I’m focusing on hybrid rather than WebOS-only PCs because I can’t imagine HP giving up its Windows PC business, any more than Apple is giving up its Mac OS X business as iOS soars.

The swap allows HP to scale its WebOS business while injecting a dose of innovation and design flair into its PC business. DeWitt, who has been leading the PSG Americas region at HP, will be ...

WebOS has a somewhat complicated history: the operating system was developed by Palm as a last-ditch attempt to compete with Android and iOS. It introduced some interesting ideas like support for ...

Given HP’s public statements about integrating webOS into all of its products and possibly licensing it, Rubinstein’s move to the PC and connected devices department could be a positive sign.

According to Steven McArthur, the senior vice president for the consumer applications business within the Personal Systems Group at HP, WebOS on the PC was positioned as a way to expand the developer ...

There's no doubt that HP's purchase of Palm was primarily driven by a desire to get hold of webOS the firm's acclaimed smartphone platform. Since then, HP has been open about its intentions to spread ...

Aside from specific hardware, he was keen to stress the overall power of webOS as a platform. "It's not about a single device. It's about how multiple devices work together and with the cloud," he ...

The decision to discontinue webOS devices, meanwhile, is the only one of the three seemingly set in stone. "HP will continue to explore options to optimize the value of webOS software going forward," ...

Vendors like Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Acer and Toshiba may dominate the worldwide PC market, but their efforts to turn those leads into smartphone success have failed, highlighted by HP’s decision ...

The computing giant has been pretty clear that a key reason it wanted Palm was webOS, the mobile operating system that powers Palm’s critically acclaimed but poorly selling Pre and Pixi ...

Today we take a look at the new HP TouchPad WebOS 3.0 Tablet PC! This is the first tablet device that runs the WebOS operating system and this is one of our favorite devices we have reviewed so ...