HP Delivers On Open webOS Commitment, Beta Launched
The webOS beta is now available, and it includes 54 components (under the Apache 2.0 license) and two separate build environments--one is a desktop build, and the other is an OpenEmbedded build designed to be ported to various other devices and includes an ARM emulator, cross-compiling support for embedded platforms, and support for multiple hardware architectures.
In addition to previously-released features including browser and browser server, platform portability layer, system policies, DB8 database service, Luna-service2, and more, the new beta features a System Manager and a handful of core applications such as accounts, calendar, clock, contacts, email, and memos.
If you want to get involved with the webOS development community, you can learn more here.