When the Palm Pre smartphone first introduced us to the webOS operating system in June of 2009, many felt that it had a bright future ahead of it. Apple's iPhone was selling hand over fist, and Google ...

webOS also offers a simple automatic daily backup option, which you can turn on and off at will. When you first setup your Pre, you’re prompted to create a Palm profile for your device. The profile is ...

(AP) Hewlett-Packard is selling its webOS software to South Korean electronics company LG Electronics, securing a new home for a technological orphan. The deal announced Monday rids HP of the ...

A year after HP discontinued its webOS smartphones and tablets in 2011, the company began the process of open sourcing the software behind those devices. And that allowed a team of independent ...

What would have been required for WebOS and HP's WebOS devices to be successful? A week after the fire sale, we have people snatching up $99 TouchPads. This is obviously a completely off-the-wall case ...

WebOS devices have been slow to market and HP still doesn't have a horse in the tablet race. But partners believe that within HP, CEO Leo Apotheker has been working feverishly to get the IT giant's ...

WebOS, the software behind HP’s failed TouchPad tablet and Palm’s failed Pre smartphones, is getting another shot at life as an open source operating system. That means anyone, from bedroom ...

The company that used to be Palm comes with a cache of thousands of patents. This isn’t just any portfolio filed with minor process technolgies; the argument could be made that Palm invented the ...

If you were wondering what was next for webOS now that it's gone all open source on us, webOS Nation chimes in with word that Gram is working with LG to bring it to connected HDTVs. Several names from ...

Microsoft is looking to capitalize on HP's webOS failures by offering free phones, developer tools and training to developers left stranded by the demise of the platform. Just one day after HP ...

Back in January 2009, I wrote a post entitled Pre-Conceived Notions, about the probable success of the Palm Pre and WebOS, based upon their strategy versus that of Google/OHA and Android. Now that the ...