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Palm is going down...

AndroidRules

Feb 27, 2010, 12:42 PM
and they might as well take Sprint along with them...

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/022410-why-pal ... »
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Thales

Feb 27, 2010, 1:07 PM
*Cough* FANBOY *COUGH*

I carry a Palm Pre, HTC Hero and BB Storm, the Pre is by far the easiest and most untuitive of the three phones I own. If Palm tanks it will be a shame, the Pre is a great phone. Sprint, however, is doing quite well.

-fin
Thales
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AndroidRules

Feb 27, 2010, 1:46 PM
Thales said:
*Cough* FANBOY *COUGH*

I carry a Palm Pre, HTC Hero and BB Storm, the Pre is by far the easiest and most untuitive of the three phones I own. If Palm tanks it will be a shame, the Pre is a great phone. Sprint, however, is doing quite well.

-fin
Thales


Well I admit I'm a fan of Android lol. No denying that but you simply can't ignore the truth. No one cares about Palm. Palm was too little too late. Yes it's my opinion but the Pre is ugly, has a small keyboard that should have been landscape, it feels like cheap plastic and while webOS is innovative in it's own right, it has no freakin apps! Theres no momentum for it.
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gldnhrtrblfst

Feb 27, 2010, 2:24 PM
Man I am tired of your negativity on everything sprint and palm, go troll somewhere else
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bluecoyote

Feb 27, 2010, 2:31 PM
Let's check this here...

1) By comparison to the iPhone OS, both platforms have "no freakin' apps"

2) The Android app catalog has ~ 10k apps, but not all 10k of them run on all Android devices.

3) Filtering through the junk software in Android Marketplace, they're about even.

4) In terms of app quality, WebOS is the only OS to really approach the iPhone.
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Caucasian

Mar 1, 2010, 7:30 PM
NFSU, Monopoly, and Let's Golf, when they arrived after the 1.3.5.1 update all run very smooth, even on the standard Sprint Pre and not just the Plus. Given that Palm is hitting some game developer conferences, I would expect it to only get better. Takes time for that inertia to build up...
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Azeron

Feb 27, 2010, 1:54 PM
You really are one of the more negative posters on PhoneScoop.
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Jayshmay

Feb 28, 2010, 1:32 AM
Ohhh damn, you told him!
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bluecoyote

Feb 27, 2010, 2:23 PM
And I can't think of a single way in which Android is a better OS either.

Beyond the Motorola Droid, to which Verizon Wireless (the nation's largest carrier) spent approximately 1/4th of the total device cost marketing, the Palm Pre has outsold and continues to outsell every other Android device by a healthy margin, especially the Nexus One.
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bp3dots1

Feb 27, 2010, 3:08 PM
As much as I hate answering your useless posts, I feel like setting the facts straight, since you refuse to research before posting anything.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/gartner-apple-and ... »
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bp3dots1

Feb 27, 2010, 5:54 PM
Comscore's data does not distinguish between palm OS and web os. The combination of the two would expectedly be higher, as pals os has been around for much longer than android.
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bluecoyote

Feb 27, 2010, 7:33 PM
Except Palm ceased selling all PalmOS phones.
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Menno

Feb 28, 2010, 2:39 AM
and we all know that when a company stops selling a phone, people suddenly get a new one, right?
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AndroidRules

Feb 27, 2010, 5:47 PM
bp3dots1 said:
As much as I hate answering your useless posts, I feel like setting the facts straight, since you refuse to research before posting anything.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/gartner-apple-and ... »


You didn't have to post that link honestly because no one in their right mind would actually believe that webOS has more market share than Android. That's just would be ludicrous.

Facts are facts. You can't argue them.
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Menno

Feb 28, 2010, 2:49 AM
Which one is around now?

Or what about the alternative set up to QWERTY keyboards? or why Windows (the god-awful code blob that it is) overtook Apple IBM and others as the home computing powerhouse?

Android WILL NOT WIN because of one Flagship device. I highly doubt there will ever be an Android phone that sells as well as the Iphone did. But that's not the point. Android isn't an OS locked to 1-2 devices. So while something like the Droid might not ever sell as many units as the Iphone does in a quarter,the Droid+N1+Moment+Eris+Hero+etc. will eventually reach that number and pass it. Google (or Bing) it.



Your comscore numbers show that Palms Marketshare SHRUNK while Android's Grew. Yes, palm is still larger, but as oth...
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DE 2 Philly

Feb 27, 2010, 2:30 PM
Android is def. a great OS but the web os is nothing to frown upon. The multitasking card view is awesome and w/ this update its just a personall preference on which kind of phone to get. Very satisfied w/ my WEB OS phone 🙂
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Menno

Feb 28, 2010, 2:52 AM
Someone I work with has one. We swap phones when we're bored. It's an interesting concept. I still prefer android, but I can deff. see why people like WebOS (though they really need to make a larger handset if they want wider scale adoption.. the thing is downright tiny to me)
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Drunk

Feb 27, 2010, 9:47 PM
My dad is coming to beat Sprint up, come to the arch and never talk to me again. Oh danm (on purpose) and they did, boy did they.

Dear Abby,
You give horrible advice and I hate your picture. I gave it all up for a girl.
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Drunk

Feb 27, 2010, 9:48 PM
Failed

Sprint
Failed



How would you know?
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Jayshmay

Feb 28, 2010, 5:19 AM
Umm, quarterly reports say that Sprint is failing, that's how we know.
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ibnturab

Feb 28, 2010, 2:04 AM
Palm may be a Good OS, but the problem is that there are way too many OS's on the Market. I like having choices, but software developers are not interested in writing a program for 30 different OS's. Many feel that by the end of 2010, there will be 5 major players left: 1) WinMO 2) Blackberry 3)Iphone 4) Android ( 5) Symbian). I intentionally put Symbian in parenthesis because it is a great OS but is not really represented to any significant scale in North America. I'm gonna guess the following OS's are going to fail(by market forces only): palm, bada, maemo, meego( not out but it won't matter because its too late). In a couple of years, the OS market will be very similar to the current pc market which is dominated by 3 flavors: windows, ...
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Menno

Feb 28, 2010, 2:50 AM
From what I read.. it seems Samsung is positioning Bada as a "feature phone" like OS more than a smartphone one.

I want WebOS to do well, it has some amazing ideas and that competition makes everyone stronger.
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bluecoyote

Feb 28, 2010, 6:46 PM
Quite honestly, Android is only really acting as a "dead cat" bounce for jilted Windows Mobile manufacturers. There's no vision or organized development for the platform.

Beyond the initial marketing push and hype, there isn't any substance to back it up- you've got the ability to tinker with the OS, but Google, Motorola, and HTC won't give you the time of day if you brick it or something goes wrong. Awesome. (Ask Menno if he thinks his phone is still under warranty! 🙂 )

Google originally stated its mission was to let the hardware guys go out and go take the OS in exciting new directions, but then soon discovered that doesn't work too well, because they're hardware guys- Motorola's with Android because their own OS efforts were fai...
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Voiceofreason27

Mar 1, 2010, 6:20 PM
They should take down your beloved company as well. 😈
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