Palm posts $22m Q3 loss

[marriott0.01]

There's only so much you can do with a grid of icons, the pre has rounded edges and icons that aren't all the same shape and the notifications bar and the cards view and so many other things that differentiate it from the iphone OS, showing those two images and making that sweeping statement is completely unfair on palm.

It also brought its synergy system which was the first effective system of bringing together contacts and feeds from social networks as well as the local phone. Since then sony erricson (sp), motorola and HTC have implemented it on their android phones but that was almost a year after palm first did it.

Web OS is also (afaik) written using HTML which in theory should make it extremely easy to write apps for. idk what they're playing at with their app store though, it's a real fail.

The Ares SDK is incredibly simple to use.

And just because it is in a grid doesn't mean it's a rip. Symbian had a Grid before the iPhone was even around, so did Apple still the grid from Symbian? It's just an easy way to display things which is universally used..

[HotelUser]

Well, if Apple did steal the grid they de-uglified it immensely

The Ares SDK is incredibly simple to use.

And just because it is in a grid doesn't mean it's a rip. Symbian had a Grid before the iPhone was even around, so did Apple still the grid from Symbian? It's just an easy way to display things which is universally used..

[marriott0.01]

Well, if Apple did steal the grid they de-uglified it immensely

Nothing wrong with the Symbian Grid? The N97's Menu system looks fine to me?

[Jordy]

I'm yet to see the iPhone grid on anything before the iPhone. By that I mean, priority applications at the bottom followed by applications in pages placed above. That is quite a unique idea and it seems to of been completely ripped from the iPhone. Grids may have been used by other Mobile OSs but not quite how WebOS rips the iPhone. It changes a few of the graphics but the actual design is the same. Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian all have quite different GUIs.

[marriott0.01]

Ah I get you now. Nothing really rips off iPhone OS, I think all the companies who are developing their OS's for Computers/Phones will also have similarities, just because they're similar doesn't mean they ripped off them. And Web OS does some things iPhone OS doesn't and visa versa. Apple were very good with their design, and I don't know if they stole anything from Apple considering Palm was taken over by ex-Apple Employees. I doubt they did steal it though, because both OS's are very good, and Apple did make a unique design I really haven't seen anywhere else...

[HotelUser]

Ah I get you now. Nothing really rips off iPhone OS, I think all the companies who are developing their OS's for Computers/Phones will also have similarities, just because they're similar doesn't mean they ripped off them. And Web OS does some things iPhone OS doesn't and visa versa. Apple were very good with their design, and I don't know if they stole anything from Apple considering Palm was taken over by ex-Apple Employees. I doubt they did steal it though, because both OS's are very good, and Apple did make a unique design I really haven't seen anywhere else...

In Windows Mobile 6.5 the application page flicked vertically, I think that's the closest I've see.

Nothing wrong with the Symbian Grid? The N97's Menu system looks fine to me?

It's not eye shattering ugly, I just think the iPhone's grid looks better.

[marriott0.01]

In Windows Mobile 6.5 the application page flicked vertically, I think that's the closest I've see.



It's not eye shattering ugly, I just think the iPhone's grid looks better.

Well Windows Mobile 6.5 fails anyway. And I think the iPhone is a bit boring now, no offence to it, it was very good at the start but Apple needs a few UI changes as it's getting slightly too boring, even the device is getting too same old.

[Jordy]

Windows Mobile 6.5 is rather different, it's a honeycomb grid where you just scroll down. There's no pages, there's no priority applications, it's just scrolling and icon pictures. It's very efficient at what it does and Windows Mobile 6.5 is far from a fail, far more capable than any other Mobile OS.

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[HotelUser]

I used Winmo 6.5 for many months. I thought it was the best thing ever when I was using it; especially with titanium. But then Tom introduced me to Android and that--sort of won my heart

Windows Mobile 6.5 is rather different, it's a honeycomb grid where you just scroll down. There's no pages, there's no priority applications, it's just scrolling and icon pictures. It's very efficient at what it does and Windows Mobile 6.5 is far from a fail, far more capable than any other Mobile OS.

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[marriott0.01]

I used Winmo 6.5 for many months. I thought it was the best thing ever when I was using it; especially with titanium. But then Tom introduced me to Android and that--sort of won my heart

*looks in disgust* David. Windows Mobile Fails. Windows Phone 7 Series however doesn't. Microsoft's lucky number actually is 7. Apart from IE