Could the Palm Pre's Linux-Based WebOS Be Headed for Netbooks?

by Sam Dean - Mar. 27, 2009Comments (0)

There's a lot of hubbub gathering about the upcoming Palm Pre smartphone, which runs WebOS, a Linux-based operating system. JKOnTheRun and Laptop Magazine  (noted for its exhaustive coverage of netbooks) think it's entirely likely that we'll see WebOS arrive on netbooks. Cupcake, a strain of Google's Android OS (also Linux-based) has already been demonstrated successfully on netbooks--another example of a smartphone OS heading in more than one direction. Could Palm have much more far-reaching plans for WebOS than just smartphones? Check out how its touch-friendly, good looking interface might work well on netbooks.

 


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