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PalmCast Episode 142 - Veers, Pre3s, and TouchPads, oh my! 6

by Derek Kessler Tue, 24 May 2011 10:57 pm EDT

Derek, Dieter, Adam, and Tim take a mass of webOS news and rumors. See who comes out alive at the end...

We want you to introduce the PalmCast. Email us an audio introduction to podcast@precentral.net!

Thanks to everybody for writing in!

News

Thanks again to everybody for writing in as well as everybody that participated live in person and in the chat!

Credits

Thanks to the PreCentral Store for sponsoring the PalmCast. You can email the PalmCast at podcast@treocentral.com or leave us a voicemail at 800-557-6819 x222.

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6 Comments

Posted by UnkleKeg on Wed, 25 May 2011 10:23 am EDT

Great job posting these so quickly lately. Next project: fix this comments area so it stop falsely identifying real comments as Spam. Thanks!

Posted by grffn24 on Wed, 25 May 2011 11:44 am EDT

Hey is it just me or does the intro song start...then nothing else happens?.......frozen?

Posted by robnaj on Wed, 25 May 2011 7:58 pm EDT

About the veer reviews what reviews did you read engadget mobile's review was 6/10 and that sucks. The phone is too small.

Posted by Tim Stiffler-Dean on Thu, 26 May 2011 7:58 pm EDT

That's just one review you're referring to.
http://meme.ms/dgwfbt

Posted by mich.bushi on Thu, 26 May 2011 5:56 am EDT

There is something about the German consumers, buying good technology. It seems like them consumers in Germany do their homework, and chose very wisely what is best here-and-now.

I am old enough to be a former owner/user of Commodore Amiga, and remember that Amiga & Atari ST were selling very well in Germany - because those days, these computers were offering the best bang for the buck, hands down. I think it is the same case here - Gerrys seem to be just very, very sorted out people, not concerned that much with marketing bull**** & hype, and believing more in their own research.

Sure enough, when compared feature-by-feature, WebOS usability wins hands down - just like Comodore Amigas and Atari STs were winning hands down, before going into oblivion. Reasons - quite the same, they couldn't win a market share, and... killer apps.

Let's only hope that WebOS will not end up the same way as these systems did. Though it is following their footsteps very diligently, indeed.

Posted by jaybird4522 on Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:04 pm EDT

Finally back in the US so I could listen to this. Couldn't agree with Dieter more! I will be devastated if HP doesn't release the Pre3 on Sprint in the next couple months and I am forced to get a massive, bulky, single-tasking, non-Palm-Profile, un-riverstone-like Android phone when I finally get rid of my scratched, Oreo'd, chipped, low memory, slow-as-molasses-but-loved-nonetheless Pre minus I got on June 13th, 2009. I understand that business reasons might prevent this from happening, but staying on Sprint after 11 years is more important to me than paying more per month on another carrier to go get WebOS. Sorry HP, it's your loss if you kill the amazing community we've built on Precentral since Day 1. I haven't contributed much, but I've followed every bit of news since January 6th, 2009, and I've become increasingly frustrated by the company's inability to release products in a timely manner or update their old devices. I may have to jump ship when it's time to get a new phone if there's nothing available. I'm not looking forward to it, and I'm still holding out a little hope, but I feel like it's getting less likely by the day, and that's just unfortunate for HP and those of us who have remained loyal from the very beginning- to Palm, I guess, but now that's gone.