LG’s plans to bring webOS to smartwatches appear to be further along than a report earlier today indicated. A new LG smartwatch was first spotted yesterday during Audi’s press conference at CES 2015. Worn by Ulrich Hackenberg, it was used during the presentation to call a self-driving car to the stage. The round watch is similar to the LG G […]
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LG readying webOS smartwatch for 2016 launch?
LG’s plans for webOS first focused on televisions, a far cry from its mobile roots. In October, LG’s own developer website briefly revealed that it was looking to build a smartwatch powered by webOS. The web pages were quickly pulled down and little else was heard about such a device until today. The Wall Street Journal has learned that LG […]
LG working on webOS SmartWatch?
The already long and convoluted webOS saga looks to be taking a new and interesting turn. It may well turn out to be the operating system that simply refuses to die. Initially developed by Palm, it was then acquired by Hewlett-Packard which turned around and sold it to LG last year after failing to take advantage of its potential. At LG […]
LG webOS TV interface revealed
Don’t worry, we know that televisions are not mobile gadgets but this story can trace its roots back to mobile. When LG acquired webOS from HP in early 2013, it made it clear that it was going to use the operating system in televisions and that it was not about to resurface on smartphones and tablets. A recent report indicated that […]
webOS headed to CES 2014 in new LG smart television
LG acquired webOS from Hewlett-Packard earlier this year. While the announcement may have renewed hope that the mobile operating system would resurface in future mobile devices, LG made it clear that it had no plans to use the operating system in smartphones and tablets and would instead use it in in future smart televisions. The South Korean company confirmed today […]
LG acquires webOS from HP
WebOS may well become known as the operating system with nine lives. Released to the open source community after Hewlett-Packard decided to give up on it shortly after the launch of the HP TouchPad, the future for the promising OS looked grim. That may have all changed today with the news that LG is buying webOS from HP. But there is a […]
Open webOS 1.0 Edition launched
Back in January, HP promised to deliver the open source version of webOS in September. It made good on this promise yesterday with the release of Open webOS 1.0 Edition. Today is a great day for Open webOS. We have completed our initial roadmap and are releasing Open webOS 1.0 on schedule, as promised. Our combined efforts with the community […]
HP to spin off webOS business unit as new company called GRAM
With webOS’ journey to open source set to reach its destination next month, it was unclear what would happen next to HP’s webOS Global Business Unit. It now appears that HP will launch it as a new company called GRAM likely under current leader Martin Risau. webOS employees were introduced to the new company at an event last week. Gone […]