Quote:
Originally Posted by devilsadvocate
SCOOOOORRRRRRRRRE!
WebOS = Linux. No song-and-dance required, installing the SDK gets you root, complete with terminal. There's even an installable compiler toolchain available. Updating Ubuntu VM now for the official SDK.
I'm now seeing the attraction with this phone; if I wasn't already planning on conquering the world via Android I'd have to take a serious look at this. Here's to hoping HP doesn't run it into the ground.
|
I've been curious about it (about WebOS, really.) I'm a long time Palm user, and my usual reader device is a Palm OS PDA. I was watching Palm stagnate, and was cautiously optimistic about WebOS. Backwards compatibility with older devices is a bit of an issue, but development based on HTML/CSS/JavaScript has possibilities.
More interesting to me are other possibilities. Back before Elevation Partners got into the act and installed Jon Rubenstein as CEO, I was losing hope that we'd see anything from Palm that
wasn't a Treo refresh. A couple of years ago, one of the reasons stated for canceling the Foleo was desire going forward to base all new offerings on the same OS, which led me to hope for something new from Palm down the road that
wasn't a smartphone, based on what became WebOS. Looks like WebOS will scale to other things, and something like a WebOS powered tablet is possible. Various comments HP has made indicate they see the same potentials.
______
Dennis