On: Always webOS

News this week from the wafer HP Touch, the first camera phone webOS function, shows the promise and perils of the operating system, HP adopted. 04:03 The tablet provides webOS big screen seemed natural cover. However, as the book of Xoom and games before he suffers the touchpad from poor application library and other holes. To help the development costs and expand market share for its developer webOS, HP has warmed the idea developed to license the Palm operating system.
Available for licensing HP webOS devices still on the operating system is based, is a good part of déjà vu for those who followed the story of Palm, Inc., a pioneer of the PDA tries to take advantage of its dominant position to take on the devices Pocket, Pocket PC and prevent that rival Windows CE, licensing the Palm operating system in use.
The decision proved the salvation of the Palm Short-term and ruin in the long term. One of the first companies to license Palm OS Handspring was founded by former Palm executives. Handspring Treo created, which is the entrance to the Palm smartphone from Palm, Handspring, if it has acquired. Some other companies licensed to Palm OS for smart phones, including Kyocera and Samsung, but the inherent conflict due to competition with the owners of Palm OS Palm created forced to a company called PalmSource, turn on the folded three years later.
Distraction (and the failure of the Palm OS "in advance) Ramos forced to live in the same way Microsoft has with Windows 7 phone with RIM and QNX rebuild. Despite the small size of the Palm in connection with the business community was the first door webOS. Finally but was too little, too late, and the company needed to sell to HP.
WebOS Brings Hope to the efforts of the new smartphone from HP. Previously only in the room with a handful of Windows Mobile devices primarily aimed at business customers daring. While probably in the phone company HP, which is not willing to stay invested in this market in the likes of Apple, Google and Microsoft, that the former CEO of HP, Mark Hurd, said that when he said last year that HP "will not buy for Palm in the smartphone business." in itself.
But in contrast to Meegan, when was the next-generation operating system, Nokia R & D banished, HP will provide broadband webOS HP products - perhaps too broad. While it is easy to see how to win sales and symbiosis TouchPad smartphone developer, is less clear to what extent the products have in common with, for example, those with front-panel of the printer or life in the upper layer of a Windows PC - two possibilities that HP has grown up in the device market is particularly strong.
If the work could lead to webOS to new platforms and architecture is making, but the licensing of webOS. Ultimately, effective licensing requires the support of a wide range of hardware configurations, making an accusation that Nokia, for example, to help Microsoft with a mobile phone manufacturer, is committed to Windows 7 Phone devices cheaper. With all the important webOS outside the smartphone market, it creates more space for webOS a license in the category of high volume - a place where the operating system you really need to win developers. The question remains, however, that the company would be willing, the attention that she wants to give webOS, while providing the necessary quantities webOS. The switch is in the field of candidates and discuss next, the firm which device could be ready to turn your own phone webOS.