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Sunday, March 3, 2013

LG announces 10 million LTE smartphones sold worldwide

LG announces 10 million LTE smartphones sold worldwide


It's been roughly two years since LG began its role in the LTE Revolution, but the company has just crossed an important milestone in its pursuit. Today, LG revealed that it's now sold 10 million LTE smartphones, which is double the number we last saw in August. Despite the lengthy amount of time it's taken LG to achieve this 10 million figure, the news comes at an interesting juncture, as the company's now ramping up distribution of its halo device, the Optimus G. Similarly, both the Optimus F7 and F5 are due later this year, which will be aimed at those seeking 4G on a budget. Will we see an uptick in LG's sales of LTE smartphones? We certainly hope so, but our Magic 8-Ball's currently broken. That said, you'll find the full announcement after the break.

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LG PASSES TEN MILLION MARK IN LTE SMARTPHONE SALES


LG Expands LTE Market with Compelling Lineup Targeting Diverse Range of Consumer Needs

SEOUL, Mar. 3, 2013 -- LG Electronics (LG) reports that it has sold more than 10 million LTE smartphones worldwide, a result of the company's aggressive push into 4G markets with a combination of the best hardware and advanced 4G LTE technologies.
"Aggressive pushing forward with 4G LTE technology allows LG satisfy the needs of consumers and is a huge factor in our growing success in global LTE smartphone sales," said Dr. Jong-seok Park, President and CEO of the LG Mobile Communications Company. "Having established ourselves as a major industry player, we will continue to expand our footprint in the global LTE market with a wider range of differentiated, high quality LTE smartphones."


LG's success in expanding its presence in this segment is a result of its early entry into the LTE market and its leadership in LTE research and development. Last year, LG launched popular LTE smartphones in significant markets such as the United States, Japan, Germany and South Korea. In recent weeks, the company began a global rollout of its LG Optimus G in an additional 50 countries.


According to Strategic Analytics, global shipments of LTE smartphones are expected to drastically increase to 275 million units this year. LG is aiming to double its LTE smartphone penetration this year, expanding its presence in both established and emerging markets with a variety of devices. New for 2013, LG's Optimus F series will deliver a high-speed experience to users transitioning from 3G to 4G LTE networks in countries around the world.


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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

LG teases several new smartphones for MWC, is brought to you by the letters G, L, V and F

LG teases its MWC showing again the tagline is tags


LG isn't done making vague hints at what it's got in store for us in Barcelona next week. While we admittedly missed it on our first viewing, the latest trailer flies past several red initials and vague glimpses of four handsets. There's an L (style?), a G (greatness), one V (view, or Vu) and a new one, F, that apparently stands for freedom. In short, it looks like LG might be bringing quite a few phones to the show. The short video also places plenty of emphasis on tags, which we're guessing will involve some NFC tech -- possibly expanding on those "Tag On" stickers we saw announced at CES last month. We just wish the message was as loud and clear as the music in the teaser. You've been warned.



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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Gartner: half of smartphones sold are Apple or Samsung, Huawei third for the first time

Gartner 2012 handset sales down 17 percent, half of smartphones sold are Apple or Samsung


We saw last quarter that while mobile phone buyers were on the decline in general, smartphone sales were way, way up. That's how 2012 finished off as well according to Gartner, with cellphone purchases down 1.7 percent overall from 2011, but sales of higher-IQ models up 38.3 percent year-on-year. Samsung and Apple fared particularly well in the latter category for Q4 2012, making up over 52 percent of smartphones sold compared to 46 percent in Q3. Meanwhile, being embroiled in the odd security row didn't stop upstart Huawei from hitting the smartphone podium for the first time with 27.2 million handsets sold in Q4 2012, a 73.8 percent jump over last year -- but a distant third behind Samsung's 64.5 million units and 43.5 million for Apple. Meanwhile, Nokia dropped 53.6 percent from last year with 39.3 million units sold, though it's likely too soon to tell whether WP8 will boost it anew.


