9 months, and Palm was “taking shortcuts”. Typically, projects like WebOS, developers typically first develop some modules is available for reuse. However, when developing a WebOS, Palm employees from scratch to design for each application. They designed a part of common modules, Palm and HP module design was modified several times, forcing the WebOS developers repeat learning programming.

Another issue is the recruitment of Palm. Mesae said, in 2009, to recruiting is difficult to truly understand the WebKit developers, most of Apple and Google has recruited top talent.

Some employees on any company before the Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein (Jon Rubinstein) dissatisfaction, saying he did not decide on a correct direction for WebOS. Palm former employee said, Rubinstein has a hardware background, lack of understanding on the development of powerful mobile operating system, should be accountable to the WebKit-dependent decision. Rubinstein was still working in HP.

Pre smart phone June 2009 went on sale, get rave reviews have praised, called design can be comparable to the iPhone, smartphones. Mobile operator Sprint said, Pre sales best ever was the company’s smartphones.

Has been responsible for developing the first Palm application employee said, but customers immediately, Pre too slow, “leads to high repair rate”. Customers also complained that Pre will reset and hang up.

Palm employee said before, companies have plenty of staff Pre sales, but underestimated the number of employees needed to improve Pre. Pre sale after 6 months, the Northeast securities company analyst, said, Pre sales in “large landslides”.

Palm in April 2010 decided to sell the company, soon attracted the HP. HP wants to use WebOS to accelerate project development of smartphones and tablets.

As the Palm HP consolidation business, WebOS an important member of the team is getting lost. Competition from Palm leave, had lost confidence in the future of WebOS. Vice President of design of the Palm bide·sikeman (Peter Skillman) switched to Nokia. Palm bought by HP after 1 month, WebOS user interface and user experience Vice President Matthew SI·duaerte (Matias Duarte) switched to Google. Several people said, hopping Duarte is a great loss. WebOS software team a former member, when it comes to Duarte, said, “he is WebOS. After his departure, the team seems to be broke. ”

HP soon changes. In August 2010, the former HP CEO Mark Hurd (Mark Hurd) was accused of sexual harassment, lightning left, HP appointed Apotheker (l é o Apotheker) as its new Chief Executive. He when he was still, HP increased the intensity of investment in WebOS, publishes two WebOS Smartphone and TouchPad. As with the iPad, TouchPad configuration 9.7 inch touch screen, cheapest model is priced at $ 500.

He said that WebOS devices that will be used more, including the PC and the printer. HP will provide Palm WebOS–of the lack of resources, engineering and marketing. He said in an interview in June on the D9, “Palm is a urgent need of investment company, its lack of market coverage, lack of resources. Despite the development of elite technology, Palm still does not improve the quality of products and hardware. ”

TouchPad on sale time is in July, several months later than iPad 2. Compared with the TouchPad, iPad 2 is faster, lighter, their prices are about $ 500.

TouchPad is certain that popularity is not high, but soon was HP abandoned the industry was shocked. HP also announced it would stop producing WebOS hardware. HP later said that the company will write down $ 3.3 billion in assets, half of which come from WebOS device business.

One unnamed former employees, HP WebOS Palm sales department team employees, HP WebOS team was expanded, adds Vice President and hundreds of engineers developing TouchPad. She said that before many Palm employees remained at HP because they like WebOS, “Hewlett Packard claims that will be used for all WebOS hardware. WebOS to be HP’s new toy, and later abandoned “.

In September, HP Apotheker was dismissed citing poor performance. He is the successor of eBay qianzhang menmeige·huiteman (Meg Whitman).

3 months after taking office, Whitman announced like Android, WebOS will become open source software. If external developers and device companies improved WebOS, HP may reconsider the decision to abandon WebOS hardware business.

Whitman said that the company still has 600 employees in the development of WebOS, “HP will use open source community creativity, promoting the development of next-generation applications and devices”.

Hewlett-Packard’s Chief Technology Officer Samu·gelinbulate (Sam Greenblatt) said in an interview, earlier version of WebOS is slow, but WebKit and WebOS has recently been improving performance. He said that WebOS will be applied to computers, televisions, and automobiles, “the primary goal is to improve the quality of code for WebOS”.

