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Given LG's success in the TV biz with WebOS, I'm surprised they never made a port of the OS for their mobile line.
by chrisco255 6y ago
Given LG's success in the TV biz with WebOS, I'm surprised they never made a port of the OS for their mobile line.
- akvadrako 6y agoWebOS is originally made for mobiles. Not enough people want an OS that doesn't have native support for Android or iOS apps. Even windows couldn't cut it.
- chrisco255 6y agoThey do now. We have all became acutely aware of Google and Apple having too much power over the mobile ecosystem. Windows Phone 8+ didn't offer any differentiation other than UI design and they were charging for Windows mobile at first. Windows never got the critical mass of apps. It wasn't open source. Microsoft is just another tech giant. But if they piggy backed off the TV market success of WebOS they could have a truly open source alternative to Android that other organizations could have more influence over.
- paxys 6y agoNot sure if joking or not...
- chrisco255 6y agoNot at all. I realize WebOS started as a mobile project but I want to see it come full circle back to mobile.
- paxys 6y agoThat isn't going to happen. There is no room for another smartphone OS. Look at how much cash Microsoft threw at the problem, and they still couldn't succeed.
- Der_Einzige 6y agoPeople don't like their TVs because they have WebOS (which sucks big time btw), they like them because they make the best quality OLED panels for reasonable prices. The CX is a phenomenal TV or monitor replacement (in 45 inch configuration)