Comments on: WebOS 1.3.5 Rolls Out: Faster Performance

By: prethought

prethought — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:19:04 +0000

The problem with the Droid phones for me at least is the GUI has an unfinished feel to it much like running a Linux GUI like KDE or GNOME. Unfortunately AT&T service is deplorable in my area what does that leave me with the Palm Pre and hopes of more apps to come out in the future.

By: GoodThings2Life

GoodThings2Life — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:31:49 +0000

All three of my Palm Pre users at work have come to my boss or I in the past couple weeks accepting defeat in their use of the Pre… they’re frustrated with problems and performance, and they insisted we move them to other phones. They’re now trying Samsung Moments.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:07:13 +0000

Well, I’ve been saying for a month or two that I’d only make the move to a Snapdragon-powered Android device — simply because it doesn’t make sense to me to buy a device with a slower, older CPU. The Nexus One, which is widely expected to become officially announced on Tuesday, January 5 is looking good right now. But of course, there are likely plenty more new devices about to be announced next week and at February’s Mobile World Congress, so it’s not a lock just yet. ;)

I like using Android 1.6 on the SIM-less G1 I have, but it’s too clunky and slow for me to buy a SIM right now when some newer devices are becoming available.

By: HG

HG — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:01:46 +0000

Kevin in a few weeks you most likely get a idea of what Android phone will replace the Pre. Any idea on which one’s you might consider getting? I can say that Android works really good. I have been using it on my Archos 5 IT and all I can say that with the apps that are available it works perfect with Gmail, Calendar, etc…

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:38:48 +0000

See numbers 2,3 and 4 in this list from June: http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/11/palm-pre-updates/

I agree with you: browser interactions done with the keyboard, should be doable without the keyboard. Tapping and holding the gesture area in lieu of the Orange button should accomplish the same things.

By: jbrandonf

jbrandonf — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:45:23 +0000

@Kevin

I don’t know what issues you have with the browser (link me up!) but Palm needs to let me scroll within a table. The iPhone solves this by two finger scrolling..we stole pinch to zoom, why not steal again?

Tap and hold on a link to bring up the option to open in a new card rather than sliding out the keyboard to hold the orange button.

Let me save filles from the browser.

Basically, the browser should be fully functional with the device in landscape mode. I should not need the keyboard to perform basic functions.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:44:13 +0000

Orange Key + Sym + P is working fine for screen caps after the update on my Pre. They still haven’t addressed my issues with the browser that I noted in June. I’m mildly disappointed – again. :(