Phones that were ahead of their time: Palm Pre
LG bought
to HP the WebOS platform ( Palm WebOS before that) when it was a unique mobile OS and no one had at that
time the way it worked on the devices.
February 25, 2013
Hewlett-Packard Co said on Monday it will sell the webOS operating system to South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc, unloading the smartphone software it acquired through a $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm in 2010.
Instead LG
inserted it on their Smart TVs, some home appliances, car displays, and WebOS is
now an Open Source, and it is coming on other TV brands around the world.
Now LG is quitting its mobile phone business that began with Android OS:
LG TO CLOSE MOBILE PHONE BUSINESS WORLDWIDE
SEOUL, April 5, 2021 — LG Electronics Inc. (LG) announced that it is closing its mobile business unit. The decision was approved by its board of directors earlier today.
LG’s strategic decision to exit the incredibly competitive mobile phone sector will enable the company to focus resources in growth areas such as electric vehicle components, connected devices, smart homes, robotics, artificial intelligence and business-to-business solutions, as well as platforms and services.
LG will provide service support and software updates for customers of existing mobile products for a period of time which will vary by region. LG will work collaboratively with suppliers and business partners throughout the closure of the mobile phone business. Details related to employment will be determined at the local level.
Moving forward, LG will continue to leverage its mobile expertise and develop mobility-related technologies such as 6G to help further strengthen competitiveness in other business areas. Core technologies developed during the two decades of LG’s mobile business operations will also be retained and applied to existing and future products.
The wind-down of the mobile phone business is expected to be completed by July 31 although the inventory of some existing models may still be available after that.
LG you lost your big chance when you did not take WebOS for your smartphones because you were making great hardware at that time.
WIKIPEDIA:
Palm launched webOS, then called Palm webOS, in January 2009 as the successor to Palm OS. The first webOS device was the original Palm Pre, released by Sprint in June 2009. The Palm Pixi followed. Upgraded "Plus" versions of both Pre and Pixi were released on Verizon and AT&T.
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