HP has confirmed that there are ongoing talks to makers of mobile devices, a license to WebOS, the mobile operating system, which HP owns. According to rumors, in any case, Samsung interest.
According to HP ceo Leo Apotheker, there are various companies who are interested in a WebOS license, reports Bloomberg. The ceo, however, wanted not to lose which companies that are. According to him, the talks are still ongoing and there is no time frame in which the negotiations must be completed. HP had already know that it was open to licensing its mobile operating system.
Although HP no information will provide interested companies, hear Samsung according to Bloomberg, that relies on three anonymous sources involved in the discussions. Currently, Samsung primarily use Google’s Android operating system for mobile devices, the Korean manufacturer with Samsung own OS for smartphones.
Itself, HP also with tablets and smartphones running on WebOS to run; recently the company started the preorder for the TouchPad tablet, and in addition, with the Veer and Pre 3 two smartphones with the mobile OS. HP has WebOS, obtained when the ailing handheldfabrikant Palm took over.