Speaking of Redmond's Windows Phone ecosystem, it grew a modest 1.2 percent in Q4 to grab 3 percent of the market just behind BlackBerry, which tumbled 44.4 percent but stayed in third spot on 3.5 percent of devices. With new products now in the market, the two OSes will likely see a protracted battle for third spot over the next year, according to the survey outfit. Android widened its margin to control a whopping 69.7 percent share of the smartphone OS market compared to 20.9 percent for iOS, a bump of 87.8 percent over the quarter. Otherwise, your Badas, Symbians and others are battling for scraps, and will soon have certain new Linux-based predators to watch out for, to boot.


Source: Gartner

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Ubuntu smartphones set for October launch in two markets

Ubuntu smartphones set for October launch in two markets


Sure, Ubuntu for smartphones is slated to appear as a downloadable image for the Galaxy Nexus late this month, but you'll have to wait until fall to get your hands on honest-to-goodness Ubuntu phone hardware. According to the Wall Street Journal, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth says Ubuntu handsets will hit two "large geographic markets" in October, and that the open source OS has struck the fancy of carriers, to boot. However, Shuttleworth remained coy regarding which regions will see the devices launch in October and which manufacturers will be serving up hardware.


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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Which T-Mobile smartphones will support LTE?

Which T-Mobile smartphones will support LTE?


It's no secret that T-Mobile is on the cusp of lighting up its first LTE network in Las Vegas, but with Kansas City soon to follow -- and ambitions of extending LTE coverage to 100 million Americans by mid-year -- it's time to start factoring this consideration into your next smartphone purchase. While the carrier's HSPA+ 42 network is certainly speedy, there's no point in saddling yourself with a device that's rooted in the past. Want to make sure you're ready for what comes next? Read on for everything you need to know.


As it stands, T-Mobile currently sells three smartphones that'll support its nascent LTE network. The first two are the Galaxy Note II and the Lumia 810 -- both of which must receive a software update to enable the functionality. We recently spoke with T-Mobile about the matter, and while representatives confirmed the pair would be updated, the company isn't ready to discuss a timeline. The third smartphone that's known to support LTE over Band 4 (1700MHz AWS) is the Nexus 4, and while it's completely possible to enable this dormant feature, the phone has yet to receive FCC certification for this purpose. We're cautiously hopeful that the Nexus 4 will be certified for LTE Band 4, but until this happens, operation in this mode is illegal and comes at your own risk.


Beyond this trio, T-Mobile has revealed two forthcoming smartphones that'll support its flavor of LTE: the BlackBerry Z10 and a revised Galaxy S III. Both devices will offer LTE connectivity out of the box, but T-Mobile has yet to nail down a specific release date for either handset. In the case of the BlackBerry Z10, it won't hit store shelves until mid-March at the very earliest.


All things told, the Galaxy Note II, Lumia 810 and Nexus 4 are each worthwhile purchases. If you're looking to buy a T-Mobile smartphone today, we recommend you choose among these three. If you're less than thrilled with the bunch (and you're willing to wait), the BlackBerry Z10 or the retooled Galaxy S III each merit consideration. Beyond that, we've no doubt that T-Mobile has many other juicy, LTE-enabled smartphones in the pipeline. Just remember to shop smart, folks.


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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Benchmarking CES 2013's flagship smartphones

Benchmarking CES 2013's flagship smartphones


As you might've noticed, CES 2013 didn't turn out much in they way of smartphone reveals. Most of the mobile industry's big guns held back their reserves (Sony aside), prepping behind-the-scenes for Barcelona's world stage and ceding this Vegas showcase to lesser known Chinese OEMs. So before we bid adieu to these vast convention halls and tuck in for the impending reviews, we've decided to roundup the show's only flagships -- ZTE's Grand S, Huawei's Ascend Mate and D2 and Sony's Xperia Z / ZL -- and pit them head-to-head in preliminary performance testing. Follow along after the break to find out which handset earns the top spot in this benchmark battle.

