by geon on 2/25/13, 10:54 AM
I have difficult to see what advantage webOS has on a TV. With no touch (?) they need to completely redesign the interface anyway.
by barredo on 2/25/13, 10:30 AM
It's hard to imagine a worse ending to the WebOS software.
by thiagoperes on 2/25/13, 12:55 PM
Not using WebOS on smartphones is really a waste. Palm failed but I still think it was an OS ahead of its time.
by moondowner on 2/25/13, 11:15 AM
How this affects the Enyo and Open webOS projects? Is it affecting them at all?
by lucasjans on 2/25/13, 1:03 PM
Since no one has posted this... CNET has pulled the article which was the only source of this deal. I'm guessing it was a hoax. We'll find out soon, I'm sure.
by mixedbit on 2/25/13, 11:36 AM
I wonder if any attempt at reinventing TV will achieve a mainstream success (I mean a legacy TV scale success). Up until today all such attempts attracted a relatively small group of customers and a popular opinion is that TV is bound to die.
by programminggeek on 2/25/13, 9:22 PM
So far there are two main use cases for smart TV's - watching videos, and games. Up until now "smart TV's" are bundled with mediocre to terrible video apps, and don't come with game controllers or game apps.
At this point something like Roku or OUYA is a lot closer to the future of TV than even Google TV, which for reasons I'll never understand doesn't seem to even understand the basic use cases of smart TV - video and games.
I don't see how webOS gets LG any closer to what people want from a smart tv.
by darklajid on 2/25/13, 10:53 AM
The thing I liked most about WebOS?
Gestures and its card system.
I cannot imagine how that translates to a TV.
by whalesalad on 2/25/13, 9:34 PM
It's like the village bicycle. Everyone is taking it for a ride. The idea behind WebOS and some of it's UI held were pretty awesome. Unfortunately it's got way too much baggage now. I think Firefox OS has the best chance to do what WebOS could have done.
by onli on 2/25/13, 1:17 PM
If LG uses its new ownership to pay one developer to release the update that was promised and in the pipeline for the HP Veer, but was never released (rumor was they simply forgot to switch a button), I promise my next TV will be a LG.
by MatthewPhillips on 2/25/13, 12:41 PM
This just signals that there is a hole in the market for an open source smart TV platform. Google TV was supposed to be that, but it's pretty clear that they don't take it as seriously as they take Android. To manufacturers like LG, TVs are actually more important, and falling behind competitors is more serious. Forking Android for this purpose isn't really an option thanks to the recent "non-fragmentation agreement" all of the phone manufacturers were forced to sign. So they are going to try and go down the proprietary route. They'll likely fail, but we'll see.
by mattquiros on 2/25/13, 2:32 PM
But of all the hardware makers, LG? They make ugly products. Innovation is not really in their DNA. I wonder where this is going.
by pegas123 on 2/25/13, 1:06 PM
It actually makes a lot of sense and a great opportunity if you can take your eyes from that big screen. Palm as a remote.
by pinaceae on 2/25/13, 1:46 PM