Now that we officially know all of the details and can calm the hype trains down, lets talk about pricing. Apple has just confirmed an aggressive pricing strategy for the new iPhone 5C, coming in at just $99. However, many of you are probably interested in their flagship iPhone 5S. With an improved camera, fingerprint […]
Another day, another major blow to the webOS community. The Open webOS project announced today in its blog that the fledgling OS won’t support any of the existing hardware — like HP’s Pre 3 and TouchPad. While not completely surprising, this is disappointing for those who were hoping to wring a little more life out of their current webOS devices. Open webOS is targeting SoCs that support the Linux 3.3+ kernel and components with open source drivers. The blog post blames the existing hardware’s “many proprietary components, including graphics, networking and lack of drivers for a modern kernel”. Despite having access to these proprietary drivers, it appears HP isn’t willing to make them available to the Open webOS project — proof that sometimes you can have your cake, but not eat it too.
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No Open WebOS support for existing WebOS devices, no soup for you originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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