Sony Xperia Z Sony Xperia ZL Huawei Ascend Mate Huawei Ascend D2 ZTE Grand S Quadrant 8,060 8,062 5,479 4,670 4,697 AnTuTu 10,219 13,589 9,480 6,907 7,992 SunSpider 0.9.1 (ms) 1,864.9 1,881.4 N/A N/A 1,860.5 CF-Bench 13,921 17,197 12,799 11,559 10,139 SunSpider: lower scores are better
With the exception of the Ascend Mate's 720p 6.1-inch screen, every handset we've matched up here sports a 5-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM, a quad-core processor -- Snapdragon S4 Pros for the Xperia Z / ZL and ZTE Grand S, and a K3V2 for Huawei's devices -- clocked at 1.5GHz (the Grand S runs faster at 1.7GHz) and runs Android Jelly Bean. You'd think this would make for a fair fight, but as the chart above clearly shows, the Xperia Z / ZL (lumped together for their identical specs) notch significantly higher scores across Quadrant, AnTuTu and CF-Bench testing.

Sunspider results, on the other hand, were a bit inconclusive as we were consistently unable (try though we did) to successfully run that browser-based test on the Mate and D2. Excluding those latter two devices, ZTE's Grand S was clearly the fastest of the bunch at rendering web content, albeit by quite a small margin. Keep in mind these early results are based off of pre-production hardware and final units could yield welcome improvements in the form of software optimization. For now, though, we have to crown the Xperia Z / ZL as the best of the bunch at this year's show.

Brad Molen contributed to this report.

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

CES 2013: Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and 600 give clues on smartphones to come

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and 600 give clues on smartphones to comeQualcomm - snappy

Not to be outdone by Nvidia's new Tegra 4 processor, Qualcomm has unveiled its latest high-end mobile-friendly chipsets at CES 2013, with the Snapdragon 800 promising to bring UHD video and mind-boggling battery performance to phones and computers later this year.

Qualcomm says that the high-end Snapdragon 800 will deliver 75 per cent better battery performance than the current top-end S4 Pro.

It's all thanks to the move to the 28nm manufacturing process coupled with a new Krait 400 CPU quad configuration that brings better performance per watt of power.

Qualcomm's also managed to fit asynchronous SMP architecture in, which ekes the best possible performance from each core without needing specialist cores.

So, in short, lots of power saving moves being made. That doesn't mean the processors will skimp on nifty new tricks though; the Snapdragon 800 chip will allow phones to record and play back Ultra High Def 4K video, as well as improving still photography, global 4G/LTE with certain add-ons, multi-channel HD audio and allowing for higher-res displays (2560 x 2048).

Excitingly, Qualcomm reckons the Snapdragon 800s will be making their way to high-end devices and thus our pockets by the middle of 2013.

And it's not just intended for the top-end smartphones - the 800 processor is also designed for Smart TVs, tablets and digital media adapters.

Somewhat overshadowed by the 800 but still impressive is the new Snapdragon 600, intended for mid-to-high-end mobile devices and offering rich graphics and 40 per cent better battery performance than the S4 Processor that's around now.

It comes with a new Krait 300 quad-core CPU with speeds up to 1.9GHz, a speed-enhanced Adreno 320 GPU and support for LPDR3 memory.

The Snapdragon 600 should also hit phones sooner than the 800, expected by the second quarter of the year (April-June).

Steve Mollenkopf, Qualcomm's president and COO, said that the Snapdragon 600 and 800 already have "more than 50 design wins… secured" between them, so we could feasibly see some of the first devices on show at MWC 2013. We sure hope so.

AT&T sells record 10 million smartphones in fourth-quarter

n">(Reuters) - AT&T Inc sold more than 10 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, a record, the company said on Tuesday.

The total topped the previous record of 9.4 million sold in the same quarter in 2011.

The latest results suggested AT&T smartphone sales for all of 2012 will be about 26.7 million units, slightly ahead of its previous forecast of 26 million.

On Monday, AT&T rival Verizon Wireless said it had its strongest fourth quarter ever, with an increase in subscribers and a rise in sales of Apple Inc's iPhone 5 and other devices.

While smartphones help operators keep customers and attract new ones they also raise costs. Wireless service providers including AT&T pay hefty subsidies to handset makers so that they can offer device discounts to customers who commit to two-year contracts.

