QOTD: webOS still got your interest?

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Shaun

QOTDAre you still looking forward to the Palm Pre and webOS? I have to say that since the announcement, nothing else on the market has dented my anticipation so far…

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8 Responses to QOTD: webOS still got your interest?

  1. vboelema says:
    February 10, 2009 at 8:34 am

    Definitely! It looks very exciting. I would love to see an Office Suit on it (or did I miss something?!) since that for me is one of the things which sets a feature phone apart from a smart phone.

  2. Matt King says:
    February 10, 2009 at 9:09 am

    Yes, it can’t come soon enough. Since my Touch broke I’ve had to go back to my old TX. Speed wise it’s a breath of fresh air and if I went back to my old clie it would be even quicker!

    Work-wise Palm got so much right. If it wasn’t for the fact that they didn’t move on with OS updates and better tech they’d still be top.

    I’m just waiting for them to do something stupid like saddle it with an enforced contract but until then it’s on my shopping list.

  3. DavidGreen says:
    February 10, 2009 at 9:10 am

    I feel, so far, that Palm has “missed the boat” on this one. It is a couple of years too late, and the lack of backward compatibility is a brave move, and a chance to start afresh, it also robs it of its most effective strong point which was its enormous software library.

    If WebOS had inbuilt emulator to “tide you over” until the 3rd parties had converted their applications to “native”, then I feel it may have had a stronger position, and people may have been brave enough to continue on with Palm, or return to.

    WebOS is now a new player in a field dominated by WM, OSX, Symbian, and even PalmOS (ironically, it is competing with itself), not to forget Android, and I think the death throws of PalmOS has given Micro$oft WM too much market share to shift now.
    And although Android is also a new player in the field, I suspect that in a race where marketing dollars keep the score, I suspect that Google may be a tough competitor. (I’m sure I read something a day or so ago about a mobile Linux platform being launched too.)

    Having said (written) all that, I will be interested to see how things pan out, and even more interested if enough people will push WebOS into the race as a serious competitor.

  4. Philippa says:
    February 10, 2009 at 10:31 am

    It definitely still has my interest, especially if they get the PIM right. The Palm calendar is the thing I miss by far the most on any other device I’ve tried. Unlike David, I don’t think the lack of backwards compatibility will make much of a difference. Palm are pushing for a new generation of users, most of whom won’t have a clue what DateBk or others are. I fear palm enthusiasts are a dying breed.

  5. RuiD says:
    February 10, 2009 at 11:48 am

    I think the new PalmWebOS has 3 points that can be of their advantage:
    1. They already embrace the users of the ancient PalmOS – like us.
    2. They can gather a whole lot of new youngpeople that get surprised with the new OS and have no clue of what Palm was in the past.
    3. The fact of taking these months to release gives time to developers to know what they will go for.

  6. Statto says:
    February 10, 2009 at 12:32 pm

    I’m very intersted to see how this develops. Since my move to an iPhone, much as I love that device, I do miss the Palm platform with the exception od 1) Blazer and 2) lack of 3G/wifi

    @Matt King – Sadly, I suspect that we may well see the device tied to a contract. Think Treo 750/Treo 500 and Vodafone.

    @Philippa – absoltely agree about the PIM. Palm’s incarnation of claendar/tasks etc is by far the best (IMHO) on any device. For such an intuitive platform, why oh why do you have to click “+” to start a new calendar entry and than click “save” to save it!!! Whether the Pre’s calendar/PIM apps will be as intuitive/easy as previous Palm devices, we can only wait and see.

    I’m working on the basis we won’t see a Pre in the UK until autumn at the earliest, by which time I’ll only have 6 months or so of my iPhone contract left, which should be enough time for all those early adopters to get the inevitable “glitches” sorted out ready for me to jump on board in 2010!

  7. Tom Munch says:
    February 10, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    I’m still jazzed, though not quite as much as during the first coverage at CES. That’s only because there aren’t any devices in the real world yet. :-)

  8. teejay69 says:
    February 11, 2009 at 2:12 pm

    You know what – if the PRE keeps the DateBk PIM, I’m willing to gamble on anything else.