ZTE to launch webOS phone in Q4?

[cgk]

It's digitimes, when actual journalists or zte report it get worked up.

[Buddy1969]

Originally Posted by akitayo

....

But in the last line of that post, they say:

In additional news, China-based ZTE has also recently decided to start developing webOS operating system.

This could still be the same mistake, meaning a "Web based OS" instead of "WebOS based" ... ZTE is as we all know the partner of Mozilla with their Firefox OS which IS a web based OS ...

But yes, I would like it very much if WebOS would have a new hardwareplatform as home base. I just don't believe it before I see it

[akitayo]

6 days of September to go. What OEM will embrace webOS Open?

[etphoto]

This news comes from Digitimes China web site on a post with more information about Samsung to launch Tizen devices in the near future.

But in the last line of that post, they say:

[I]In additional news, China-based ZTE has also recently decided to start developing webOS operating system.


Samsung Tizen smartphones to face market challenges

Brand new article but its my guess they are just quoting the miss information earlier disussed.


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[RumoredNow]

Originally Posted by akitayo

6 days of September to go. What OEM will embrace webOS Open?

And what will happen with OpenMobile; will they release ACL or not???

[akitayo]

Originally Posted by RumoredNow

And what will happen with OpenMobile; will they release ACL or not???

Not fresh news at this time of ACL related with webos but with Nokia N9.However the latest news is dated June 23.

News from OpenMobile World Wide

just the oldies :
Open Mobile & Open webOS: When, Where and the Competition | webOS Nation

[Buddy1969]

Originally Posted by akitayo

6 days of September to go. What OEM will embrace webOS Open?

Hillarious question
... *looks over the shoulder* ... doesn't seem, that the queue isn't that long. *scrub is blown trough the room, crickets are noisy*


Strange, there seems to be no one terribly interested, and that after HP spent so much on marketing ... oh wait ... I think that is the part they SHOULD have done ... sorry, my fault.

SCNR, but you started it with that question.

[Buddy1969]

Originally Posted by RumoredNow

And what will happen with OpenMobile; will they release ACL or not???

IIRC they wanted to release it with openWebOS. As there is no openWebOS out yet (only a betaversion for desktop/Ubuntu and another one for mobile phones but without GUI) I would think it is reasonable to guess, that OpenMobile knows about as much as we do...

[cgk]

Originally Posted by Buddy1969

IIRC they wanted to release it with openWebOS. As there is no openWebOS out yet (only a betaversion for desktop/Ubuntu and another one for mobile phones but without GUI) I would think it is reasonable to guess, that OpenMobile knows about as much as we do...

Is this a real product or vaperware? The website looks like a shell and it contains lots of promises to lots of people but no sign of any delivery.

[RumoredNow]

+1 for evaporating claims. Or maybe it should be -1.

[akitayo]

Is there some kind of webOS similar operating system. I mean a web OS not webOS as we know it ?

[HelloNNNewman]

Originally Posted by dignitary

... just like you can't slap a Ford engine in a Chevy and expect it to do anything.

Pssst.... you CAN slap a Ford engine in a Chevy. You could slap one in a Hundai if you wanted to... Wrong analogy?

[Grabber5.0]

Originally Posted by HelloNNNewman

Pssst.... you CAN slap a Ford engine in a Chevy. You could slap one in a Hundai if you wanted to... Wrong analogy?

Unfortunately it is the opposite direction most of the time..

[Buddy1969]

BTW ... btt ... Anything new about the supposed merger of Huawai and ZTE?

[Herrie]

Originally Posted by Buddy1969

BTW ... btt ... Anything new about the supposed merger of Huawai and ZTE?

I doubt that will ever happen, but stranger things have happened in the past...

[SnotBoogie]

Originally Posted by Buddy1969

BTW ... btt ... Anything new about the supposed merger of Huawai and ZTE?

This is interesting. I saw this today on Google News. Apparently the U.S. House Intelligence committee issued a report Monday that declared ZTE and Huawai as national security threats related to spying on the U.S. And they are recommending banning their products from the U.S. They also recommended against the merger. So i think even if they made a webos phone it wouldn't get in the country. Also people here contemplating the possibility of buying cheap hardware from them to hack open web os onto it may have to look to other possible hardware options.

China's Huawei, ZTE should be banned: US lawmakers - Bottom Line
U.S. lawmakers seek to block China Huawei, ZTE U.S. inroads | Reuters
U.S. Lawmakers Say Huawei Poses Security Threat - WSJ.com

[webOS ports]

If a new webOS phone gets created I swear by my HP TouchPad I will buy it.


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[plyboult]

Wow this is amazing to hear.. where have I been all of this time? Anything further on this? I've never tried ZTE, but this alone would make me buy one of their devices (regardless if I had to import or not, I'd get it).

There is a market for more OS, great!

[jcmarcos]

Erm... Not to spoil the party, but some time ago, everything was made clear that this was simply a mistake: There was an interview with one of these chinese companies boss, who said they were about to make a phone with a web-based os. Somehow, the translator assumed it was webOS. It happens to be Firefox OS.

Which I consider a poor joke compared to webOS, but who knows, they are supposed to have money.

Or am I completely wrong on the mistake affair?

[plyboult]

Is it wrong that I would actually look forward to FireFox OS as well? I used the firefox browser for many years until Chrome came around, & I think the world needs more than just 2-3 choices when it comes to operating systems.