Parental Control talk, update discussion and more... From the Forums 10

by Robert Werlinger Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:08 am EDT

Here's some of the latest talk in the forums:

The smartphone owning demographic continues to get younger and younger each day, and concerned parent celesuar1 wants to know if its possible to control what their Pixi wielding teen can see on its web browser.
Verizon Pixi owners are relishing in having the very latest from Palm in the webOS 1.4.5 update, and they're discussing all of the must-have apps, patches, tweaks and more.
Sure the recently launched BlackBerry Torch is a portrait QWERTY slider with a touchscreen, but for shinerb the similarities ended there. After using the device for 2 weeks they've returned it and gone back to the Pre. How many of you dabbled with the Torch only to return to the Pre a short time later?
Speaking of switching, papachange05 wants to know if you Sprint users out there will switch to Verizon in the event that the next generation of Palm devices don't launch on your favorite carrier?

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Posted by cporta on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:45 am EDT

1st.

I hope to stick with Sprint. But I may go to Big Red if the new device is worth it.

Posted by google2306 on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:17 pm EDT

no way I love sprint and I might just wait till the next pre for sprint if it's worth it other wise am switching to a 4G device

Posted by google2306 on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:20 pm EDT

no way I love sprint and I might just wait till the next pre for sprint if it's worth it other wise am switching to a 4G device

Posted by google2306 on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:21 pm EDT

no way I love sprint and I might just wait till the next pre for sprint if it's worth it other wise am switching to a 4G device

Posted by lostsole1970 on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 1:00 pm EDT

I honestly don't know if I would leave Sprint to follow Palm. & I hope to never have to amswer that question!

Posted by fuzzybub on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 1:03 pm EDT

what a wank off still no flash

Posted by zineesh on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 1:05 pm EDT

I honestly think there should be some sort of app for parental control, with flash coming i can see how some parents might be concerned.

Posted by PreDogs on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 1:33 pm EDT

Wow, if it actually happned and Palm was not at Sprint?

No way for ATT.

I'd prolly run out my contract to June then weigh:

VZ, cost and broken features and how strong is Palm/WebOS at that point.

VS

Sprint and whatever droid or MeeGo devices they have at that point.

In actuality, I'd probably trial them head to head, and may the better combination win.

Posted by brendilon on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 3:14 pm EDT

I'd milk my Pre for all it's worth and eventually end up with a Droid. I love Palm and WebOS but I'm not going to spend an extra $250+ per year on VZW or ATT.

Posted by MCompeau on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 9:22 am EDT

There was a great app for PalmOS back in the day called KidPalm methinks...seemed to have some useful features as I recall: Configurable list of app access/non-access w/ password override; simplified UI; limited underlying OS access...what it didn't do was activate upon reset automatically, which any parental control app for smartphones must do...as well as preserving the basics of great webOS UX and UI... It's a blend of patches in all new areas (hiding icons, apps, menu items, etc on a comrehensive basis...basically like a MegaTheme,) that then allows you to switch back and forth via a password activation to toggle ON/OFF... I agree this would be a fabulous "app", but likely requires substantial support from Palm folks... I imagine, for example, you'd want a configuration to have the phone OFF, or ot turn OFF text mssging (Gawd, I'd love to take away teen's texting for two-three days as a consequence!!) etc... You get the idea. It's all possible via patching with configurations, but a BIG project.