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Licensing webOS →

Ross Rubin:

That leaves LG. Once touted as Microsoft’s premiere hardware partner for Windows Phone 7, it was left out in the cold when the folks in Redmond signed their blockbuster deal with Nokia. LG has been behind Samsung in both the Android and burgeoning Windows Phone market, and is less of a threat in the laptop and printer market than Samsung. However, like Samsung, LG is a high-volume manufacturer of TVs, a complementary market for HP, which only dabbled in the TV market years ago.

A very interesting observation. I wasn’t really convinced licensing would be beneficial but if they were to go the licensing route LG would indeed be a perfect match.

webOS shuffle →

Nilay Patel:

Stephen DeWitt is now the senior vice president of webOS, replacing Jon Rubinstein, who’ll “assume a product innovation role” in HP’s Personal Systems Group, which encompasses webOS. DeWitt will be in charge of everything webOS from engineering to marketing, so this is a major change at the top

Not sure if this is a good thing but time will tell.

Shawn Blanc reviews the TouchPad →

Great very extensive review. I also like his title: “The HP TouchPad 1.0”. This is definitely a long term effort and there is lots more to come.

Likeability →

Shawn Blanc:

From what I have seen and read about the TouchPad and webOS so far, this may be the first likable tablet since the iPad. It’s buggy and has a poor app store like the rest of the other tablets. But what the TouchPad has that the others do not is likability. And that gives me hope that it could be great.

Palm will award top app developers →