@Mister They didn't missed the boat you have to remember that at that time before the pre vzw and att didn't wanted anything to do with palm since they were dying according to everybody. Sprint was the only one that stood with them and they got the palm pre. And is good that palm will sell the pre and pixie to vzw and I imagine the pre 2 will be announced for Sprint coming to them exclusively for about 6 months
@Mister alos android is ok but doesn't even compared to the web os experience. Had the moment for about 25 days didn't like it at all os really buggy got the message android needs to force close about 3 times a day it reminded me of windows mobile. As for the droid is still kind of buggy and slow already used it for about 13 days and even though it was a lil bit better than the moment still doesn't match the pre software wise but i gotta say the only thing I liked better about the droid and moment was the better keyboard.
Actually, going with Sprint was a good move by Palm. Here is the reason:
When the Palm Pre was released at Sprint, there was no application store (called the App Catalog). The webOS software was new and needed to be optimized.
With the release of webOS 1.3.5, the battery on my Palm Pre now lasts about 3 times longer. I can literally browse the Internet for 8 hours continuously before needing to recharge. The battery now lasts about 24 hours with moderate usage - that is, playing hours of music and other things. I can now go days without charging the phone if all I am doing is using the basic phone features.
The hardware performance (i.e. application speed) of the Palm Pre is now between 3 to 10 times faster. And now we are starting to see sophisticated 3D games on the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi.
So when Verizon customers experience the Palm Pre, it is going to blow them away. The Palm Pre is going to be Verizon's version of the iPhone. I think Verizon knows that the enhancements have been so significant, that is why they are calling the phone "Plus" as in Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus.
The N9 has arrived. What we can say from our first experience is that we're in the presence of a fantastically designed device with a gorgeous AMOLED screen and some highly responsive performance.
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I wanted Palm to do well... I really did. webOS looks amazing.
They missed the boat by going exclusive with Sprint though. In the one year that the Palm Pre was released, AndroidOS has moved full steam ahead.
@Mister
They didn't missed the boat you have to remember that at that time before the pre vzw and att didn't wanted anything to do with palm since they were dying according to everybody. Sprint was the only one that stood with them and they got the palm pre. And is good that palm will sell the pre and pixie to vzw and I imagine the pre 2 will be announced for Sprint coming to them exclusively for about 6 months
@Mister
alos android is ok but doesn't even compared to the web os experience. Had the moment for about 25 days didn't like it at all os really buggy got the message android needs to force close about 3 times a day it reminded me of windows mobile. As for the droid is still kind of buggy and slow already used it for about 13 days and even though it was a lil bit better than the moment still doesn't match the pre software wise but i gotta say the only thing I liked better about the droid and moment was the better keyboard.
Actually, going with Sprint was a good move by Palm. Here is the reason:
When the Palm Pre was released at Sprint, there was no application store (called the App Catalog). The webOS software was new and needed to be optimized.
With the release of webOS 1.3.5, the battery on my Palm Pre now lasts about 3 times longer. I can literally browse the Internet for 8 hours continuously before needing to recharge. The battery now lasts about 24 hours with moderate usage - that is, playing hours of music and other things. I can now go days without charging the phone if all I am doing is using the basic phone features.
The hardware performance (i.e. application speed) of the Palm Pre is now between 3 to 10 times faster. And now we are starting to see sophisticated 3D games on the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi.
So when Verizon customers experience the Palm Pre, it is going to blow them away. The Palm Pre is going to be Verizon's version of the iPhone. I think Verizon knows that the enhancements have been so significant, that is why they are calling the phone "Plus" as in Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus.