HP

There are currently two kinds of operating systems: those like Apple’s iOS, which only runs on proprietary devices built by one company, and software platforms like Windows and Android that seek to be on as many devices by as many electronics makers as possible. Before today, we’ve considered HP’s WebOS (originally Palm’s WebOS before HP bought the company) to be more like BlackBerry OS and iOS in that HP planned to put it only on its own hardware. As it turns out, that may not be the case.