One of the frustrating parts of using Palm’s webOS is the lack of speed when accessing menus and in general the UI at times feels sluggish. With hardware on par with Apple’s iPhone 3GS, the speed of the UI just doesn’t feel as fast as it should given the hardware. Longtime Linux (and webOS) developer Jamie Zawinski left the Pre citing performance as one of the reasons. While the speed has been improved with the last few updates, the good news is that speed of the UI is definitely on Palm’s radar. At a webOS Developer Event in London, Palm’s dynamic duo Ben and Dion spoke about the issue.
On ease of use, multitasking has been great; UI latency is still an issue even though the hardware is comparable to 3GS. The problem is the path to the GPU didn’t exist, but now with CSS transforms, that will be solved in the immediate future.
With the Palm Pixi set to debut on November 15th, it will no doubt feature a later build that 1.2.1. We have no idea as to the number of the build, but we’re all for seeing speed improvements in the next webOS update. That plus of course we’re hoping for a killer Facebook app. How about you? What are you looking for from Palm in the next webOS update, outside of a little shake and bake?
can we please have an update to control the sounds we want for different messages. music player needs a gap removal feature to let consumers that have no gap albums play without hiccup. when are thmes coming to personalize the phone. these homebrew apps though nice are an inconcenience and can cause problems to our phones. light on ball to light up as reminder that something is going on just in case ypu walk away from phone would also be nice. these things would make me and many others happier PRE owners.
Bluetooth file transfer
Hide/mask contacts, tasks, etc.
Text forwarding
Today calendar view
Meeting attendees & location
Camcorder
Document/spreadsheet creation
Express suite
More customization
Voice memo
Bluetooth file transfer
Hide/mask contacts, tasks, etc.
Text forwarding
Today calendar view
Meeting attendees & location
Camcorder
Document/spreadsheet creation
Express suite
More customization
Voice memo
Customizable ball button, because it’s 100% obsolete, doing what a swipe up does.
Oh yea, and I’d like to add other pages to my launcher, instead of only three. I don’t like having to scroll down more than a single swipe. I’d like to have a page of main essential apps, a most used page, a page of games, etc.
nice find!
Real-work applications? Word, Excel, Splash Money, eReader, Pocket Tunes. Is this too much to ask? If not, we old-time PalmOS PDA users have no migration path. When our current hardware crashes, we’re gone.
- Ringtones on text messages
– On-screen keyboard
– Video recorder
– Text forwarding
– More customization of phone
– Transfer files through bluetooth
– Myspace and Facebook apps exclusively for Sprint
Can we please please please please get text forwarding, crappy cheap phones have that. Video cam would be nice and zoom on the camera. I wish I was told these features were not on the phone, I probably would have passed on it. Although, I do have a love/hate relationship with the pre. Can’t wait for that speed upgrade, the iphone is super fast, love that. C’mon Palm people make us proud that we purchased your phone.
Need to be able to simply remove shortcuts to apps and to delete apps.
Need SIP Phone!
A terminal server client (RDP) would be nice then. If the graphic chip is doing the job.
I need this client for work
Most of the features you guys want are addressed at precentral.net Thanks to some simple homebrew mods, apps and patches, my Pre has different ringtones for texts, virtual keyboard, text forwarding, the ability to add and delete launcher pages, etc. However, it would be nice to have these without having to tweek my phone.
@Dr. Death91 Most people do not have the time or inclination to bother installing non-sanctioned apps that could cause problems with their phone. While you won’t brick your phone, I’ve seen more than a few cases where people had to completely restore their Pre using webOS Doctor to prevent webOS from continuously asking to update to 1.2.1. This was happening despite being previously updated to 1.2.1.
the pre needs games app like the iphone. The apps the pre have suck ass
Definitely a robust Facebook Application
I’d like to have a better sync for MS Outlook than going through Google
Someway of actually making my ring tones as loud as most phones out there. In public environments I can hear everyone else’s phone but mine.
Add option for GPS location on Twitter application
Super Pages application
Bluetooth file transfer
Hide/mask contacts, tasks, etc.
Text forwarding
Today calendar view
Meeting attendees & location
Camcorder
Document/spreadsheet creation
Express suite
More customization
Voice memo
On Screen Keyboard
LinkedIn application to be able to do newer paid services.
Remove NFL/Nascar please!
It seems that everybody is forgetting a flash plugin for more seamless web navigation. While they say its in the works I am less inclined to believe this until I actually see it.
@ Matt Morris:
While I find a flash plugin to be important, and eagerly await it myself, the Pre has more urgent issues that have to be handled before Flash is addressed. In the world of mobile devices, Flash is still barely being implemented, while seemingly small things such as text forwarding and customization are commonplace. Flash would be very useful, but the Pre’s battery goes through hell as it is without it, and Flash is a guaranteed battery killer waiting to happen. If Adobe and Palm are holding of on Flash instillation in an effort to make it more battery efficient, then I’ll be a happier user. In the meantime, Palm needs to work on the small thongs before adding another battery killing feature.
My two cents: More apps, and by “more” I mean “better, unique, possibly killer apps”. I’m not impressed by iPhones multitude of apps, most of which suck anyway, but I am impressed by the actually useful ones that everyone is lining up to make for that platform.
Please get rid (or allow the user to..) of the NFL and NASCAR apps !
* add basic video to the camera
* update the browser for animated gifs and flash
* doc/spreadsheet creation.. ( the old Palm Treos had it )
Glad to hear there may be some good development on the UI.. we all thank you for those efforts.
You know??! I would really LOVE to see some visual voicemail feature. I mean come on palm!!! I love my pre, but even my previous phone th samsung instinct (1st gen) had it. And since you are in the competitive market with the iPhone, this is kind of a key feature!!!!! The iPhone has it!!! Where are you??!