LG appears to be readying its first webOS-based television set, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

This marks LG's first use of the webOS operating system, which it purchased from Hewlett-Packard early this year, with the intention to build TVs, commercial displays, and potentially cars.

No further details are available about the TV OS, but an unnamed source told the Journal that it will include the original "cards" system — a stack of pop-ups that allow users to navigate multiple applications.

Additionally, the upcoming TV — expected for unveiling at January's CES 2014, will run on a 2.2GHz dual-core processor with 1.5GB of RAM and apps based on the webOS Enyo platform.

And while LG initially shied away from integrating webOS into portable electronics like phones or tablets, the Journal reported that the operating system may one day be adopted for other LG gadgets, including smartphones.

LG did not immediately respond to PCMag's request for comment.

Palm originally built webOS with the intention of competing with the likes of Apple. But after struggling in the market, it sold to HP, which opted to open source the OS before selling to LG.

Like so many others, LG has big things planned for next month's Consumer Electronics Show — a 105-inch UltraHD curved TV, with a 21:9 aspect ratio and a 5,120-by-2,160 screen resolution.

A similar model is expected from Samsung, which revealed its own 105-inch curved 4K HDTV with the same resolution and aspect ratio.

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