Mark Spoonauer of LaptopMag compiled a list of 5 reasons Why webOS would be great on netbooks as the main operating system. With the recent news of Dell’s attempt at a smartphone, Spoonauer reasons that Dell, or any other computer manufacturer would be smart to acquire webOS to use on their small portable devices, or buy Palm outright.
Palm’s webOS is customized version of Linux, specially made for low power processor devices (such as the ARM chips in the Pre) and is also easily the most consumer friendly flavor of Linux. The industry is seeing a sharp jump in the popularity of netbooks, and more models are being released by bigger firms such as Dell. Palm’s webOS’ light footprint, ability to run more than 3 applications at once (I’m looking at you, Windows 7 Starter edition), support of Flash, and compatibility with the increasingly popular ARM processors make it a great choice to run on new netbooks.
The article brings up some great points, and I suggest you read the thing yourself, and don’t be surprised if we see a partnership between Palm and a netbook manufacturer.
