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HP donates WebOS to open sourcers

HP Touchpad

Hewlett Packard donates its mobile system software, WebOS, to the open source community and says it will continue to invest in the project. The tech company acquired the software when it bought the smartphone maker Palm for $1.2bn (£767m) last year. HP used the code to power its short-lived range Touchpad tablet computers before it abandoned the product line.

 

Exclusive: HP weighing sale of webOS unit

Exclusive: HP weighing sale of webOS unit

Hewlett-Packard Co is looking to sell Palm's webOS mobile software platform, a deal that could fetch hundreds of millions of dollars but less than the $1.2 billion that HP paid last year, four sources close to the matter said.

Senh: D'oh! Who would want a 4th tier mobile operating system, behind Apple's iOS, Google's Android, and Microsoft's WP7? Ok, Windows Phone 7 doesn't much of a market share now, but with the release of Windows 8, which uses a similar touch interface, there's more potential there.

 

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