WebOS 2.1 Update
So about two days ago, I got a notification to update my Palm Pre 2 to WebOS 2.1. Process was pretty smooth and fast, no problem at all. I was excited about this update considering all the problems I had with the WebOS (see my previous post).
The only thing I don’t like about WebOS update (so far) is that they don’t announce the changes officially. I haven’t seen any document, blog post from HP regarding the changes related to this update. But there are so many tech blogs covering the topic and provide some kind of list, thanks to recent product announcement by HP..
What I notice from the update:
- The Palm logo on start-up has been replaced by HP logo, but the start-up time still takes a while. It’s okay if I don’t need to restart that often.
- The exhibition mode. Really cool, I like this a lot actually, since the touchstone becomes more useful than just for charging. There isn’t many applications that employ this feature, but it’s a start. Just a hint for HP, maybe a sensor that detects lights and adjust brightness automatically would be nice. or make that a quick options. The Pre on exhibition mode is too bright to be next to my bed.
- Voice Dial, I haven’t played much with this. I don’t really believe the usefulness of such application. But maybe it’s just me. I always have a hard time getting voice recognition software to translate what I say.
- Most importantly, performance and bug fixes. I have to say it has been great so far. I haven’t experience any lag or freeze, maybe only a little slowness. But that’s all. And it already improve the usability by a lot! thumbs up to those engineers at HP!
I’ll write again if I notice anything else. Enjoy.
Wow, I have to say Firefox 4 looks so much nicer on Windows than on OSX! equally fast though. The only problem I had: uploading this picture on tumblr, froze the FF4 for a few seconds.
Have been playing with Python for my Image Processing class, implementing quadtree representation of an image.
WebOS pre-Pre3 Launch
Even just by looking at screenshots, it’s not difficult to pick WebOS as the winner of the multitasking on mobile platform. It is intuitive, admired by many well-known gadget news editors. In fact, for the first week of owning the Pre2 with WebOS 2.0, it was an amazing experience over the android (2.0.1) or the iphone(4.3). Multitasking was as easy as advertised/hyped/expected.
So it’s hard to imagine how such a great “innovation” would fail. But truth be told, the WebOS is still a potential, even at its big 2.0 release. After a couple of weeks, problems become more and more apparent, the OS started to run really slow to the point of, dare I say, unusable. The screen freezes too many times for reasons I don’t understand. Sometimes just waking up from sleep (from the touchstone) to call a number lags the OS for a few seconds, or even a minute, in which period tapping on other things might further freeze the OS, and a restart is needed. To add to this problem, the occasion ‘too many cards’ message appear way more than just occasionally. I suspect that both problems come from the same issue, maybe bad memory management by the background process. e.g. perhaps the alarm clock app I’m using (the one default from WebOS).
I’m not sure if these cases only apply to my Pre2. A quick google reveals many other users experiencing the same problems as I mentioned above. WebOS has one of the (if not the) best mobile OS design, so it is a pity to see it crippled by these problems.
Mobile OS Multitasking UI
Palm WebOS > iPhone > Android
can’t say bout WinPho7, havent tried it yet.
And if God’s willing, may that stolen iPad someday kills you.
Q: How do you balance gaming, work, and life in general?
A: There is no balance. I do not sleep.
It’s hard to be a normal person and celebrity gamer at the same time.
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Goodbye StringBuilder, welcome back StringBugger, oops, I mean StringBuffer.
ardianlesmana asked: Dude, kok sepi bgt ttg Samsung Galaxy Tab man? Gua kira lo bakal excited bgt ama itu ... saking excitednya ampe pre order-in satu dari eropa buat kado ultah gua gitu? hahahaha
no samsung galaxy tab? I’m a little skeptical about android right now, until they make a major update to the OS and/or the SDK.
The deepest condolences to the family and friends of Shoya Tomizawa..
The MotoGP fans have lost one of its great riders in a horrific crash during the 2010 Moto2 race in Misano. Tomizawa was a young Moto2 rider who has shown so much potential, having won the first GP, followed by a second place in the first two races of 2010.
R.I.P. Shoya!
