[Neil Posted Apr 23rd 2010 6:41PM]

Obviously to make room for Josh to take over.

[Smart People Play Tuba Posted Apr 23rd 2010 7:16PM]

All joking aside (which is impossible when talking about Josh), I'd be willing to bet Josh and Paul could have run that company a sh1tload better than Rube and Co. Better commercials, for starters.

[Wesscoast Posted Apr 24th 2010 5:00AM]

@Smart People Play Tuba

So you think the Commercials were the problem... no the fact that... Palm had no legitimate way to sync music with this device??

LOL

Remember the iTunes hacks? LOL bush league

[graey Posted Apr 24th 2010 6:19AM]

@Wesscoast
Actually, you can perfectly well sync using Mass Storage mode, which is, believe it or not, something quite a number of people prefer above iTunes-ish ways of syncing. The iTunes thing was just a gimmick, mostly (if not completely) done for publicity.

[Smart People Play Tuba Posted Apr 24th 2010 7:57AM]

@Wesscoast

Advertising (lack thereof, mainly) was definitely a problem. I don't think there's much argument there.

But imagine this: you're sitting on the couch, watching "Lost" reruns or something, and Josh Frickin' Topolsky comes on screen . . .

"Look, can I talk for a minute? I"m going to be straight with you. WebOS is . . . the best operating system out there, okay? I mean, at the end of the day, when you want a device that is OPEN . . . and can MULTITASK . . . I mean, HONESTLY multitask, okay? . . . then you want a WebOS device. I mean, look . . . at what all the stuff I can do with this phone, Okay?"

--actually shows phone doing stuff--

"I mean, look at this. It's great. And you know what? It won't break. I mean, it might break if you drop it or something stupid, but we totally redesigned the hardware so it's not all flimsy like the Pre was. I mean, this thing is rock. A ROCK, okay? You WANT this. Trust me, okay?"

[Tre G Posted Apr 24th 2010 11:18AM]

@Smart People Play Tuba I'll take a dozen.

[lolwut Posted Apr 25th 2010 1:54PM]

@Smart People Play Tuba
That sounds more like Vince (shamwow) than Josh :P

[Smart People Play Tuba Posted Apr 25th 2010 2:04PM]

@lolwut

You need to listen to the Engadget podcast then.