The problem is that WebOS, despite its nice user interface and some nice technical qualities, is a failed platform.

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Oh, and the app is built to auto-scale the interface to play nice with hi-res Retina displays, too.

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Simple to use with a nice interface.

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So this was the magic formula: The aesthetic of a magazine and the freshness of data of the web in a nice touch-based interface.

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It doesn't offer any of the predictive text or autocorrect functionality offered by the (identical-looking) keyboard you get when running an app that plays nice with the tiled interface.

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The key is for them to play nice with each other, and the answer isn't a one-way interface like IR, or an HDMI pass-through with multiple user interfaces layered on top of each other.

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