Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. This week's release of the HP TouchPad, the first device other than a handset to feature webOS, aptly demonstrates the ...

Palm's webOS program has thus far only allowed app developers to submit applications to Palm through Palm's App Catalog. But starting in December, developers will be able to distribute their Palm ...

HP officials have said that the company’s webOS operating system which runs on phones and tablets will also be available for HP desktop and laptop computers, allowing you to run webOS apps on nearly ...

When the Palm Pre smartphone first introduced us to the webOS operating system in June of 2009, many felt that it had a bright future ahead of it. Apple's iPhone was selling hand over fist, and Google ...

WebOS might trail the likes of iOS and Android as a mobile platform, but that doesn't mean HP isn't ambitious about its longterm goals for business. Nevertheless, this is a tricky period for the OS, ...

Despite the initial acclaim around Palm's new WebOS operating system, developers haven't been flocking back to the once great PDA giant as much as it would have hoped. An SDK was released to tempt the ...

South Korean electronics giant LG has announced a handful of new educational, personal growth, and lifestyle apps and content that will run on its webOS-based smart TVs. In the lead-up to CES 2024, ...

Microsoft is looking to capitalize on HP's webOS failures by offering free phones, developer tools and training to developers left stranded by the demise of the platform. Just one day after HP ...

Palm's webOS platform has attracted considerable attention since the launch of the company's new Pre smartphone. To get an inside perspective on the platform's strengths and weaknesses, we interviewed ...

Now that Google and RIM have added support for in-app purchases to Android and Blackberry devices, it was clearly time for HP to follow suit, and sure enough word is making the rounds that webOS ...

The primary display (when you’re not using a particular application) is a view of app thumbnails known as cards that can be easily cycled through and selected. Screens from individual apps can be ...