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4 votes c/freepost Posted by princelobga ā€” 4 votes, 1 comments ā€” Source

webOS has metamorphosed from Open webOS, HP webOS, Palm webOS and to LG webOS. It was originally developed by Palm for its Personal Digital Assistant. In 2010, HP bought Palm and thus acquired Palm webOS but a few years later, HP sold it to LG Electronics for them to use it on their web-enabled smart TVs replacing its NetCast platform.

I prefer webOS UI over Android, but Android has a much richer apps selection. It they make webOS 100% free (SDK and all) it will be a good alternative to make new apps for.