Seldom, perhaps only since the launch of Android, is seen as an operating system has made as much as excite webOS. We know that history is running well, but it is worth remembering that this operating system created by the old Palm, was without a doubt one of the most interesting since IOS interrupt launched in 2007.

No longer just for the interface, which put great effort from the designers of Palm, also from developers. Palm webOS lets you develop applications in HTML5 (JavaScript, HTML and CSS), in what will surely end up being the programming language to develop applications on your smartphone. Ahead of his time ? Do not run much, but a pupil without a doubt.

Keep in mind that before the so-called developed Palm Palm OS, an operating system archaic and out of place with the arrival of the iPhone and Android mobile world. But the good thing to start from scratch when creating a new OS is that you can focus on the weaknesses of others, starting because this operating system is designed 100% for use with a touch screen unlike others, even today are reigning.

WebOS was presented as a complete stranger with the arrival of the new generation of smartphones from Palm, Palm Pre. A terminal that is not actually that was a technological novelty in view of their technical characteristics, but with a touchscreen, a sliding QWERTY keyboard and also curved, that is where the importance was noted that Palm put the design no longer in software, also in the hardware.

The future of webOS Today webOS decide the fate of HP, where it is clear that the use in smartphones and tablets will not be a possibility, since HP does not have one really wanted to re-launch one of these devices, at least not with webOS. Among the possibilities being considered are from the use in printers, PC or even license it.

WebOS on printers Although we are in 2011, to begin 2012, HP continues to sell millions of printers, in which all use a small Linux-based operating system to connect to the network, download applications or even connect to social networks. WebOS could come in an extra-light version to the printers.

License it This is the option that I hope HP will decide. All development and the millions spent on Palm can not fall on deaf ears, license the operating system would not only be a source of revenue for HP, it would be a competitor against Android and Windows Phone 7. Perhaps the reason why it could not succeed for the same reason that the terminal is not just shot webOS, the lack of applications.

Integrated PC HP is one of the largest PC manufacturers worldwide, including governments, professionals and ordinary consumers as we have for years to reign in sales. But there is a tendency for some reason is, or was, gaining popularity, the use of two operating systems on a single PC. I do not mean to have Windows and Linux instaldo, if not to have Windows as the primary operating system and on this, have a much lighter and quicker to load in seconds when you turn on your computer. webOS could do this role in HP notebooks. I see this as an interesting feature for laptops in companies or governments, but the idea has long been rumored consumption.