But Mesae pointed out that rely on WebKit makes WebOS treatment capacity is still not comparable with Apple software, “WebKit does not have the WebOS in response speed and appearance, reached the level of Apple software”.

According to foreign media reports, according to VentureBeat technology blog wrote on Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard in the second half of this year have tried to sell Palm assets of us $ 1.2 billion, but failed to get. HP announced in April 2010 to us $ 1.2 billion cash acquisition of Palm, and complete the deal in late June of that year. According to sources, due to the successive setbacks after the acquisition of Palm, HP has been trying to get rid of Palm without loss. As of now, will the HP spokesman made no comment on the reports.

From this we can see that HP has clearly ignored after the acquisition of Palm, the latter has been a sharp decline in the value of the fact. Palm caused cause of decline in value, is none other than HP Touchpad Tablet ended in failure, and the new Pre Smartphone with WebOS operating system 3 and Veer is also no highlights at all.

According to sources, HP, Samsung, Intel and Amazon and other companies to negotiate on the issue of the sale of Palm, but in the end no flew back. HP announced on 9th of this month, will continue to develop and support the WebOS platform, and stick to the open source route. HP intends to continue to develop and support for WebOS. If the new WebOS platform in conjunction with open source community development capabilities, HP will have the opportunity to substantially improve the next generation of software applications and network services. HP’s President and Chief Executive Meg Whitman (Meg Whitman) has said: “WebOS is the only one by one is fully mobile, cloud networking platform and scalability requirements, and design. HP will inspire the creativity of the open source community through innovation, promote the development of next-generation applications and products. ”

HP is still likely to be reduced in the future price of Palm, but any company considering the acquisition of Palm, to accept the purchase price should be below $ 500 million. Another news, Hewlett-Packard’s team has tried to sell Palm for $ 1.2 billion for Facebook, but was rejected by Facebook.

According to foreign media reports, HP WebOS sector held in Beijing tomorrow 2:30 A.M. General meeting, the company’s Chief Executive, Meg Whitman (Meg Whitman) will attend the Conference and announced that the final decision of the company on how to work with WebOS. It is reported that Whitman had several programmes to give careful consideration to the WebOS platform, decided in United States Pacific time tomorrow 10:30 A.M. (Beijing time on December 10) held the WebOS departments announced the final decision of the General Assembly as a whole.

HP CEO before Apotheker (Leo Apotheker) in 4 months before making decision to split in two and close the WebOS Sales Department of the company, Hewlett Packard Tablet PC TouchPad has just published 49 days.

Whitman has made every effort to restore losses Apotheker decided, she has said the company would not spin off PC business unit. Resolved could cause billions of dollars of loss after a disaster, her attention to another business worth billions of dollars that is above the WebOS.

Rumors and speculation has been circulating in the market. At first many people think that HP WebOS may be sold to the highest bidder of the acquirer, buyer’s value is likely to be held by Hewlett-Packard’s most basic Smartphone patents. Over time, however, a growing number of publicly announced its withdrawal from the bidding potential acquirer. Whitman made the final decision at this time, have recently been issued a positive statement on WebOS.

A month ago, Whitman to the WebOS business commitments, she will not hastily make decisions, she will seriously consider and make the right decision. If HP decides to retain the WebOS, there would be a long-term support for this platform.

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Today Hewlett-Packard CEO Whitman has just announced that retain the WebOS operating system, turned to open source route, 2013 will launch WebOS space flight tablet, but this time of the year seems to be for some people, too long, abroad there is a great God cannot wait so long, hand ported to WebOS on your HTC EVO d, it looks like good!

In fact, the great God a few months ago, the work already started grafting, also on WebOS 3 successfully ported to mobile phones, even though HP hasn’t announced WebOS open source at that time. WebOS 3 namely TouchPad Tablet WebOS version, ported to mobile phone it will exist on a number of issues, this may be the great why only releases lock-screen interface, and system interfaces are not reasons.

But now HP officially announces WebOS operating system will be open source, including the great God, more developers will get the system source code, time and know that WebOS is coming in the spring, can think what yet? As long as you don’t turn into Android as well.

HP’s webOS operating system still did not determine the fate, however, HP also not ignoring the software. HP is releasing this new and improved version of the operating system. HP has launched webOS version 3.0.5 updates has been found, provided some patches fix software defects and the TouchPad Tablet PC provides a number of small improvements. However, only members of the HP webOS early application program can get the upgrade version of the software.