Wells Fargo analyst Jennifer Fritzsche said AT&T could miss her expectations for a wireless profit margin of 32.7 percent because of higher-than-expected smartphone sales.

Shares of AT&T were down 1.3 percent at $34.47 on Tuesday morning.

The company averaged daily sales of more than 110,000 smartphones that run on Apple, Google Android and Microsoft Window operating systems, AT&T Chief Executive Ralph de la Vega said in a statement.

AT&T will announce fourth-quarter results on January 24. Analysts, on average, expect earnings per share of 49 cents, compared with 42 cents for the same quarter last year, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

(Reporting by Jennifer Saba in New York; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)


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Saturday, January 5, 2013

Engadget's CES 2013 Preview: Smartphones


With CES looming like an electrically charged storm of news and announcements, it's time for us to give you our best bets on what you'll see come January. During the month of December, we'll bring you a series of CES preview posts, forecasting what you can expect when the news deluge begins. For more of what's to come, check out our hub.

Engadget's CES 2013 Preview Smartphones


It goes without saying that smartphones are now an integral part of the consumer electronics industry, and each January plenty of them are exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. While many companies are understandably silent about their plans for the massive trade show, we've been able to gather a pretty solid idea of what we can expect to see as the show descends upon us. Join us after the break as we tell you what types of products will delight or depress us at next month's event.


Historically, CES has been the preferred smartphone launch venue for US carriers offering a peek at their Q1 / Q2 roadmaps and a handful of global companies looking to generate buzz before Mobile World Congress in February. Few manufacturers reveal their worldwide flagships at the show, however, so we're left (more often than not) with a smattering of products that typically don't raise the bar for innovation or design. As an example, our top picks for last year's show were the Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T and the Sony Xperia S; neither phone picked up much traction as the year progressed. In fact, the last "groundbreaking" mobile product in recent memory was the Atrix 4G and its accompanying LapDock -- and we all know how that turned out in the end.

Our point is that, despite the fact that thousands of companies will be clamoring for the spotlight at CES, we don't expect to see many head-turning products that will make any sort of impact on the mobile industry. It doesn't mean we're going to come away from the show empty-handed: ZTE has confirmed that it will be announcing a 5-inch FHD (1080p) device called the Grand S on January 8th, and it's quite possible that a few other previously unseen products will show up at its booth. Additionally, Huawei acknowledged on Sina Weibo that it will introduce its first Windows Phone 8 device (Ascend W1) as well as a 5-inch FHD smartphone to compete against its Chinese rival (Ascend D2). Photos and "in the wild" shots of a 6.1-inch behemoth called the Ascend Mate also made an appearance over the last couple weeks, so it wouldn't come as much of a shock to us if it gets announced.

We're also expecting a couple devices from Sony called the Xperia Z (Odin) and Xperia ZL (Yuga). The rumor mill regarding this pair of Android phones is incredibly lively at the moment (we've even seen a full review of the latter and leaked press shots of both), and signs are pointing toward 5-inch 1080p displays and quad-core processors on both models; we'd venture to guess that a 13MP Exmor RS sensor is a good bet on at least one of them, since Sony has hinted that it would be arriving early this year (and is also found on the Oppo Find 5).

As we mentioned earlier, we'll likely get some new carrier-specific phones. We'll probably see a new Pantech model on AT&T, just like we did last year with the Burst, but the network is staying incredibly silent on other potential devices that may show up, if any are planned. Same goes for T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon.

Finally, let's tackle the companies that most likely won't have much of a presence at this year's outing. RIM isn't listed as an exhibitor, which should come as little surprise -- it's saving its BlackBerry 10 announcement for a standalone event on January 30th. Additionally, LG has confirmed to us that it isn't planning to release any new devices at the show, and Samsung has stated publicly that "no major mobile news" is in the works -- though it didn't say anything about "minor" mobile news, so we may come face-to-face with a Galaxy Grand or other budget / midrange phones.

