WebOS is the best current generation smartphone OS out there but here are a few implementations Palm should consider.
1. The app store reviews are racist. I have seen the N word at least ten times.
Palm you can easily combat this by blocking the use of certain words or add a report button.
2. While browsing the internet in bed, random tilting can be incredibly annoying. Why not use the volume mute switch as a tilt lock, it can't even do its job by muting the volume in third party apps.
By the way I realize it stays in portrait with the slider open but my primary WebOS device is the Pixi "which does not have a slider".
3. Two copies of the same app for different devices. I own both the Pixi and the Pre, do developers really expect my to purchase multiple copies of the same app? What about when a new phone with a different aspect ratio comes out? Should I own three copies of the same damn app on an operating system that perfectly "scales" to any form factor?
4. For god's sake listen too your communities suggestions. PreCentral is all you've got, if you anger your hardcore fans than it's over, You alienated the biggest crowd that buys everything you sell and puts up with your excuses the most. Why should we have to rely on some Canadian with an awesome last name to make our phones more useful?
5. Updates, Updates, Updates! When you release a new update for your phone, release it to the general public. Don't let Verizon Spend 3 months crippling the phone. It gives Palm a bad rap because some other company wrecked its gps.
Also I want to give you a newsflash. Verizon does not care about maintaining releases, they care about the Droid because it makes 89 bajillion times more money in comparison to WebOS devices. Also what motivation is Verizon going to have to release updates when they want people to buy even newer phones and stay into longer contracts with them?
this is all the ranting I have so far about my favorite mobile OS but please feel free to add more pet peeves and hopefully we can make a meta list and get it in the hands of as many higher ups at palm as possible.
Thanks,
- Sean