“It creates a new path for LG to
offer an intuitive user experience and Internet services across a range of
consumer electronics devices”
Quote from Skott Ahn, President and Chief Technology Officer
of LG Electronics Inc as reported in CNET dated February
25, 2013 at MWC 2013
Open
Source’s march is apparently that of an unstoppable Juggernaut.
This
as Open Source is now appears set to revolutionize the Television World as LG
Electronics out of South Korea has decided to develop a line of Smart TV based
on Open Source WebOS Platform as reported in “HP
licenses acquired from Palm”, published February 25, 2013 6:02
AM PST by Roger Cheng, CNET
News.
Mobile
Streaming Smart TV anyone?
This
development comes as no surprise, as LG Electronics had been toying with the
idea of using WebOS for TV as reported in “LG
at work on WebOS-based HDTV”, report says, published October
25, 2012 8:00 AM PDT by Don Reisinger, CNET
News.
HP
has apparently sold WebOS for an undisclosed sum of Gold (or is it platinum?)
bricks to LG Electronics, a well-respected TV maker, the following portfolio of WebOS products as
described in “HP Frees
Itself Of webOS, Unloading It To LG”, published February 25th, 2013
by Dan Rowinski, ReadWrite:
1. Source Code
2. Documentation
3. Websites
4. Employees
of the Division responsible for building and maintaining WebOS
HP will still
control Cloud Storage and Support for Apps for WebOS. Which is just as well as LG is a component
and Household Appliance Maker, not a Cloud computing Company. HP will also keep
its App Store and Updating Services for the Cloud Storage and Apps. Apparently,
there still money in the intellectual property of Apps and Cloud Computing,
making LG business-dependent on HP Cloud Storage.
Open
Source revolutionizing the Mobile smartphone World as can be seen from the
announcements coming out of the week long MWC 2013 (Mobile World Conference)
that began on February 25th 2013 as stated in my blog
article entitled “MWC
2013 reveals Firefox OS & Tizen OS launching Second & Third Quarter
2013 respectively - Samsung's Despicable Me 2 & Mozilla practices The ABC’s
of Death”.
The
story of HP’s past is well documented and even given mention in my article on
HP going Android for Tablets as noted in blog
article entitled “HP's
7 Slate 7 Tablet debuts at MWC 2013, set to launch April 2013 - LiMo Open
Source is RedBull as it Gives HP Wings Beyond the Hills”,
which admittedly they should have done sooner.
Notwithstanding,
WebOS resurrection via this HP deal is an excellent opportunity to expand on
the idea of the Connected Streaming TV concept. No doubt Streaming TV with
hardware made by LG and Cloud support for HP’s Tablets and smartphones is in
the works as described in as noted in my blog
article entitled “HP's
7 Slate 7 Tablet debuts at MWC 2013, set to launch April 2013 - LiMo Open
Source is RedBull as it Gives HP Wings Beyond the Hills”.
This
development marks LG’s increased push into Mobile Computing, fitting in nicely
with its growing portfolio of smartphones as mentioned in “LG's
4K phone upscaling squeezes Ultra HD from your mobile, wirelessly (video)”,
published February 27, 2013 7:53 AM PST, CNET
News.
One
thing is certain though: HP's The Great Gatsby (2013)
as LG, The
Wolverine (2013) of Streaming TV rises. Stay tuned for
more as these story develops.
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