As someone who used a WebOS phone, the software was excellent, but the hardware was a little less. I had two different phones-- a Pixi which had a dead earpiec

As someone who used a WebOS phone, the software was excellent, but the hardware was a little less. I had two different phones-- a Pixi which had a dead earpiece/speaker from day 2, and a Pre. The latter was an odd form-factor, and apparently prone to twisting apart on the slider mechanism. Neither were performance kings and the screens were tiny even for the era. If they had put the software in the hands of someone who knew kit-- a Samsung or LG or even Nokia instead of Palm and eventually HP-- maybe it would have competed better.