@Thor e I agree though. As much as I like my iPhone, it seems like WebOS is something that the iPhone OS has been redesigned into. The UI's are so similar and fluid. I wish Apple and Palm would work on an OS together.
@soccerpro100cn save for a few tweaks, the iPhone OS GUI has not changed since its release in 2007 with the original iPhone. WebOS in the PalmPre came out a full two years later in June 2009. While the design look is similar, Palm did not integrate graphics acceleration into WebOS so as you do touch/swipe/pinch motions the animation is slow, choppy and not fluid --the iPhone doesn't have that problem. Now, the Pre and the iPhone 3GS share the same type of Cortex CPU so if Palm delivers a software release that closes this gap it would greatly improve the usability of the Pre's GUI. It would be really cool to see that.
@HighestRanked well, I do have the palm pre and I can tell you that since the 1.3.1 update I have found lag reduced about 95%. But honestly the intuitiveness of the webOS saves me so much time in other ways, I'm sure it makes up for it. WebOS is so intuitive and easy to use I honestly can't see me using anything else. I would really like to see WebOS grow and become successful as droid has, under oalm or even another manufacturer, like htc or Sony Erricson.
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yay palm pre!! "in many ways the webOS feels like the iphone os wants to be when it grows up".
I think that's the best line ever. :)
@Thor e
I agree though. As much as I like my iPhone, it seems like WebOS is something that the iPhone OS has been redesigned into. The UI's are so
similar and fluid. I wish Apple and Palm would work on an OS together.
@soccerpro100cn save for a few tweaks, the iPhone OS GUI has not changed since its release in 2007 with the original iPhone. WebOS in the PalmPre came out a full two years later in June 2009. While the design look is similar, Palm did not integrate graphics acceleration into WebOS so as you do touch/swipe/pinch motions the animation is slow, choppy and not fluid --the iPhone doesn't have that problem. Now, the Pre and the iPhone 3GS share the same type of Cortex CPU so if Palm delivers a software release that closes this gap it would greatly improve the usability of the Pre's GUI. It would be really cool to see that.
@HighestRanked well, I do have the palm pre and I can tell you that since the 1.3.1 update I have found lag reduced about 95%. But honestly the intuitiveness of the webOS saves me so much time in other ways, I'm sure it makes up for it. WebOS is so intuitive and easy to use I honestly can't see me using anything else. I would really like to see WebOS grow and become successful as droid has, under oalm or even another manufacturer, like htc or Sony Erricson.
@Thor e As is, I'd choose PalmPre over Android any day. I'd just like to have a Pre with a bigger screen.