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Help WebOS Support ends January 15, 2015

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OK guys, the end of support is near. Here is the official announcement:

webOS Cloud Services to end January 15, 2015

Cloud services support for webOS devices will be ending on January 15, 2015. We appreciate our customer's loyalty the webOS platform. But now, more than three (3) years after the last device was sold, only a small fraction of the devices are still connecting. Therefore, the time has come to shut down the services.

All devices running webOS devices will continue to run after the cloud services are terminated. However, they will no longer be able to:
Download new apps or updates. The HP App Catalog will be unavailable after the shutdown
Backup or restore devices from the cloud
Setup new devices
Recover lost passwords
What this means to you:

The HP App Catalog will stop supporting new app purchases on November 1, 2014
Updates may be posted by developers until November 10, 2014 and users can download any available updates until the services shut down
You should make arrangements to backup or transfer your contacts, etc.prior to the service shutdown on January 15, 2015
You will no longer be able to backup, restore, reset or initialize a webOS device as of January 15, 2015
There will be additional reminders as the final shutdown approaches. An FAQ can be found at
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Timeline

10/15/14 Announcement to users and developers
11/1/14 New app purchases end
11/10/14 App update submissions end
1/15/15 Public shutdown of services
HP webOS Cloud Services

One thing you can do is go to the following link and prepare for the loss of support if you plan to keep WebOS installed or want to reinstall it at a later date:

WebOS Survival Kit - WebOS Internals

Feel free to pass this information around to everyone you know. Either link this post or copy and paste the content of this post.

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