Exhibition Agenda View from webOS 2.0.1 looks stylish 47
One thing we know: not all webOS 2.0.1 versions are created equal. While users with webOS 2.0.1 on unlocked Pre 2 phones are enjoying card stacking and VPN support, users of a version webOS 2.0.1 that's apparently been seeded to developers are enjoying a slew of extra features. Those new features include Voice Dialing and working Exhibition modes for glanceable information while sitting on a Touchstone.
A kindly anonymous tipster has send in some screenshots of the Agenda Exhibition mode from a Bell-based Pre. It works in both portrait mode and landscape and, well, we're wondering why such useful views of calendar information can't be made available to all without recourse to inductive chargers.
Grab a few more screenshots after the break!
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I sure hope you do not need a touchstone charger to see agenda view. I do like what I see though.
I am getting excited for new webos hardware :)
I'm sure there will be a workaround or modification so you don't need a touchstone. This will be too useful for the palmPad which probably won't be on a touchstone. :)
so what would the time increments in the photo app be for? slideshow?
Yes thats already in 2.0 if im not mistaken
yawn
You do need a touchstone if I'm not mistaken.
That should be patched shortly I'm sure. Heck, it should be worked into the wallpaper if you want....whatcha think Palm??
Uh isn't this like a widget? We need more apps!!
Is hpalm going to move to not having the rounded edges? I understand that its just exhibition view that doesnt.
Actually the Web browser and E-mail (if you use the RocknRollHax) landscape view the edges are not rounded.
I noticed some of the cards in the stack are somewhat translucent so you can see the card underneath... very nice touch.
I think that's only when rearranging. The one you're moving goes translucent. Card view does that in earlier versions, too, I do believe.
Is that battery percentage a patch? Didn't notice it on the Rogers Pre 2 I played with today.
Patch.
This is sad. If this is the best there is I fear for the future
Hold on. The notification bar is showing a USB connection. You cannot use a touchstone via USB...
I noticed the same thing. Perhaps bluetooth connectivity will be possible, but why would that show as a USB connection?
Since he's a developer, he must have already had his Pre2 connected to his computer for testing his apps.
Or you could be plugged in while it's on the Touchstone. Makes the whole take-a-screenshot-then-offload-onto-computer thing a bit easier.
If you access Exhibition options you can force Exhibition mode, in order to preview, regardless of whether you're on a touchstone.
So if I buy an unlocked GSM Pre2 will I ever get a working exhibition mode and voice dialing like the developer phones? Or any of the other "Slew" of features?
Hi all,
Since I am still using my Centro for the past 26 months, this looks great to me.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL and take care,
Jay
And i suppose you stick around becauses you like hanging with lost causes. Or you trying to save us. Get a life ok.
I cannot believe all the people that come on here an complain. That is want is pathetic. WebOS just keeps getting better and better, some people can't stand it.
Nothing can be everything to everyone but I'll take WebOS over anything else out there. We'll look back on the growing pains and laugh someday.
Homebrew keeps the shortcomings in check. Bring on 2.? and new hardware!
I spent a lil time today looking at the android forums and information about the epic. Not in a position to buy a phone, but it is the only thing slightly compelling to me other than the phone I have.
Still not worth doing anything but continuing to rock my OG Sprint Pre. If HP/Palm doesn't come out with something in the new year then yeah I will look at the Epic as the only option out there. I don't think that is going to happen though and I am pretty sure our next phones will still be WebOS based.
The people that come on here and complain kill me.... if I were to move to WebOS, I wouldn't spend my time posting on other forums (just like how I may read a lil on Android but don't ask them how they feel about not having an official way to put their phone completely back to factory condition).
At this point in time I'd ask, better for who? The Pre2 is a joke. We want new hardware.
At this point it is pathetic that NOTHING tangible has been released to a large carrier in the US.
We keep seeing this stuff and that's great but those of us who are still on that old (2+ years in reality) hardware are feeling it.
I LOVE this OS and truly believe the other mobile OSes pale in comparison. However, there is no way in hell I would recommend WebOS to ANYONE right now due to the pathetic hardware offering out there. That is a sad thing.
The only reason I can even stand it is due to the excellent work of all the homebrew developers. If I was running at stock configuration, I would have smashed the phone on the sidewalk 100 times over already.
HP: Get something out the damn door. Get in the game. You've been talking the talk, it is time to walk the walk. This "coming months" talk is a joke. We tried that back in 2009 and it probably cost Palm its independence.
well, if it came from a developer in canada, that should be easy for Palm to track down.
I just can't wait for the virtual keyboard! Looks awesome though:)
I am excited - can't wait for my update to webOS on my pre+. I love the agenda view!
I just hope it can be turned the hell OFF and have a black screen so I don't have to keep draping stuff over it at night!
M.
dude, that was my #1 biggest gripe as well. found myself just turning the phone and touchstone over at night. so happy Exhibition finally fixes this.
