Research firm Strategy Analytics is projecting HTML5 powered smartphones to rise from 335 million this year to 1 billion in 2013. Along with expanding the mobile App landscape, HTML5 is expected to become a significant technology behind smartphones, tablets, PCs, TVs, and cars utilizing cloud services.
HP has decided to contribute webOS to the open source software community. The move establishes an alternative mobile platform to Android for device manufactures to leverage. HP will continue to fund and develop the platform. Ongoing development will be a collaborative effort with the open source software community and interested parties.
