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CES 2015 Brings The Nostalgia Factor With Polaroid, Sony, Dell, And Palm

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:33:49 +0000

You may have noticed a lack of CES 2015 coverage on Techcitement. To be honest, it’s all been a bit overwhelming. So far, many of our favorite companies have announced impressive new devices. We’re dying to test them all. One thing that’s struck us is how many devices at an event that looks at upcoming […]

LG TVs Get Smart With WebOS

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:07:45 +0000

My love of webOS is no secret. For example, my TouchPad is my main tablet, despite being discontinued over two years ago. I recently attempted to use a Pre Plus as a daily driver and only gave it up because of battery issues. However, I am a rarity. LG believed in webOS too, which is […]

Tune In To The Alleged First Video Of LG’s WebOS TV Interface

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:25:01 +0000

Yes, this is about webOS, the little operating system that couldn’t. The mobile world has moved on, but that hasn’t completely shelved the OS. LG first announced the intention of putting webOS on smart TVs almost exactly a year ago. While LG would go on to acquire webOS, there’s been little movement beyond that initial […]

LG Thinks WebOS Is Ready For Prime Time

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:45:26 +0000

In a move no one suspected, LG has reportedly acquired webOS. Made official this morning, LG plans to leverage the promising-but-shelved operating system as the basis for new smartTVs. There was talk of LG licensing webOS for that purpose back in October 2012, but it appears it was simpler to buy it outright. I had a chance […]

LG Brings WebOS To Your TV Because No One Demanded It

Mordechai Osdoby — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:00:58 +0000

While it’s true that Open webOS has successfully been ported to several devices in Alpha form, that’s a long way from being useful. Yes, HP’s spun off gram division announced Open webOS Professional, a version of its open source OS that will incorporate HP’s cloud services such as Synergy (not included in the non-Professional flavor). […]

CEO Meg Whitman Says HP Should “Offer A Smartphone”, Forgets Past

Mordechai Osdoby — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:33:10 +0000

HP’s dumping of my favorite mobile operating system may have been over a year ago, but I’m still getting over it. Pitiful, yes, but that’s part of what makes me who I am. I’ve gotten better though. I managed to resist writing an article about the release of the code for Open webOS earlier this […]

HP Finds New And Exciting Ways To Flip Off Remaining WebOS Users

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:45:23 +0000

I reactivated my Palm Pre, because I figured, “Hey, HP is releasing Open webOS next month, so I can have my favorite mobile operating system back”. Except no, I cannot. HP has announced that Open webOS won’t, in fact, run on any existing devices. If you’re rocking any version of the Pre, Pixi, or Veer, […]

A Tale of Two Former Palm Apps, And Their Journey to Android

Mordechai Osdoby — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:12:43 +0000

Here’s an unlikely scenario: say you’ve been using a PalmOS device for all these years. Never mind how you managed to miss just about every modern operating system — maybe you work in an industry that standardized on it or you didn’t have an upgrade credit for six years — what do you do when […]

iOS 6 Stabs At Google’s Heart, While Mountain Lion Makes A Grab for Mine

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:06:44 +0000

Last week, I wrote up a list of what mobile operating systems I’m considering to replace my current one. My end result was Android, as its the most webOS-like solution for now. I noted that today’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) might change things vis-à-vis iOS and boy, did it. Just not in the way […]

When Choosing A New Phone, What’s A WebOS User To Do?

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:45:13 +0000

I’m a diehard webOS user. My TouchPad is my daily workhorse, and I love the thing. Until a few weeks ago, I was still using my Palm Pre+ (hacked to run on Sprint). However, a recent contract change added Sprint’s $10 data access fee. As much as I love my Pre, I am not not […]