Now we know where failed smartphone platforms go to die

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http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/E5.VCY6ePWlPcbXUj9.ZtQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/firefox-os-panasonic.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/now-know-where-failed-smartphone-platforms-die-131055720.html)One of the weirder trends that I’ve noticed at CES 2015 so far is the resurrection of three thought-to-be-dead smartphone platforms that have been brought back to life as-smart TV platforms. Panasonic announced that its own smart TVs will run Mozilla’s Firefox OS, LG said that its new TVs would run on Palm’s beloved-but-defunct webOS, and Samsung showed off its first TVs running on its own Tizen platform. FROM EARLIER:-CES is just starting, and here are the wildest gadgets announced so far It goes without saying that none of these platforms survived the brutal smartphone market wars that started last decade and-that gave us our current-Android-iOS near-duopoly. webOS, despite getting strong reviews, never had a chance once HP wrapped its



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