HP WebOS Open Source Timeline Revealed

HP is making good on its promise to deliver its now-defunct smartphone platform to the open source community. WebOS, the OS it acquired when it bought Palm, will no longer be used by HP in smartphones and tablets, and the company announced in December that it would give it to others to use.

If you're hoping the entire platform will become available in one fell swoop, prepare for some disappointment. The platform and the developer tools that accompany it are going to be released over time, with small portions becoming available each month between now and September.

The first piece available is version 2.0 of webOS's developer tool, Enyo. Enyo 2.0 lets developers write a single app that will work across mobile devices and desktop Web browsers. This includes, among others, iOS and Android as well as Internet Explorer and Firefox. The source code for Enyo is already available, giving developers access to the application framework for webOS...