Not happy. It’s been a bad day in webOS-land but it started out quite the opposite. At 12:52 AM (EST) I received an email while I slept from Phoenix International Communications informing me that ACL for webOS v1.0 was just a click away…license code and all.
To say I was overjoyed, relieved, and excited when I found the email waiting for me this morning would be an understatement.
From April 28, 2013 to this very morning, the community has waited for it. The community brought it to life with a $45,000 kickstarter project. The community invested in it emotionally as well since some saw it as the last chance for webOS (it’s not, by the way).
UPDATE: ACL for webOS has been suspended by OpenMobile pending software fixes first reported in the “read this” link below.
That’s right, folks. The public release of ACL for webOS version 1.0 is here and available for your purchasing-downloading-license-registering…oh, and using pleasure. The long awaited and highly anticipated ability to run Android apps (provided they are compatible with Android 2.3.x and below) on your HP TouchPad within webOS has arrived.
Time for another well deserved Dev Highlight. If you’re on an HP TouchPad reading this article you may well be using the browser this webOS developer created. Folks, say hello to…Vistaus!
When Steve Jobs pulled out the iPhone at Macworld 2007 it was a game changer. Smart phones became what they are today because the iPhone flipped the market on its proverbial lid. Google built a search engine into a billion dollar industry and the web has never been the same because they changed the game. Say what you want about Microsoft but when they licensed their software and NOT hardware it changed the computer market forever. Similarly, mobile computing was in its infancy when Palm and US Robotics came along and released the Palm 1000. The PDA market exploded because Palm changed the game.
Each game-changer was innovative, fresh, and excited people. Palm recaptured that exciting spirit at CES in 2009 with the debut of the Palm Pre. But after HP stopped developing webOS hardware in 2011 it all but killed the innovation of webOS to the mobile world and fans of the platform were left without hope it would ever reach competitive market share. Open webOS was born but that game was so new it didn’t have a rule book. The game was over before it really began or so it seemed. Continue reading webOS Internals founder to OM/PIC “Too little, too late”→
As a parent, Christmas time means I get to hear my 8 year old oggling over every toy commercial she sees. In fact, that’s usually the first indicator that I have to sit her down with a pencil and a piece of paper to get her to write a letter to Santa Claus. Once the letter is done I can remind her that she already wrote to Santa to make the begging lull…a bit.
But this year I got to thinking…what would I ask Santa for? I mean other than a unicorn and a rocket launcher, of course…here’re my top 3. Continue reading A webOS Christmas Wish List→
Not happy. It’s been a bad day in webOS-land but it started out quite the opposite. At 12:52 AM (EST) I received an email while I slept from Phoenix International Communications informing me that ACL for webOS v1.0 was just a click away…license code and all.
Time for another well deserved Dev Highlight. If you’re on an HP TouchPad reading this article you may well be using the browser this webOS developer created. Folks, say hello to…Vistaus!
