"Sam Cayze" <[email protected]> wrote on 05/19/2009 11:38:04 AM:
> >>And speaking of Web OS, that was iPhone 1.0 and Apple got > loudly criticized for it. > > Palm has been doing this for YEARS and YEARS; consider WebOS > the OSX of Mac OSes. OSX was totally redesigned, re-coded from > the ground up; and they did a great job at it. Was it a 1.x > release? Hi Sam - again I am not articulating my thoughts clearly. At least they made sense to me at the time :) Let me try again as I wasn't referring to the readiness of the software but instead the architecture of the development model - "glorified" web apps were the original iPhone App dev model and Apple was severely trashed for it. Granted Apple didn't have quite the same offline capability of the Pre for Web apps, but it was a very similar development model. While the Web OS apps may be lightweight (and maybe how they are pulling off background apps without trashing the battery or performance - we don't know since no one other then a Palm employee has been able to hold a Pre) as others have pointed out you aren't going to see near the complexity, flexibility or depth in individual applications. The dev envornment just isn't that deep. It doesn't have legs :( Now given time, I'm sure Palm can beef it up and evolve the phone, just like Apple did. Unfortunately for Palm, time is one thing they don't have. They weren't first to market and they are almost bankrupt. That and teaming up with the #3 trailing carrier isn't necessarily a recipe for success. That's why I think Microsoft needs to buy them. Windows Mobile is dead in the water - look how long it's taking them to unify their mobile OS's: http://www.hunterstrat.com/news/windows-mobile-photon-to-unify-smartphone-and-pocket-pc/ And it's *STILL* not done. Windows Mobile is only (barely) treading water because of the Exchange and mobile office support. Apple is actively working with Microsoft to beef up Active Sync (oh the irony) and the iPhone will already display Office files (I just tested with Excel attachment and it works rather well, worksheet tabs and all). I'm sure it's a matter of time before some enterprising developer publishes an office compatible editor. Just like Vista, whether you think it's a fair perception or not, Windows Mobile is not "in". Web OS is - it could be an easy win for MS and a much needed injection into their mobile efforts. And MS does have the resources to mature Web OS. Even though I have no interest in owning a Pre, I do sincerely hope the Web OS is successful and hangs around. Competition is good for *everyone*. And who knows, they might have a compelling solution eventually and I may then have an interest in owning a future Pre - choice is also very good! Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government "The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it." - P. B. Medawar ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