Sprint needs the Pre+/2
And here we go again, breaking NDA's. Good thing it's from Canada on Bell, as Cantaffordit says. Hope Palm catch them soon.
Happy New Year!
Only Palm would write a daily congratulations for your schedule being open. This is actually ridiculous. Regardless if your typically booked or not. Assuming your free once or twice a week.
I agree with Swolf, Palm is the kind of company that would unintentionally disregard this issue just based on their ignorance of integration. This is a common problem through out the WebOS, From notifications, the call log, as well as profile contact information. Sometimes it seems they split the phones features and potential in strange slivers. While its possible to create something of this nature they still have to be finely threaded. WebOS 2.0.1 still seems more Palm as I do not believe HP has integrated into this company yet.
This article is another over-hype, that this website as well as other have continuously done. We have been told about the coming exhibition several times. Your article states this occurrence as if it were some random new addition to the operating system.
All this potentially said to anyone was you likely stated one feature that may be conflicting and the recent release of new software means we might be waiting longer to receive the update.
Ab-scent minded imitation of foul marketing tactics is not an excuse.(nor is being small an excuse) The reoccurring post of such little details, ultimately creates conflict amongst people. One can say you are using American sophistication to create deminulate public.(and public as a term towards people outside the ring of a non public), more specific, a small people general public) You have become tools for 1 senator of 100. To rip a hole in the system. Again if you are compelled to be this small know there is an issue with ones' self. I would suggest you read some articles on Engadget as well as many other forums before you write. Non will be so small and petty.
umm cooz..can you repeat the part where you said all about the......things?
thanks for that incredibly long winded intellectual look at the evils of precentral?
Mr. Cooz what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I’ve ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response was there anything that could even be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this forum is now dumber for having read it. I award you no point, and may God have mercy on your soul.
lol
Uhm, lets all calm down and realize that anything from a 'kindly anonymous tipster' should be taken with a grain (or two) of salt. I love my Pre, but given Palm's recent history of over-promising and under-delivering on just about everything, why would anyone believe anything coming out of HP/Palm or an 'anonymous tipster' at this point?
BTW, Bell is not selling the Pre2 in Canada, Rogers is. And no sign of WebOS 2 update for me (on Bell) either.
Well I am still hopefull. I've been waiting for voice dial since a few weeks after launch date (Sprint Pre-) it's the feature I miss the most after switching from my dumbphone over a year and a half ago.
Now I just need a native RDP client and a device with more speed/RAM (c'mon Sprint!) and I'll be a happy camper.
I've been toying with the idea of going to Android, but my son and quite a few colleagues have android phones and I am not impressed. I still find it quite cumbersome to get around the OS when working with multiple apps open. My daughter got an ipod touch for christmas, and I find myself looking to drop into card view, or swipe to go back before realizing that they're not there.
I feel that WebOS still has the best UI out there and I'm still holding out hope. (things may change if there are no new developments in another 6 months...)
haha just read cooz's long pointless and nonsensical comment...maybe he should lay off trying to use those big SAT words like 'deminulate' so us uneducated folks can understand him. Seriously can anyone explain what he's trying to say??
anyway 2.0 looks pretty slick I'm looking forward to it. However I'm not too fond of the new stacking system. Would it be possible to patch this so that there is no stacking?? The reason I'm asking is that I usually only have 7 apps open but if there are only 7-8 apps open I don't think I need them to be organized into stacks. I prefer the current system because rearranging the cards is quick and easy..
I think once you get to play around with it your fears will be put to rest. Card stacking doesn't happen that often, and it shouldn't impede your efficiency in rearranging vs the current non-stacking system.
@gulrezm
No worries, your card system still works the same when launching individual apps, but if you click a link within an app then it places that new card in that app stack.
Looks good. But, Palm could you please restore to us a YEAR view in the Calendar with selectable months. Also, stop with the iPhone style date / day scrolling selections and give us back the ability to select dates off a calendar. So much quicker, accurate, and intuitive.
Hoping for some 2003-4 functionality to return this new year.
Even the cheapest, dumbest cell phone I have ever owned had voice dialing. We better be getting voice dialing in webOS 2.x, and not just on new devices either! It should have been there from day one of webOS release.
For someone who does not currently OWN a Palm, but would like to, I found the post and images helped convey something that's a welcome feature (even compared to other OS's) and would help lure me to a Palm. Now, congrats for not having an agenda IS pretty dumb/pointless/wasted text code.
I'm still on a WinMo (Sprint Touch Pro2) simply because I'm holding out for new Palm hardware.
New features are great, WebOS 2.0+ looks fantastic, HP/Palm, but GIVE US NEW PHONES!
Here's hoping CES has a secret truckload of non-tablets...the silence is getting pretty stupid, and unfortunate. A few leaks and teasers in this department would definitely help build some momentum and excitement.
exhibition view looks great. Looking forward to it