In a recent appearence on the Engadget Show, HP’s John Rubenstein talked about how wbbOS would run on non-tablet HP computers.
According to him, webOS apps will be able to run on Windows. Good news! But wait, there’s a catch. For now, webOS apps will run in a window on top of Microsoft Windows. The OS won’t replace Windows or be available as a dual-boot option but rather as a sort of virtual machine where everything is confined to that environment. This of course implies that webOS apps will not be able to interact with Windows applications or vice versa. These are undoubtedly first steps towards more integrated and user friendly solutions.
It also seems as though native webOS apps built using the plugin development kit (PDK) might not be able to run on Windows either. For now only apps built using HTML5 and other web-based technologies will be supported. (via PreCentral)
Although HP’s efforts to bring webOS to the desktop do not go unoticed, perhaps they should have waited until a better and more intergrated solution became avaialble. Instead, this limited and seaminly complicated way of doing things may simply leave customers frustrated.
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