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 Originally Posted by Preemptive
This is weird. LG making a third mobile OS? I wonder if they are deprecating the term 'webOS' and calling it 'LG system' or whatever. It wouldn't surprise me, although it would mess up any brand awareness they've built. Remember the confusion on the TVs that are webOS, but also Smart+...
I'm getting the impression that LG are just throwing everything at the wall to see what will stick. This is not necessarily a bad strategy - especially in a new market sector, but that was Samsungs approach with phones and they suffered once the market matured. I think phone manufacturers are tending to produce a limited range these days: a flagship, mid-range & budget version perhaps instead of something for every user.
The problem of course, is eco-system. You get that with Android, but you also get Google - a guest who arrives laden with gifts who then stays forever, empties the fridge and seduces all your friends away.
If they go with webOS, the eco-system is small and needs building, but new system X will need even more work - unless it also runs Enyo...
It can't be Tizen...
...it doesn't make much sense, but we'll see what is revealed at MWC.
Enyo can run on pretty much anything, so that shouldn't be a problem. Building a complete new OS doesn't make sense, especially since they already have the (Open) webOS version as well. It might be a slightly different version with another name maybe, but I suspect it will have webOS in it's core still. A 3rd OS just really wouldn't make much sense at all...
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