While I too was really impressed by the WebOS demo at CES, I don't feel that's is any better than Android overall. My impression of Android was that it was more easily customizable due to being open source. Any manufacturer, carrier, or ambitious programer can make there own version of it. So the cards interface, the multitasking, and possibly the multitouch gestures could all be a part of a future Android build if the hardware is right.
The only thing that truly stood out about WebOS was the Synergy contact management and the system-wide searching. Both were truly new (as far as I know), remarkable, and will likely influence mobile OS design moving. Still I forsee a future where there's a "Synergy" app for Android, so I don't think WebOS will dominate all that much.
I think a lot of folks are taking the visual bling in WebOS to mean that it's a better OS. Things like 3D transitions and the cards task flipping could easily be added to Android if it's really something worth having, possibly even as a skin in the future. Multitasking is already there. Given their past OS I'm still skeptical that Palm can create a more modular and expandable OS than Android, but I guess time will tell.
The phone has 256MB of RAM and a 1GHz processor, which do the job reasonably well, though the Anna interface will likely leave something to be desired for many smartphone users.
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While I too was really impressed by the WebOS demo at CES, I don't feel that's is any better than Android overall. My impression of Android was that it was more easily customizable due to being open source. Any manufacturer, carrier, or ambitious programer can make there own version of it. So the cards interface, the multitasking, and possibly the multitouch gestures could all be a part of a future Android build if the hardware is right.
The only thing that truly stood out about WebOS was the Synergy contact management and the system-wide searching. Both were truly new (as far as I know), remarkable, and will likely influence mobile OS design moving. Still I forsee a future where there's a "Synergy" app for Android, so I don't think WebOS will dominate all that much.
I think a lot of folks are taking the visual bling in WebOS to mean that it's a better OS. Things like 3D transitions and the cards task flipping could easily be added to Android if it's really something worth having, possibly even as a skin in the future. Multitasking is already there. Given their past OS I'm still skeptical that Palm can create a more modular and expandable OS than Android, but I guess time will tell.
PalmOS (the predecessor to WebOS as you should know) has system-wide searching.