Pre 3 Marketing, Custom Clock Themes, Accessing the Paid App Cat and More - From the Forums 11
We may have already discussed (and debunked) the idea that HP was going to pull out of the smartphone market as their webOS lines begin to expand, but user prethadd81 is still curious as to why HP hasn't been marketing not just the Pre 3, but the Veer as well (even the Pre 2). Some users have some good thoughts on the subject, and are even placing their bets on how HP is planning on marketing the next 3 devices that are coming to the market. It's a good question to ask; "Why isn't HP talking about the Pre 3 more?"
kdubhotsauce is a 16 year old developer who has created quite a number of webOS applications already, but it seems to just be the start to what he would like to do. One project that he is working on right now is with several newly designed themes for the clock app that look really good. He just needs a bit of help creating a patch to get them installed properly, and while Jaycanuck has already offered a hand, it may not be a bad idea to see what other ways you guys can contribute to his project.
Rod Whitby, as most of you know, is the head genius behind the whole team of geniuses at WebOS Internals, and he has just announced a new plan that he has to pre-activate an unlocked GMS Pre 2 to give it full paid app catalog access, regardless of whether the carrier it is going to be on has a restricted app catalog, which has been a problem from the beginning for internal Pre owners. He hasn't made his process for pre-activation public yet, but we assume that he'll do so in short time after a few tests to get it finalized. Contact him from that thread if you are interested in taking part in the action.
User GodShapedHole has found and shared some benchmark overview data for the HP Veer, and it looks like the very small device actually comes in with a higher score than both the iPhone 4 and HTC Evo (meaning that it will probably be faster than both upon release). As keeb119 points out, we aren't even sure if these are for the final builds of the device, which means that those GPU speeds could turn out to be even a little smoother upon release.
Lastly, our Editor in Chief, Dieter Bohn, has written a quick letter to all PreCentral forums to not just thank you all for your feedback and excellent discussions that you've been starting up over the years, but to also remind everyone why our community here is the best on the web for webOS fans and developers: We want to continue being able to enjoy webOS, to get help on any problems that we're having and to share the big news that is coming in the future, but it's all because of your enthusiastic and polite discussions that we are able to continue the way that we are. Check out the announcement here and see the changes that have come to the forums recently, but definitely keep sending your feedback. We love it!
The PreCentral forums are always open and active for you to join in, and besides the threads we've linked to here, there are a lot of other discussions going on over there. Check them all out by clicking the link up top and get ready to share your thoughts with the great community that has been built there.
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Good stuff!
Maybe they are not yet marketing anything because who knows when these products will be out.
We still don't have a set date and no set carrier.
My sprint pre is literally being held together by tape.
If HP doesn't give me a phone soon, they will lose my business to HTC.
IMHO, we're going to see another announcement followed by a marketing blitz. I don't think that we saw all of the features that will go into the offering of future webOS devices back at the February event. I'm guessing that they've got more up their sleeves like a music service from Melodio that will be ready to go just as soon as the carriers are ready to launch. Also, it would be nice to see it launch in multiple markets at once.
Well, they already had the announcement where they invited all of the media out for their special event - two months ago. So you're thinking they are going to re-introduce the devices with even more stuff? It seems, to me, that if they even had the stuff they already announced, they would have launched it already.
I appreciate Deiter's attempt to refocus the forums. I have rarely participated in the forums for a long time because of many of the problems he outlines.
I doubt this will get me back, though. I wonder how many others feel like me.
This post just puts a smile on my face. WebOS rocks
Cmon you guys! Vote vote vote!: http://blog.laptopmag.com/smart-phone-madness-2011-final-hp-pre-3-vs-htc...
http://forums.precentral.net/webos-themes/276266-theme-clock-style-theme...
uh....duh.
no phones to sell, no dates set, no carriers announced, what on earth are they going to advertise for???
Actually can you guys do somethings about the spam showing up in the blog comments lately? It's really irritating?
When a userbase really cares about a product one can expect lots of both positive and negative input from time to time.
I, like a lot of people, had their once rampant enthusiasm for Palm and WebOS crushed by HP's delayed release of new products and the abandonment releasing 2.0 for nearly every WebOS device in the wild. It really took the wind out of my sails from my hope to spend some of my limited free time developing for WebOS.
Many of us, who care about WebOS, are now feeling somewhere between Angry and Very Pessimistic regarding WebOS and HP. Many of us are hoping HP does something to "Make Things Right" and bring us back into the fold. But with HP's silence in the matter we are left to making passive aggressive snipes in forums like these in the hopes that HP will say something... anything... that will win us back.
Either HP will address our concerns and win back our loyalty or other platforms will begin to look more inviting and we will leave. The ball is in HP's court.
AMEN to your comment. I had to get another smartphone to support my crippled Pre-. I have an LG opt.5 Android phone. I must say all apps run much faster, neater, and impressive compared to Webos 1.4.5, on a Pre-. I do miss multi tasking, but find myself grabbing the LG more often than not after a couple months of using it. No major malfunctions, or app delays like the PRE-.... I will wait for the PRE 3 and upgrade my Pre- and after 30 days either return the PRE3 or dump my LG.... depending on PRE3 performance. I believe I am not alone in this space.... HP has forced me to use another product, and it aint toooo bad....