The upgrade software is still at the first stage of release candidates. This means that the software still needs some final testing.

Although the TouchPad has stopped selling for some time now, however, some refurbishment of the TouchPad will be sold in December. Even if HP does not have plans to implement $ 99 sale TouchPad promotions, HP will make this upgrade software.

However, many people have with TouchPad. Therefore, upgrading HP webOS software will make many people happy.

Other than repair defective patches, webOS 3.0.5 also introduced support for various size appears on the display of HTML5 video as well as the low hard drive space to download alarm function.

Regardless of whether the HP turn up webOS,TouchPad updates will continue for some time, at least until Windows 8 tablet appears to be so.

As HP has decided to retain the PC business, HP will probably try the Tablet, whenever Microsoft launched its next-generation operating system.

Today France the Figaro daily quoted HP CEO Meg Whitman (Meg Whitman) reports that HP will decide fate of WebOS operating system within the next two weeks. Whitman said in an interview with the Figaro newspaper, “we will announce our decision within the next two weeks. This is not an easy decision because our team of WebOS has 600 employees. ”

Although Whitman had not shown that her tendency to, but she says HP needs “have another operating system”, seems to be that the WebOS may be making a comeback.

HP announced in August, the company’s massive restructuring of the business, including considering the sale of PC business, shut down mobile hardware, including TouchPad Tablet PC business, which makes WebOS fate hanging in mid-air.

But it was the former CEO Apotheker (Leo Apotheker) decision. Whitman had taken very different from Apotheker after taking office policies, announced that retain the PC business.

However, in the past few weeks, WebOS has been the subject of many rumors. Reuters reported earlier this month, HP in considering the price for hundreds of millions of dollars selling WebOS. But a day after media reported that Whitman told the Palm and HP employees that had yet to decide fate of WebOS that she would “make the right, rather than hasty decisions.”

Text/Sohu IT

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In these days of waiting, messages about how HP intends to deal with webOS, even if we don’t want to miss a Word. Now two weeks after the results for some time, but fortunately, we were able to hear HP “word”. HP’s current CEO Meg Whitman recently has asked, but she didn’t think, even if it may be she downplayed a feeling will give us hope and look forward to these fat friends.

Recently, her employees at HP’s webOS theme meeting, in front of 1000+ HP employee said: “terrific operating system webOS is a”; “It is a shame what happened with the tablets and webOS, because for version 1.0 of those Tablet and software, it was good. And we didn’t even get a chance to get to version 2.0 and version 3.0.”

(“WebOS is a great operating system”; “in carrying these things happen on a webOS tablet was a disgrace! Because even if it is only 1 version, have done very well. Now, things being this way, we do not even have the opportunity to experience the version 2 or 3 (FAT fish: may also include consumer experience). ” ）

(FAT fish: it seems that Meg has now finally free to experience the next webOS, talking about the webOS on the touchpad is 3 a little better, of course, if a woman can have time to use the Pre3 phone, I think she must be tried hoodwinked shareholder continues to put more money in.. ）

Of course, having said so, HARPER also acknowledged the current problems, would like to support this system (webOS) the price is very expensive. “HP is an innovative IT company, we should actively do it well”.

There are only two weeks time HP will give a final answer, but it seems to result from now, seems to be current zhangmen would very much like to be able to continue operation of the HP webOS:)

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HP webOS’s official website (http://www.hpwebos.com) page has been redesigned, past Touchpad,Pre3, and Veer all disappear, Home can only be seen at the top four titles, community, developers, support, Home.

You still may be the site of the webOS SDK download, as well as some other help, we found from these changes, HP in a webOS hardware plans and complete the sale was canceled after the Touchpad, hpwebos.com finally do not show any webOS hardware.

I opened one by one point looked found that community links to the official blog of the webOS page (http://blog.Palm.com/), does not know the Forum has in the past been called where to sth

Then when opening support, happily, has seen familiar webOS device:

But is a pity, so far no official website to see the white of the touchpad or the touchpad go news …

Back Home, you can see the familiar webOS cards task, which is the most familiar message, schedule, pictures, HP next wish could not guess what is indeed, time has drawn near in December, we will continue to wait-and-see Hewlett-Packard’s every step of the action.