WebOS Runs Faster on an iPad

There was some frustration between the WebOS developers and HP, apparently. The developers tried testing WebOS on an iPad, and found that it ran twice as fast on the iPad as it did on the HP Touchpad. Not only that, but it even ran faster on the iPad through Mobile Safari than it did on HP's hardware.
I feel bad for anyone who bought a Touchpad. It ran an OS it was designed for at half the speed of hardware that was hacked to run it. And to run slower than an iOS web app? That's just shameful.
via Engadget

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Web OS Goes Down, and Stays Down

Last year, HP acquired Palm, primarily for Web OS, the company's smartphone OS. The purchase price? 1.2 billion. HP was going to continue to make WebOS phones and tablets, and they thought they would be able to succeeded in marketing WebOS where Palm had failed. However, just 16 months later, HP has thrown in the towel. As of today, HP announced that they would be discontinuing all WebOS products. WebOS is no more.

WebOS was the operating system on such products as the Palm Pre, the HP Pree 2, the HP Veer, and the Slate. It didn't have the same popularity as iOS or Android, but there were a few dedicated fans to the operating system.

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