Hasta La Gadget!

The saga of WebOS has been running for years now. Palm was the first to roll out the OS as an attempt to compete with Apple and Google in the … Continue reading

LG’s putting webOS to good use – as the basis for its new smart TV platform. The operating system has taken many turns in its long and varied history, starting out as a smartphone platform under Palm and then later finding a home at HP through acquisition, as a basis for the doomed HP TouchPad. Finally, it’s now ended up at LG.

I spoke to LG’s Itai Vonshak, the VP of Design and Product Management for webOS at the company, about what his newly integrated company brings to the table for LG and for smart TVs. The key ingredient is bringing the power of HTML5 and the native web to LG’s TV hardware in as seamless a way as possible.

This is just the beginning for LG’s webOS plans, too. Vonshak didn’t have anything more specific to share about the company’s plans for webOS on other platforms including connected appliances and smartphones than what LG said on stage, but the company did reveal it’s at least taking steps in those directions.

WebOS may end up becoming the platform that outlives us all at this rate, but for now just watching to see how it impacts the race for the best, most-connected smart TV platform is interesting enough.

In a press conference for the full LG spread of devices this week at CES 2014, the company made clear their intentions on pushing the full range throughout the year. … Continue reading

As hinted over the past weeks, LG had something in store regarding the nearly dead WebOS platform in time for CES 2014. While the Korean manufacturer hasn’t yet unveiled a … Continue reading

LG purchased webOS when smartphones and tablets powered by it didn’t achieve much commercial success. HP even launched a fire sale of its webOS tablet just to get rid of the inventory that would have otherwise gathered dust in warehouses. The Korean manufacturer has confirmed that it is going to unveil a webOS powered gadget very soon. LG is going to unveil its webOS smart TV at the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 next month and rumor has it that the operating system is going to retain its unique “cards” interface.

The cards interface allowed for effective multitasking, and we’ve seen it inspire multitasking interfaces in Android and iOS. The Wall Street Journal has heard from an anonymous source that LG webOS TV is going to retain the cards interface. Not much has been revealed about this TV, it is believed to be powered by a 2.2GHz dualcore processor coupled with 1.5GB of RAM. While the company hasn’t confirmed anything about the interface, it has mentioned in the past that it was revamping the interface, and that it would be a “game changer.” The company has already confirmed that it will finally unveil this TV at CES 2014, so its only a matter of days before we finally know what the revamped webOS looks like.

‘Cards’ Interface Rumored For LG WebOS TV original content from Ubergizmo.