In an announcement on their blog yesterday, The Enyo Team has released the Mochi user interface (UI) for open source development. The early look at Mochi came when The Verge published an article we covered here on pivotCE earlier this year. With everyone’s interests piqued, the fine folks working on Enyo development offered to open source. Now that it’s available, users may eventually be able to run the UI on legacy webOS devices, and it looks and feels like webOS 3.1.
Hey! Look who stopped by today for a quick exclusive interview with pivotCE! Leo Apotheker!
Some might say it’s a far stretch to call him a developer but oh nonono! He is much more of a developer for webOS than you give him credit for! Don’t believe me? For shame! Read on and you’ll see just what he gave the fans in the way of his webOS “development”.
If you’re one of the lucky ones to own an HP TouchPad Go and are like me, opening up the box and getting your hands on this rare piece of technology left you with the sudden realization that you had absolutely no way to protect it. After the shock subsided, I ran to the computer to search options. It seems there were in fact cases made but were manufactured in such low quantities that enthusiasts are at a loss for how to get their hands on one. Then I found a TouchPad Go Case for sale. Turns out webOS Nations forum user, John Steffes, has been custom making cases for almost a year. Considering my lack of options, I contacted him and got myself one. Hit the break for my review.
What’s that? You want to know who else is still dev’ing for webOS? Well, my friend, you have come to the right place. Next up in our Developer Highlight series is…Donald Kirker!
I’ve really been struggling about how to cover LG webOS and their SmartTV news lately. pivotCE isn’t my personal blog so I want to make sure that what I cover aligns with what webOS fans are eager to read about. And while I want to write about webOS, I haven’t been able to bring myself to draft up the news about LG and their TVs. It’s taken me this long to even sit down and put my thoughts together.
LG recently showcased their version of webOS running on TVs at AppsWorld in San Francisco. They hosted several talks on Enyo and app development for their new flagship SmartTV OS. All well and good, yeah? I mean, I love Enyo and am very appreciative of LG giving webOS a chance, so why have I been in such a funk? Then it hit me…I don’t care about webOS on TVs.