Three companies are keeping a little too quiet about their plans. Motorola doesn't appear to have any tricks up its sleeves this go-round; Nokia's only booth will be related to its mapping and commerce division, though we'd love to see a working demo of Windows Phone 7.8 somewhere; and HTC usually waits until MWC to unveil its flagship Android products.

Simply put, CES will likely be a quiet show on the mobile side -- there will be plenty of phones to see but only a select few will impress. Regardless, the reveal is oftentimes the most fun part, and you can expect us to talk about each and every one that happens at this year's CES. The action begins January 7th.


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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Vodafone's Nearly New program entices penny-pinchers with pre-owned smartphones

Vodafone's Nearly New program entices penny-pinchers with pre-owned smartphones


If you cherish saving coin and don't mind owning secondhand devices, Vodafone's Nearly New program is angling to hook you up with previously-loved smartphones. The UK firm's new effort takes handsets returned by users in "very good condition," repackages them with the appropriate accessories and doles them out at cheaper prices with pay-as-you-go or contract plans. According to Vodafone, the offering is particularly aimed at bringing pay-as-you-go users into the smartphone fold without breaking the bank. Available devices will vary each month based on return inventory, but the outfit already has iOS and Android choices on tap. Customers happy with off-contract service can choose between an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4, with an 8GB flavor of the latter ringing up at £250. Folks who have their eye on a contract plan can pick between a Samsung Galaxy S III, which is free with a £33 subscription, or an HTC One X. On-contract Nearly New devices are already available online and in select stores, while commitment-free phones are up for grabs in-store and will find their way online next week.


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Friday, December 28, 2012

Samsung expected to ship 350 million smartphones in 2013

According to the latest report by DigiTimes, Samsung is expected to ship over 500 million mobile devices globally in 2013. Also, out of these, 350 million are expected to be smartphones.

With the total smartphone shipments for 2013 is expected to be around the 800-900 million mark, this leaves Samsung with an impressive 40% of the global smartphone marketshare.

The numbers are said to be Samsung's own internal estimates for 2013.

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New Toshiba camera sensor lets you refocus after the shot, plans 2013 launch in smartphones and tablets

New Toshiba camera sensor lets you refocus after you take the shot, plans to launch in smartphones and tablets next year

Hoping for some after-the-fact focusing in your next smartphone camera? Well, you'll have to wait around a year, but Toshiba's planning exactly that with a new module that houses an array of 500,000 tiny lenses. Within a 1cm-thick unit, these lenses are layered in front of the camera sensor, which can capture slightly different images from each lens arrangement. Those picture can then be combined in a "complete" picture using Toshiba's own software. Apparently, the camera will also be able to measure the distance between objects in the shot -- similar to how 3D images are captured -- with the user then able to shift focus between close and distant detail, or even create images that are in-focus throughout. Toshiba says the module will also be able to capture video with a similar degree of focus management -- something that Lytro hasn't got around to just yet. The sensor is still a work in progress, but the manufacturer plans to commercialize the module before the end of 2013. Toshiba is looking to ally itself with multiple smartphone (and tablet) makers -- and here's hoping that it finds its way into a device outside of Japan.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Smartphones murdering the iPod

Smartphones murdering the iPodDinosaur!

We all love our shiny smartphones, but the latest stats on MP3 players prove that the sleek handset in your pocket is a cold-eyed killer.

Yep, according to Mintel's research sales of the humble MP3 player - and let's face it that means mainly Apple iPods - have dropped by a massive 22 per cent year on year.

And that's not all, with Mintel insisting that sales will halve again by 2017, making it a business worth just £25 million in the UK, which to the likes of Apple is pretty much the equivalent of the coins it has rattling together down the back of its sofa.

That, according to both experts and anyone with a modicum of common sense, is due to the rise and rise of the smartphone, all of which come with MP3 player functionality and make having an iPod a bit unnecessary.

But before you start feeling all sympathetic and wistful for the good old days, you should remember that the MP3 player pretty much assassinated both the Walkman and the mini-disc player in its climb to the top of our music buddy charts.

GIve it until 2017 and we'll see if Mintel are right, or if brain chips have made our phones obsolete by then anyway.

