One of the oldest and largest PC manufacturer in world i.e Hewlett Packard (HP) is considered to be one of the worst-affected company during Apple iPad reign. The brand which was once known for its service and consumer satisfaction, were caught up in dilemma for their current product and future projects including its proprietary operating system, the HP webOS.
It was just some days ago that they discontinued their first tablet i.e. Touchpad and also some of the other mobile devices which were running on the webOS. It was just due to the fact that people looked forward to buy an iPad instead of going for a normal Laptop. But now after a deep consideration and business talks within the entire company’s management, HP has now finally decided to revive the well-known webOS (which according to me was soemthing which could give tough competition to iOS and Android) and has decide to make it available to the world as an open source project.
The official announcement was done by the newly appointed CEO, Meg Whitman. However, HP is continuing to support the development of the mobile platform and in the same reference, they also welcomes any kind of inputs and suggestion from developers and users on their HP webOS blog. The company also hinted that in future, one might see a HTC or Samsung mobile device with webOS and thsi decison was welcomed by webOS developers from all around the world.
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