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Too ahead of it's time? I'm pretty sure it's just that they were too late to market. (1) they launched on Sprint. Sprint is a distant 3rd now. (2) they didn
by sleight42 15y ago
Too ahead of it's time? I'm pretty sure it's just that they were too late to market.
(1) they launched on Sprint. Sprint is a distant 3rd now.
(2) they didn't reach Verizon in time.
They had this lovely window of time before Verizon launched the first Droid phone. Verizon users were hungry for a smartphone. Droid got their first and filled the niche.
It's easy to armchair quarterback but, after trying the Pre on Sprint, I kept wishing for them to get a faster Pre on Verizon before Android arrived.
Too little, too late.
- Apocryphon 15y agoWhat you're saying is true, but I still think that mine are true as well. webOS seems to be the first to have: 1. Certain features like cards, a good notification system, and requiring only HTML/CSS/JS knowledge to develop for, back in 2009 2. Currently being the only(?) mobile OS out that is designed to be also run on non-tablet/smartphone systems. So it boils down to webOS being ahead of its time on some technical features, while marketed poorly and thus causing it to miss the boat.