Richard McManus at ZDNet has an informative review of the fledgling WebOS market. What is a WebOS? According to McManus, that’s still a very good question. WebOS stands for Web Operating System, but perhaps is most aptly described by YouOS (winner of most honorary and canonical vowels in a WebOS startup name contest):

YouOS is a shared computer that houses your data and applications, but you are the owner of this data and applications.

I read the article and still found the underlying concepts and benefits to be abstract and unclear at best. However, once I tried a demo of YouOS, I saw and understood the bandwagon, although I haven’t decided to jump on it. I’m going to wait and see how fast and cool this bandwagon can go, and reserve judgement for a little while. Check out YouOS (or one of it’s peers/competitors) and let me know what you think.
I have to say that the idea of having all of your personal computing available to you wherever and whenever you want is enticing. Even at a very early stage of development, the app provides basic functionality.

However, why do I get the distinct impression/fear that all of this will degenerate into the next hot and stanky ad-delivery mechanism? Is this what our kids and grandkids will be using to post lascivious pictures to MySpace? Will I be able to play Morrowind on it?