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OK, We didn't see that coming! The HP Open webOS project has released its debut build of Open webOS 1.0 on schedule, Its now available for developers... It might means we might see a device running Open WebOS from HP by early Next year.


This release follows a couple beta updates this summer from HP. In addition to drumming up developer support, HP faces the challenge of seeing Gram, the webOS/Palm spin-off from HP, stand on its own. HP has put a lot of effort into this Open webOS initiative, even as it looks like they will re-enter the smartphone market with some Android devices. See the OS in the Video Below!

 

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HP is moving forward with its plans to open source webOS, after failing to sell it off last year. The company says it plans to complete the open sourcing process for webOS by September, which will be called Open webOS 1.0 when it is released. Today, HP is getting the ball rolling by releasing the Enyo 1.0 Javascript framework, as well as the cross-platform Enyo 2.0 core, under open source licensing.


Enyo is the framework used to create webOS apps on the HP TouchPad and other HP webOS devices. Enyo 1.0, which will not be developed any further, will let developers bring their webOS apps to other platforms. The real future of the framework lies in Enyo 2.0, which can create apps that run across mobile devices and desktop web browsers. Right now HP is only making the core of Enyo 2.0 available, which will let developers begin making apps, with a UI widget set and other features to follow.


 


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HP could return to webOS to make new tablets in 2013, using the freshly open-sourced platform for larger mobile devices though smartphones are still off the menu. Having announced that webOS will be an open-source platform moving forward, and then confirmed that there are no immediate plans for new webOS devices.


2012 will see HPs Windows 8 based tablets reach the market, the company has previously suggested, using Microsoft freshly updated platform with its finger-friendly Metro UI. The OS has obvious advantages for HP, being directly compatible with its laptop and desktop hardware, and thus applicable both to a consumer market looking for iPad/Android tablet alternatives, and enterprise/vertical markets needing something that can integrate with an established ecosystem of Microsoft-based PC hardware.

 

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HP will announce a decision regarding the future of webOS within the next two weeks, CEO Meg Whitman has confirmed, as the company attempts to hold off Apple and readies its first Windows 8 tablet. Apple could well overtake HP in 2012, Whitman said in interview with French paper Le Figaro, though the chief exec said the products she has introduced into the pipeline should make the company more competitive when they arrive in 2013.


Many have been waiting on HP official position on webOS, with rumors swirling that the company isstill looking to offload the platform it acquired as part of the Palm buy several years back. "This is not an easy decision, because we have a team of 600 people which is in limbo" Whitman suggested. "We need to have another operating system."


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Best Buy announced today that it will be offering a new deal on the HP TouchPad starting on November 1. The tablet was originally priced 599USD at launch and went for 99USD during a short fire sale period at HP and select retailers, but has since gone back to an average price under 300USD. Starting next month, Best Buy will price the 32GB TouchPad for 149.99USD when purchased with an HP or Compaq laptop, desktop, or all-in-one computer.


The HP TouchPad tablet sold out quickly during the fire sale following the announcement that it would be discontinued back in August. The $99 fire sale TouchPad tablets proved so popular that HP scheduled another production run of the tablets to fulfill backorders.

 

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