WebOS Now Open Source!

Great news to WebOS fans: HP's CEO Meg Whitman has announced today that WebOS would be moving to open-source! HP will also continue to develop and work with and develop WebOS. This is great news, especially since it was previously speculated that HP would either abandon WebOS or sell it off. 

"It is a remarkable technology that we didn't want to waste," CEO Meg Whitman said in an interview.

This is a great move by HP and maybe this move will give WebOS another chance, since it can now be tweaked and ported to other hardware.

Source: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19507852

iOS 5 and 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak almost out

According to pod2g, an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5 and iOS 5.0.1 will be out soon. This is very reassuring news to a lot of iOS jailbreakers. They are yet to try it on the newer A5 devices. Pod2G has also released a teaser trailer here.



Also if you plan on downgrading later, it is a good idea to use iFaith to backup your SHSH blobs and APtickets.

First Official ICS Android Tablet: NOVO7; Endorsed by Andy Rubin and it is only $99 Bucks!

I’m thrilled to see the entrance of MIPS-Based Android 4.0 tablets into the market. Low cost, high performance tablets are a big win for mobile consumers and a strong illustration of how Android’s openness drives innovation and competition for the benefit of consumers around the world.

Source: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-news/185952-first-official-ics-android-tablet-novo7-endorsed-andy-rubin-only-99-bucks.html

First Official ICS Android Tablet: NOVO7; Endorsed by Andy Rubin and it is only $99 Bucks!

I’m thrilled to see the entrance of MIPS-Based Android 4.0 tablets into the market. Low cost, high performance tablets are a big win for mobile consumers and a strong illustration of how Android’s openness drives innovation and competition for the benefit of consumers around the world.

Source: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-news/185952-first-official-ics-android-tablet-novo7-endorsed-andy-rubin-only-99-bucks.html

HP offering limited refurbished $99 TouchPads on 12/11 via Ebay

Good news for those of you that weren't able to snag a Touchpad at firesale prices: December 11 marks the beginning of another round of $99 HP Touchpad tablets for sale, well as long as you don’t mind refurbished models. According to this internal memo snagged by TechCrunch, HP will be making 16/32GB Touchpads available on the HP eBay store at $99 and $150 respectively. The tablets will be available for purchase at 6 PM Central Time.


Source: TechCrunch

Droid 1 looses Cyanogenmod support with Cyanogenmod 9

Yes folks. With Cyanogenmod 9, the Droid 1 is no longer supported. Very sad indeed. Reason? Probably because the Droid 1 doesn't run ICS that well. It only has 256 MB of ram after all. Fear not though, I bet there will be other ports for ICS. They may or may not run well, but at least you will have ICS.


Source: Cyanogenmod Blog

Android Gets First Offical Store

No, this is not a photo of the Android Store. I don't have one.

Apple Store, Microsoft Store, now Android Store? Yes, the residents of Melbourne, Australia are lucky to get their own first ever Android Store. The Australian network operator Telstra has been working closely with Google to start something like this. The first ever Android Store is called AndroidLand.

Inside Androidland, customers will find a wide selection of phones to play with, a huge Google Earth setup, and Angry Birds galore. Something like this should open up in the US too.