HP Seeks Buyer For WebOS Patents

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 24, 2013 @03:09AM from the webos-youbos-let's-allbos dept.

judgecorp writes "Hewlett-Packard wants to cash in a lot of mobile patents, as part of Meg Whitman's restructuring, according to reports. HP acquired the WebOS operating system, as seen on phones and tablets, when it bought Palm, but failed to build a business on it. It's since sold its WebOS business to LG for use in TVs and cars but hung onto the patents which are licensed to LG. Now, Bloomberg reports the patents themselves may be for sale — possibly to whoever fails to buy BlackBerry's tempting bundle of mobile technology."

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Come on, google! by SCHecklerX · 2013-10-24 03:20 · Score: 4, Interesting

If Android could inherit much of what makes WebOS great, I would be ecstatic!
Re:All I can say is... by RenderSeven · 2013-10-24 03:23 · Score: 5, Funny

You know, Palm. The remnants of which will be sold to Facebook. So they can call it FacePalm.
A LOT more than WebOS by afidel · 2013-10-24 03:28 · Score: 4, Interesting

Remember, these are the patent assets of the former Palm Inc. so there could be a LOT of basic smartphone patents in there..

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