Hewlett-Packard will discontinue operations for devices running on WebOS. Despite critical praise, the WebOS software just couldn't compete in the crowded market for smartphone operating systems.

In a case of too little, too late, HP said it felt the open-source route was the best one for WebOS. The company is gambling that the operating system will take off on its own. It's a bad bet. Past ...

The operating system is slick and has a lot of fans, but at this point it's too little, too late. The open-source route isn't going to bring WebOS back to life. Roger Cheng Former Executive Editor / ...