4 ms·

WebOS has always been the most impressive mobile OS IMO, it's just never had a competent owner or decent hardware to back it up. I hope they do something with i

by trun 15y ago

WebOS has always been the most impressive mobile OS IMO, it's just never had a competent owner or decent hardware to back it up. I hope they do something with it. This, of course, is coming from one of the suckers that paid $599 for a Touchpad on launch day, so take it with a grain of salt.

jessedhillon 15y ago
Coming from one of the suckers who bought a Palm Pre two years ago and is still using it (gotta love contracts!), I see nothing redeeming about WebOS. WebOS was Palm's Potemkin village -- a shallow attempt to convince a larger, dumber company that they were relevant enough to warrant a buyout, by creating the appearance of a technically impressive achievement. Apart from technical merits, of which there are only a few and they are debatable, one of the values of an operating system is the commitment of the company behind it -- and with clowns like Palm and HP who stopped issuing updates only months after launch, I say fuck them and any carrier who allowed these pieces of shit to pass technical acceptance. The only reason I've hung onto this thing for 2 years is because I'm determined to make this the phone that loses Sprint my business.
- rbanffy 15y ago
  I happen to own a Palm Pre 2 and I have a completely different perception. It's light, small and responsive and the way you use it, the just-type interface, the cards thing, is very natural. It's really sad.
  - runjake 15y ago
    You should try a more popular mobile OS that hasn't completely failed in the market, like WP7 ;)
    - rbanffy 15y ago
      Not yet, but be patient. It will fail.
- AppSec 15y ago
  It was the first mobile OS that handled running multiple applications in a crisp clean way. Notifications were done very well. These are two very key components. Combine that with a hardware keyboard and an easy/common development platform. It was totally mismanaged. I was thinking about the Pre3.. Now I'm stuck with the Android or switching carriers for an iPhone. Neither are pleasing choices.

by trun 15y ago

jessedhillon 15y ago

Coming from one of the suckers who bought a Palm Pre two years ago and is still using it (gotta love contracts!), I see nothing redeeming about WebOS. WebOS was Palm's Potemkin village -- a shallow attempt to convince a larger, dumber company that they were relevant enough to warrant a buyout, by creating the appearance of a technically impressive achievement. Apart from technical merits, of which there are only a few and they are debatable, one of the values of an operating system is the commitment of the company behind it -- and with clowns like Palm and HP who stopped issuing updates only months after launch, I say fuck them and any carrier who allowed these pieces of shit to pass technical acceptance. The only reason I've hung onto this thing for 2 years is because I'm determined to make this the phone that loses Sprint my business.

rbanffy 15y ago
I happen to own a Palm Pre 2 and I have a completely different perception. It's light, small and responsive and the way you use it, the just-type interface, the cards thing, is very natural. It's really sad.
- runjake 15y ago
  You should try a more popular mobile OS that hasn't completely failed in the market, like WP7 ;)
  - rbanffy 15y ago
    Not yet, but be patient. It will fail.
AppSec 15y ago
It was the first mobile OS that handled running multiple applications in a crisp clean way. Notifications were done very well. These are two very key components. Combine that with a hardware keyboard and an easy/common development platform. It was totally mismanaged. I was thinking about the Pre3.. Now I'm stuck with the Android or switching carriers for an iPhone. Neither are pleasing choices.