Comments on: Palm Pre Pics, Specs: the Charger is Semi-Adhesive!

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:47:35 +0000

Still not enough to get me to go back to Sprint. I hated their customer service. I’ll never go back to Sprint.

By: frank

frank — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:44:12 +0000

This might just finally beat the iphone, especially since it has comparable speces and a keyboard. Head to head vs the iphone: http://clashem.com/phones.php?id1=2&id2=1148

By: J

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:42:02 +0000

I am sold on the phone from what i have seen only thing that is important at this point is the quality of calls far as drops. I know this will be one of the hottest selling phones far more superior to the i-phone and not as bulky.

By: abcyesn

abcyesn — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:47:20 +0000

The Palm Pre is a lot smaller than I initially thought it would be. A good size comparison would be an iPod classic with a big hard drive. In terms of thickness, it’s definitely not as thin as the iPhone, or even the bold, but it’s an acceptable size considering it’s a slider.

talk some more here http://www.PalmPreForum.org see ya

By: Sumocat

Sumocat — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:19:00 +0000

@Andre: That’s not good news for them. Programming via JavaScript was one of the specific complaints against Apple’s web app proposal. While it is very versatile, JavaScript is still a scripting language, which means it is quite limited compared to a full programming language. What you’ve described leads me to believe webOS is a widget engine and third-party native apps are limited to widgets. That opens them to the same complaints that hit Apple.

By: Andre Kibbe

Andre Kibbe — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:22:19 +0000

@Sumocat: They’re using Web 2.0 languages for native apps (not just server-side): HTML/CSS for rendering, JavaScript for programming. I’ve heard conflicting coverage about Palm’s plans for kernel-level access, but it sounds like they’re going to require non-managed code to be signed by Palm and distributed through an app store.

By: bluemonq

bluemonq — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:14:04 +0000

@tino: Sometimes only when an individual or group is at the brink will they make a dramatic change. We’ll see if this is good enough.

As for not running Palm OS apps, I don’t know; if you can run Palm OS apps on Windows Mobile through an emulator, I’d be kinda surprised if they didn’t have even a little backwards compatibility while they waited developers to make new software.

By: Sumocat

Sumocat — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:48:06 +0000

Perhaps the most important question I have yet to see answered is whether they’re supporting native third-party apps. They mention web languages for development. Their disclaimer on running multiple apps and always-active apps refers to “third-party web applications”. The name of the OS is “webOS.” So are we only looking at widgets and web apps for third-party software?

While I personally see nothing wrong with web apps, I recall there was quite an uproar when Apple initally limited app development on the iPhone to web apps. Now Palm is rolling out an OS that appears limited to web apps? If they’re just focused on web apps, not limiting development to them, they could have a winner. But there’s no hint of that in their press release.

By: MobileSpoon

MobileSpoon — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:10:08 +0000

This beauty looks amazing.
The user interface is great – check a video of it in here:
http://mobilespoon.blogspot.com/2009/01/palm-webos-user-interface-video.html

By: Aaron M

Aaron M — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:28:33 +0000

Yey, palm did a significant update of their six year old OS.
Hopefully Microsoft will do what it has always done in the past when it comes to mobile devices and follow Palms example.