Category: WebOS

Sum up WebOS? Not enough resources and a flawed foundation

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The choice of webkit: After some internal debate, the company chose to have WebOS rely on WebKit, an open-source software engine used by browsers to display Web pages. Mr. Mercer said that this was a mistake because it prevented applications from running fast enough to be on par with the iPhone. But a former member of the WebOS app development team said the core issue with WebOS was actually Palm’s inability to turn it into a platform that could capture the enthusiasm and loyalty of outside programmers. …and there wasn’t enough in tank to keep it going:  The company had

Leave WebOS to wither in the corner, Samsung won’t save it

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Samsung are going to buy WebOS? Oh come on, pull the other one. The name of the game in the smartphone space is one of perception. It’s not enough to be the best operating system when geeks do a double blind test of the underlying code and SDK capabilities, the market needs to emotionally belive that you are the best (which, imo, is one of the reasons Symbian is where it is now). So remind me why a failed operating system, with minimal developer support and not one hardware success that could even be counted as a triple, let alone a

Does the HP Touchpad prove the Sony/Nintendo model?

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A highly desirable piece of electronic kit, that if it was sold to make a profit would not be bought by the customers. Drop the price a bit, though, and people start buying. It’s okay, because you’ll be able to make up the price difference in consumables and software sales. The HP Touchpad? Nope, the entire foundation of the console gaming market system. Part of me wonders if HP missed a trick in the initial pricing of the Touchpad by not following the Nintendo/Sony/Xbox model. That same parts wonders if company like Samsung could leverag their own marketplace store to drop the price of ‘secondary’