webos is one of the most innovative and best os to come after iphone and android
palm pre did everything out of box from day 1 what android does on 2.1 eclair
it has awesome hardware , pre has omap 3430 running at 600mhz classified under arm v7 which is equivalent to qualcomms snapdragon 1ghz
the webos os is intuitive and user experience is one of a kind , not to mention in just 9months palm rolled out 9 updates to webos and had lived upto its commitements , something that u dont see that often in todays world
even on gaming front it leaves android /windows mobile/symbian far behind , any one who doubts this have a look at palm pre palying hd games
synergy is awesome , its syncing capability are far better than other os , ask users who use palm pre to sync and the will tell u how much better it is to link all ur profiles and contacts
one big criticsm was availibility of apps , but now app count is also increasing and now there are more than 3000 apps and patches
and with public pdk going live this month there will be a huge surge of apps pouring in app catalogue as developers will just port apps from app store to app catalogue
inspite of all this , webos fails to get recognition is deserves, and credit for all that goes to some poor marketing and business decision taken by palm over last yr , they didnt release it in more prominet markets in asia , kept it on sprint for a very long time rather than tying up with a gsm operator
they kept webos to tehmselves rather than making it open source and giving it to other oem's like what google did , that would have turned tide in palms direction
and secondly its difficult to crack it down for reliance , unlike htc ,which leaves a sour taste in those who were not able to get this phone on reliance
but people who are using it , still like it for what it offers , many people i know use palm pre alongside with android
due to all mishaps by palm , inspite of having webos , their stocks are rolling down , sales are not so great
but a power user like me who changes phones more often, i still swear by my palm pre for what it offers