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It may have been overshadowed by pricier acquisition deals in subsequent years, but HP's 2010 takeover of Palm remains a milestone event. It was a seemingly perfect combination of a highly competitive mobile operating system with a deep-pocketed hardware juggernaut. HP promised it would fund the future development of webOS and support it with a broad ecosystem of devices. Only a year later, however, the company reversed course and abandoned its touted plans, to the chagrin of hard-hit shareholders. A class action lawsuit filed in the wake of that decision in 2011 has now been settled by HP at the cost of $57 million. The plaintiffs are primarily pension funds and other institutional investors, whose anger stems from the dissonance between what HP was saying publicly and planning privately. Citing employees from within HP, the lawsuit alleges that the company didn't have plans to build webOS PCs or printers until at least the beginning of 2013, which would have contradicted its bold claims about flooding the market with webOS hardware. DISSONANCE BETWEEN WHAT HP WAS SAYING PUBLICLY AND PLANNING PRIVATELY With this mediated settlement out of the way, HP can perhaps finally draw a line under its woeful webOS experience, particularly after selling off the last remnants of its Palm acquisition to Qualcomm earlier this year. Source: http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/1/5569660/hp-57-million-web-os-class-action-settlement Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

LG has released an iOS app for webOS loaded TVs! LG TV Remote-webOS by LG Electronics, Inc. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lg-tv-remote-webos/id838611484?mt=8 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

Looks like they may start popping up later this month! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

SEOUL, KOREA - LG Electronics (LG) today introduced its 2014 TV lineup in Korea, unveiling a total of 68 new models including ULTRA HD TVs in sizes ranging from 49 to 105 inches, its largest collection to date. Among its new models is LG’s groundbreaking 105-inch Curved ULTRA HD TV in addition to its smaller 65-, 55- and 49-inch curved 4K units. As the first manufacturer to introduce an 84-inch ULTRA HD TV to the world in 2012, LG has consistently upped the ante with first-to-market ULTRA HD and OLED units. New for 2014 is LG’s webOS Smart TV platform, first unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in early January, which the company expects to set a new standard in the smart TV market for its openness and ease-of-use. “We are extremely confident that our state-of-the-art ULTRA HD and OLED TV models will establish a new benchmark this year,” said Hyun-hwoi Ha, president and CEO of the LG Electronics Home Entertainment Company. “With our strong competitiveness in display technology including ULTRA IPS, CINEMA 3D and the unrivalled simplicity of the webOS Smart TV platform, we are optimistic that in 2014, LG will be the one to watch in the TV industry.” http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/35608/lg-begins-roll-out-impressive-2014-tv-lineup Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

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That's cool! Can't wait till they start showing up in the US. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

Today we received this message on Facebook from OpenMobile... A few weeks ago, we wrote to you letting you know about the approaching release of our groundbreaking software, ACL for webOS. We just wanted to follow-up and let you know that IT'S HERE! ACL for webOS is available for purchase at www.bit.ly/aclforwebos, which means you can run Android apps on your HP TouchPad TODAY! For those of you who are unaware, our Application Compatibility Layer software, better known as ACL, enables non-Android devices to seamlessly run Android apps, giving you instant access to thousands of more apps on your HP TouchPad, including those that are most popular, such as Netflix, Twitter, Instagram, and Evernote, just to name a few. Upon installation and activation of ACL, your TouchPad becomes instantly loaded with the OpenMobile AppMall, your one-stop-shop for all of your favorite Android games and apps, all of which have been tested and approved, ensuring that they will work just like they're supposed to on your TouchPad. Want to see ACL in action? Check out just a few top Android apps working perfectly on a TouchPad here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps0sJPz2Vn0&feature=share&list=PLoSV9tCsYvtJOgppAsSUmHEFtjlup3KU-. Convinced? Purchase ACL for webOS at bit.ly/aclforwebos or check out our website (bit.ly/exploreaclforwebos) for more info! Thanks! The OpenMobile Team ACL for webOS HP TouchPad - Phoenix International Communications Store OpenMobile ACL is the missing piece of the puzzle everyone has been waiting for - hundreds of thousands of apps for your webOS HP TouchPad! For the first time ever, you will be able to download and use Android applications on your webOS HP TouchPad. The product is available now to be downloaded and... store.phxdevices.com Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

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So essentially 2 different app catalogs? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

I wonder if old non webos TVs and new webos TVs access the same apps on the same catalogs? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

LG Electronics is in talks with Fox TV, a major U.S. broadcaster, to buy the latter’s content for its recently-released first Web-based TV, which will run on the software platform it bought from Hewlett-Packard last year, an LG official said Tuesday. “We are negotiating terms with Fox TV to put its content and other services on our WebOS TV,” the official said. http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/phone/news/view.jsp?req_newsidx=150221 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

I think the ACL was abandoned, not sure what the status is. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

You can also look at webosnation marketplace http://forums.webosnation.com/marketplace/

Thanks for the update needz! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

Have you tried Ebay? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

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Looks like LG is putting up a site for SDK access...http://connectsdk.com/comingsoon "Connecting mobile devices to webOS TV"

Its up in the air right now until they get released. I would imagine only new tvs. This is not official word, since we are not LG, just a webos entusiast forum. I'm waiting as is everyone else!

This video was posted yesterday, LG`s head of TV software deveploment explains LG`s plans for webOS.

Here's a new story this week....looks like Qualcomm acquired webOS patents from HP. LG bought webOS and all the source code but licensed the patents from HP. I wonder what this means for LG now and what Qualcomm plans to do. LG uses Qualcomm processors in their phones...we can speculate! http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/smartphones/lg-optimus-g Source: http://liliputing.com/2014/01/qualcomm-acquires-webos-ipaq-patents-from-hp.html

LG's logo has been released at CES and is just slightly different as we see on their smart TV

Its interesting to see the change in ownership of webOS along with the logo changes: Palm webOS HP webOS LG webOS Also Open webOS (opensource) Source: webOS on Wikipedia

Looks like LG is building a site where they will have developer info, according to their developers forum: http://developer.lge.com/community/forums/RetrieveForumContent.dev

Can't wait for the US commercials! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2