So PPCGeeks, today we hear that Sprint is not going to get the Pre3 by HP. As many of you know they offer the Palm Pixi, which I would like to add is for free (but what shouldn’t be for a legacy device? This does seem to be a death blow for the Pre series on the 3rd largest carrier in the US. T-Mobile does not offer WebOS at all.
The reason that Sprint is not getting the new WebOS device is that they have been burned in very high hardware failure rates and users saying the OS is laggy as well as very high cost for webOS handsets…Which raises a question – what is the initial cost of the device, and why so high?
So I ask this PPCGeeks, does Sprint need WebOS? Would you buy it? What advantages would Sprint have to get the WebOS device(s)? Let’s Discuss I will be surfing the comments and commenting back as time goes on…
Source: WMPU
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I would love to buy a new Palm, but the hardware needs to be as good as what the high-end Androids are offering, i.e. 4.3 inch screen, 1+ GHz, External SD card slot, etc. WebOS is a very unique and cool GUI, but the hardware is terrible!
With WP7 just coming into the market again, WebOS still stands a chance to compete with it, but they haven’t come out with many devices and like you guys said, the hardware just isn’t up to par IMO.
I just started seeing a commercial for the Veer on At&t. It looks interesting, but being the smallest smartphone when everyone else is going bigger? I’m not sure how smart of a move that was. More and more people are using them for entertainment. Watching videos looks better on a 4+” screen compared to a tiny square one.
I’ve never used a WebOS phone, and I’m not sure I ever would given how saturated the market is with stuff that’s just better. People need more options than 1-3 phones/year.
I had the original Palm Pre and loved webOS. I moved to Android only because the phone started to fall apart and was no longer reliable. Everytime I look at my Android phone (first an Epic…now an EVO) I wish that I could load webOS on it.
I’d buy a new webOS phone in a minute…but only if I could be assured that the hardware can keep up in today’s market.
I think Sprint is making a mistake…but we’ll see if HP can market better than Palm could.
I had a friend with a Palm Pre (Original) from Sprint. It seemed like he was always having to update, tweak, or take back the device because something broke on it (hardware wise) – Sprint store finally gave him an Evo for his troubles and he really has not looked back…He has said though that he would give it a chance again if released on the right platform…
I never used one as a hardcore person – but from what I saw of it – it looked to much like Android, and soon to be Mango with how it all worked…I think that there are better options out there than webOS… With that said though if webOS takes off liek a rocket because of HP maybe Sprint will suck up their pride (and wallet) and get them back on the roster…
I personally don’t care if WebOS lives or dies..or ends up on Sprint or not..
BUT..Its time we get passed the age where carriers dictate what phones we use…I mean imagine having to buy a new TV if you switch cable providers? or a new computer if you switch ISPs?
or remember the old AT&T monopoly which forced you into their hardware?
When can we actually have a free market for cellphones >.>
It would be nice to have an open market for Cell Phones – Buy whatever cell phone and as long as it fits into the Spectrum of providers you can use it.. Problem I see with that is that the cost of phones would be like 500 – 600 bucks… Which to me would not be worth it, as I could not afford a new one every two years – or every year etc.
@JasonFieldz, See thats a lie that these corporations want you to believe…
But in reality here is the thing..you can buy whatever phone you want..but sprint has their own phones as well which they discount..nothing is preventing them doing BOTH…
Personally I like a scenario where we have modular radios..and these radios plug into a cellphone and make it work..so you can order any phone out there through sprint, and sprint orders it for you, puts in their radio and gives you a discount on contract…this is more closely to how TV/ISP market is..and if things are like this I can see a lot more people buying cell phones as there will be a lot of choice and you can pick any network, thus prices will go down and we get updates straight from manufacturer!
HP today announced a staffing change at the internal unit responsible for webOS. The former Palm entity is now being referred to as the webOS Global Business Unit. In addition to the name change, former Palm and HP webOS head Jon Rubinstein has been reassigned to a senior vice president role of product innovation within the Personal Systems Group at HP. At the same time, HP appointed Stephen DeWitt as senior vice president and general manager of its webOS global business unit. Rubinstein was brought in to help revive Palm and was behind the development of webOS and Palm/HP devices such as the Pre, Pixi, and Veer.
….source: thisismynext
The only thing that the WebOS is better than is Windows Mobile 7, and that’s not saying much.
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