Is there any way that WebOS could be ported to Android? If they're both linux then the drivers should be fairly compatible with the respected kernel mods, right?
Why Geeks Should Love HP WebOS
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Re: Why Geeks Should Love HP WebOS
#62I love WebOS because it has the only sane development model of all the smartphone platforms on the market.
edit: I actually think wp7/silverlight might fare well too from a dev perspective, but i haven't spent time with it yet.
Re: Why Geeks Should Love HP WebOS
#63I have the first Palm WebOS device. I also paid to be a developer. Thanks to my early adoption, I no longer receive WebOS updates so I can't really even develop for WebOS 2.0. So... I'll be switching to android.
On a lighter note, I think WebOS is innovative in many ways but it hasn't quite gotten enough traction for it to be competitive to the bigger smartphones unfortunately.
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#64I was hoping Palm would eventually license WebOS to companies that could make better hardware and offer more desirable form factors. WebOS is nice but the original Pre was just truly awful hardware. Under powered, fragile, terrible keyboard, screen was too small, etc. It doesn't look like the other WebOS devices released since have really improved on this much. Unfortunately HP would never consider licensing so hopefully they at least look at the SmartPhone market and realize people seem to like slim devices with high resolution screens. Big fat sliders with small low resolution screens have a very limited market these days.
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#65Wow, browsing that site from my phone is a crippling experience, they have this: ..yet they haven't actually optimized the site properly for a small display, meaning it's not actually possible to scroll/zoom to see any full line of text (tested on iPhone).
Strange, it works for me on iPhone 4. You might also try two-finger scrolling, which is a hidden workaround for independently scrollable divs.
Tested again, seems yes I can pan sideways (not sure why I couldn't before) but still can't zoom which makes no sense when the doc is wider than the viewport.
Re: Why Geeks Should Love HP WebOS
#66If HP really wants developers behind it, they should consider giving away these devices to the developers. Even a $500 phone is a cheap investment with high returns, when made on a developer who's going to invest time (and money), is going to learn mostly by herself, and release an app in the market, even if in the hopes of making money for herself.
With Android already doing well, I don't see a developer risking her time as well as money on Palm, when it's uncertain how much success she'll achieve.
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#67I too am a big WebOS fan. So much so, I'm learning web development so that I can write some apps to help populate its market.
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#68I've always had a soft spot for WebOS and still prefer it over Android and WP7. However, Palm gimped themselves by making it Sprint exclusive and putting the OS on cheap plastic hardware.
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#69but does it tether?
If you wanna go the "official" route, you can pay VZW (and AT&T?) to have it act like a MiFi and connect up to five devices to it over WiFi. So awesome. But it does burn through batteries. The good news is...the Pre has REPLACEABLE BATTERIES! And they're cheap as hell on Amazon.
Re: Why Geeks Should Love HP WebOS
#70Pretty much every single point applies to Android as well, and if you have to pick based on mind share and momentum...