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'''webOS''', also known as '''LG webOS''', is a [[Linux kernel]]-based [[Computer multitasking|multitasking]] [[operating system]] for [[smart device]]s, such as [[smart TV]]s, that has also been used as a [[mobile operating system]]. Initially developed by [[Palm, Inc.]] (which was acquired by [[Hewlett-Packard]]), HP made the platform [[Open-source software|open source]], at which point it became
The [[operating system]] was later sold to [[LG Electronics]], and was made primarily a [[List of smart TV platforms and middleware software|smart TV operating system]] for [[LG televisions]] as a successor to [[NetCast]]. In January 2014, [[Qualcomm]] announced that it had acquired technology patents from HP, which included all the
Various versions of webOS have been featured on several devices since launching in 2009, including [[Palm Pre|Pre]], [[Palm Pixi|Pixi]], and [[HP Veer|Veer]] [[smartphones]], [[HP TouchPad|TouchPad]] [[tablet computer|tablet]], LG's smart TVs since 2014, LG's smart refrigerators and smart projectors since 2017.
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In March 2011, HP announced plans for a version of webOS by the end of 2011 to run within [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Hollister |first=Sean |date=March 14, 2011 |title=HP TouchPad Coming June, webOS for PC Beta by Year's End |work=Engadget |publisher=AOL Inc. |url=https://www.engadget.com/2011/03/14/hp-touchpad-coming-june-webos-for-pc-beta-by-years-end |access-date=November 27, 2013 }}</ref> and to be installed on all HP desktop and notebook computers in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Apotheker Seeks to Save HP's 'Lost Soul' With Software Growth|work=BusinessWeek|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|date=March 9, 2011|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-09/apotheker-seeks-to-save-hp-s-lost-soul-with-software-growth.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311121717/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-09/apotheker-seeks-to-save-hp-s-lost-soul-with-software-growth.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 11, 2011|access-date=March 9, 2011}}</ref> Neither ever materialized, although work had begun on an x86 port around this time involving a team in [[Fort Collins, Colorado]]; work was scrapped later in the year.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
In August 2011, HP announced that it was interested in selling its Personal Systems Group, responsible for all of its consumer PC products, including webOS, and that webOS device development and production lines would be halted.<ref>{{cite web|title= Developing and Distributing with HP: Developer Program Details|work= palm.com|publisher= Hewlett-Packard Development Company|year=2010|url=http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1840&Itemid=34|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201180033/http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1840&Itemid=34|archive-date= December 1, 2010}}<!--Original|accessdate=March 10, 2011--></ref><ref>{{cite news |title= HP Confirms Discussions with Autonomy Corporation plc Regarding Possible Business Combination; Makes Other Announcements |work= Press release |date= August 18, 2011 |url= http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110818006301/en/HP-Confirms-Discussions-Autonomy-Corporation-plc-Business |access-date= August 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=HP kills webOS, spins off PC business to focus on software|work=
The HP Pre 3 was launched in select areas of Europe, and US-based units were available only through unofficial channels (both AT&T and Verizon canceled their orders just prior to delivery after [[Léo Apotheker|Apotheker's]] (HP's CEO at the time) announcement.<ref name="allthings">{{cite news|last=Fried|first=Ina|title=HP: webOS Still Coming to PCs and Printers, Pre3 Launching in "Limited" Markets|work=AllThingsD|publisher=Dow Jones & Company|date=August 22, 2011|url=http://allthingsd.com/20110822/hp-webos-still-coming-to-pcs-and-printers-pre3-launching-in-limited-markets/ |access-date=August 24, 2011}}</ref> Notably, these US Pre 3 units, having been released through unofficial channels, lacked both warranties and carried no support obligation from HP; as a result parts are nearly impossible to come by. HP announced that it would continue to issue updates for the HP Veer and [[HP TouchPad]], but these updates have failed to materialize for the former, and the latter saw a final, unofficial release called "webOS CE" that contained only open-sourced components of webOS meant for what remained of the developer community rather than a conventional, user-centric update to the operating system. The last HP webOS version, 3.0.5, was released on January 12, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/12/2702658/hp-touchpad-updated-to-webos-3-0-5 |title=HP TouchPad updated to webOS 3.0.5 |last=Ziegler |first=Chris |date=January 12, 2012 |website=The Verge |access-date=August 7, 2017 }}</ref>
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