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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Smartphones used by nurses to meet data demands

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Samsung tops Nokia in cell phone shipments, Apple in smartphones

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Samsung is poised to overtake Nokia as the world's top cellphone brand this year, according to iSuppli's preliminary 2012 forecast. The researcher has published its expected rankings for the top five handset OEMs with Samsung accounting for 29% of the industry's shipments, up from 24% in 2011, followed by 24% for Nokia, down from 30% last year -- a shift that marks the first time in 14 years where Nokia isn't number one.

"Samsung's successes and Nokia's struggles in the cellphone market this year were determined entirely by the two companies' divergent fortunes in the smartphone sector," said senior analyst Wayne Lam. The report notes that smartphones will account for nearly half of all wireless handset shipments in 2012, a 35.5% increase from last year, while overall cellphone shipments are only expected to increase by roughly 1%.

Or as Lam put it, mobile device makers were forced to live by the smartphone or die by the smartphone in 2012. Samsung's success is attributed to the company's streamlined scattershot approach of launching dozens of devices across all price points. Meanwhile, Nokia is in the middle of transitioning to Windows Phone -- a decision that was largely about product differentiation CEO Stephen Elop told CNET in a recent interview.

Samsung is also the top manufacturer when looking purely at smartphone figures, representing 28% of unit shipments, up from 20% last year and enough to distance itself from Apple, which accounted for 20% of the shipments this year and was only 1% behind Samsung last year. Nokia, HTC and RIM each represented 5% of overall smartphone shipments and occupied the bottom three spots on iSuppli's top-five list.


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Friday, December 14, 2012

Dell officially says goodbye to smartphones

Dell officially says goodbye to smartphonesThe XPS 12 is part of Dell's new focus on Windows tablets

Dell is quitting the smartphone business more or less for good, according to a report Thursday from Forbes.

Jeff Clarke, Dell's vice chairman and president of Global Operations and End User Computing Solutions, dropped the news Wednesday at the Dell World conference.

China became Dell's lone remaining smartphone market earlier this year when the Round Rock, Texas company stopped selling its smartphones in the U.S.

Now even China will have to live without Dell smartphones, and Clarke reportedly said Dell won't re-enter the smartphone market any time soon.

Dell smartphones are a thing of the past, partly because "it needs a lot of investments to really be successful," Clarke said.

The Android business, according to Clarke, is a "content play," meaning it's more about what you can sell on top of smartphone hardware than the hardware itself.

"Amazon is selling books and Google is making it up with search," he said. "So far we couldn't find a way to build a business on Android."

Dell is reportedly in the fifth year of a transformation phase, with aims for now to focus on Windows tablets and laptop/tablet hybrids like the XPS 10, XPS 12 and Latitude 10.

These latest Dell devices all run Windows 8 or Windows RT.

But Clarke wouldn't leave it at that, perhaps ensuring his own words wouldn't come back to haunt him - "It doesn't mean we're not looking at Android."

"You should come and see what's in our labs," he added.

If Forbes doesn't take you up on that offer, Mr. Clarke, TechRadar will be waiting by the phone.

Via Forbes

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Google Nexus S helps resurrect webOS on smartphones

Google Nexus S helps resurrect webOS on smartphonesIt lives!

WebOS, the property of computing firm HP came and went in an embarrassingly short-lived adventure, but it's now back thanks to some dedicated volunteers.

A team known as Phoenix International Communications has come together to produce a port of WebOS which runs over the top of Android on smartphones.

Currently it only works on the Samsung made Google Nexus S (they're using the 4G US version), appearing as an app on the device – but from the video the collective posted online, it's pretty sluggish.

That said it's only a pre-Alpha build, meaning the project is still very much in its infancy, so it wouldn't be too much of a surprise if we saw speed improvements in the future.

HP gifted webOS to the open source community towards the end of last year, and in September HP released an open source beta version for developers to play with, shortly followed by webOS 1.0.

It looks like people have been more than happy to take up HP's offer, and we're pretty sure we'll be seeing webOS in a few more guises over the next year.

If you fancy checking out this early build, the group have posted the following video on YouTube showing off their work.

From YouTube via Engadget

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