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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by hopler on Saturday April 06, 2019 @10:14AM (#19590813)
Like the old Palm Pre?
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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by BoorishBears on Saturday April 06, 2019 @10:39AM (#19590946)
WebOS was ahead of its time.
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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by pjmlp on Saturday April 06, 2019 @01:23PM (#19591834)
Symbian as well.

Many of the supposed iOS "innovations" were already there.

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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by reaperducer on Saturday April 06, 2019 @01:55PM (#19592038)
Is, not "was." My LG television runs WebOS.
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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by BoorishBears on Saturday April 06, 2019 @08:06PM (#19593840)
The WebOS that runs in your television is very unlike the WebOS that was.

That ecosystem, interface, and community no longer exist.

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Also your comment doesn’t really make sense.

Something that currently exists can still have been ahead of its time. My comment isn’t an indication it doesn’t exist.

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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by eropple on Saturday April 06, 2019 @03:33PM (#19592572)
...as a conduit to barf ads at you. I wish I could have gotten my TV without ask the parts that forced me to install a PiHole just to not get ads overlaid onto my menus. Any good parts of webOS are now just incidental.
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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by reaperducer on Saturday April 06, 2019 @09:38PM (#19594224)
I just banned the TV’s MAC address from my network. IMO there’s no reason for it to connect to the outside world.
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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by eropple on Sunday April 07, 2019 @08:19PM (#19600895)
Good solution if you can do it, but my girlfriend likes watching YouTube and Sling through it. :-/
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