Big Wins and Epic Fails in the 2011 Smartphone Market

By Ed Hardy | 12/29/2011

Looking back over 2011, there have been some spectacular failures, but some big successes, too. The Brighthand editorial staff considers the previous 12 months and picks the winners and losers, from Apple to Windows Phone, from AT&T to Verizon.

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StyleTap iOS Wrapper SDK Turns Palm OS Apps into iPhone Apps

By Ed Hardy | 12/11/2011

In the days when Palm OS was the top mobile platform, thousands of apps were written for it. Now, Palm OS is almost forgotten, but developers can use a software development kit from StyleTap to turn their old Palm OS apps into ones that will run on the iPhone.

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HP Making the webOS Open Source, Prepping New Devices

By Ed Hardy | 12/10/2011

HP's CEO announced today a new course for webOS: it is being made open source, and HP engineers and any developers who are interested will keep updating and improving it. The company even plans to release new devices with this operating system.

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New HP CEO: No Decision On webOS Yet

By Ed Hardy | 10/28/2011

HP CEO Meg Whitman says that her company is still considering what to do with the webOS. Her predecessor had ended production of smartphones and tablets running this operating system, which HP acquired by buying Palm, Inc.

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HP Lays Off Hundreds of Former Palm Employees

By Ed Hardy | 9/20/2011

In the wake of HP's controversial decision to stop production of webOS-based devices, the company is now giving pink slips to its employees who developed these smartphones and tablets.

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Samsung Might Buy the webOS from HP

By Ed Hardy | 8/29/2011

Although HP has stopped making webOS smartphones and tablets, the company hasn't completely given up on this operating system. Samsung may be interested in taking the webOS off HP's hands, and using it instead of Google's Android OS.

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HP To Stop Making webOS Smartphones, Might License the OS to Others

By Ed Hardy | 8/18/2011

HP has just unveiled a major change in its webOS strategy. It is going to stop producing smartphones and tablets running this operating system, but isn't dropping it completely.

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Jon Rubinstein Steps Aside as Head of HP's webOS Division

By Ed Hardy | 7/11/2011

Jon Rubinstein, the man responsible more than any other for the creation of the webOS, has been replaced as the head of the HP business unit responsible for the ongoing development of this operating system and associated devices.

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HP Pre 3 webOS Smartphone Appears To Been Delayed Until Fall

By Ed Hardy | 7/5/2011

The next smartphone running the webOS, the HP Pre 3, is apparently not going to be released as early as originally expected. This will leave fans of this operating system waiting even longer for a handset with a large display and bigger keyboard.

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Samsung Might License the webOS

By Ed Hardy | 6/30/2011

HP executives are making it increasingly clear that they intend to license the webOS to other companies. If this comes to pass, then multiple companies will be making devices running this operating system, which was developed as the successor to the Palm OS.

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Verizon's HP Pre 2 Gets webOS 2.1 Upgrade

By Ed Hardy | 6/24/2011

HP has released a system software upgrade for Verizon's version of the Pre 2. The move to webOS 2.1 brings features like Exhibition Mode and voice dialing.

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HP Might Let Other Companies Make webOS Smartphones and Tablets

By Ed Hardy | 6/3/2011

The CEO of HP has opened the possibility that it might license the webOS to other device makers. This is something that Palm -- who originally developed this operating system -- was opposed to.

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