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August 19, 2011 12:31 pm EDT
We're still trying to wrap our heads around yesterday's sounding of what will most likely be the death knell for WebOS. The fine folks over at The Next Web have offered some insight, and it seems that hardware was the problem. It's no secret that the TouchPad was released with a single-core chip in an age of dual-core tablets and super phones. As we noted in our review, the device simply couldn't keep up with the competition. According to TNW's sources, developers actually managed to install WebOS on an iPad 2 for testing purposes, and it ran "over twice as fast." It's not terribly surprising that Apple's dual-core A5 chip was able to outpace the single 1.2GHz core found inside the TouchPad, but it seems that the hardware constraints were ultimately what did in the Linux-based mobile OS.
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Original Link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/19/was-webos-tested-on-an-ipad-done-in-by-its-slower-hardware/
Was WebOS tested on an iPad, done in by its slower hardware?
We're still trying to wrap our heads around yesterday's sounding of what will most likely be the death knell for WebOS. The fine folks over at The Next Web have offered some insight, and it seems that hardware was the problem. It's no secret that the TouchPad was released with a single-core chip in an age of dual-core tablets and super phones. As we noted in our review, the device simply couldn't keep up with the competition. According to TNW's sources, developers actually managed to install WebOS on an iPad 2 for testing purposes, and it ran "over twice as fast." It's not terribly surprising that Apple's dual-core A5 chip was able to outpace the single 1.2GHz core found inside the TouchPad, but it seems that the hardware constraints were ultimately what did in the Linux-based mobile OS.Was WebOS tested on an iPad, done in by its slower hardware? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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