WebOS, a different system

♠ Posted by Unknown in Mobiles at 23:32

WebOS is often considered the best OS for smartphone.

Palm society that created it was taken over by HP and it is expected that webOS has a great future because HP said that the OS is the primary reason for the purchase, she wanted also the also use on netbooks and tablets, and from 2012 as an alternative system to install on each computer (she sells 60 million per year).

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But August 19, 2011, HP announced the end of the use of its webOS smartphones and tablets. Then on 9 December 2011, the system becomes open source, thus raising its interest, but to justify the developments, several manufacturers must commit to using it.
However, August 31, 2012, the first version of open source beta is available for download. A list of compatible devices is given on the website, if you want to provide mobile that one already has a more modern system. Developers can also use this list to acquire a useful device used to webOS applications tests.

In December 2012 the own hardware interface is replaced by Codova Apache, allowing webOS run on any mobile and applications.

On February 25, 2013 it was announced that LG would acquire webOS, its fields and related patents. LG will be using it on TV, making the course less attractive to developers, its future seems uncertain on mobile where it should leave room for Tizen and Firefox OS or even Open webOS.

Development

A development environment is included, which allows OpenEmbedded cross-compilation and thus the creation of a mobile application for various processors, while a development tool performs them on a desktop computer. This includes an emulator.

WebOS includes node.js and therefore the production of fully portable application, running on the desktop even when they do not use the mobile sensors. But if one has a computer touch screen, it facilitates the testing of an application.
Node.js allows for completely different design applications with HTML interface 5 and interacting with a server and therefore multiple sources, which facilitates the mashup. The Node modules can be written in native language and are usually worn on every major OS, which brings webOS speed of Objective C language of iOS applications and the same as the Java portability of Android.

Qt is also included in the platform.

All those who have already tried the OS say amazed by the fluidity of the interface compared to other mobile, including iOS and Android. In fact, recruiting engineers who have worked on webOS, Google was able to recover a lot of ideas that contribute to the quality of the OS and that is now found in Android 4.