HP webOS 2.1.0 – 3 sad facts

  • Linux Kernel is still based on 2.6.24 (on Prē Plus and Prē²) – no change since initial webOS release here
  • according to html5test.com, webOS 2.1.0 WebKit still performs (at 170 points) worse than WebKit in Android 2.3.2 (182 points) – webOS 1.4.5 scored 132 points
  • while webOS uses open source components like gstreamer for multimedia support, it doesn´t support free formats like Ogg Vorbis / Theora, WebM or FLAC.
  • as the SDK for webOS 2.1.0 was just released to the public today (previously a 2.x SDK had been available under NDA only), there are about 2000 applications in the german AppCatalog as of today Not true, forgot to activate paid apps in Preware – it’s 6295 Apps in Germany today (3/20/2011) – not too bad