Suggestions: What Palm should do to overpass competition?

Suggestions: What Palm should do to overpass competition?

Suggestions: What Palm should do to overpass competition?

OK guys, this is my first time that I am very worried about Palm future. As an International Palm devices user I have been delighted the before decade by great Palm PDA and Treo performance and international support.

Now, we are in a new era of Multitouch smartphones.

The following chart that is over all sites on the internet is showing a comparison between 4 smartphones.

Not considering apps quantity, that all we know it will take at least a year to have 10.000.

What is Palm missing?
Whats wrong with their marketing department?
What are they expecting for a Palm Web OS 16GB launch smartphone?
Do you think the sd card slot is standard for phones, that Palm should considerer?

What do you think?

To be honest, Palm needs their own version of Mark Cuban. By that, I mean they need a superfan with the expendable capital to buy the company and push it in a user/fan friendly direction. Putting out 8GB devices is a mistake, and they absolutely should have kept the micro SD slots from the previous generations. Palm OS Classic should be free, to attract previous Palm owners to upgrade, giving them much needed cash.

Above all else, they need money. Badly.

I've been wondering the samething. I started a thread similar to this about the major app makers or developers not supporting WebOS yet.

I think the need to:
1. Get the Pre on VZW and AT&T
2. Major OS update to 2.0 by January - they need to included all the tweaks and patches that are found in Preware, Video Recording, A File Manager and Bluetooth Transfers.
3. Major Advertising Campaign - get rid of those bull*** commercials and get some good commercials with the Pre out in the hands of celebs. Possibly give Pre's away as a gift at the next awards show.
4. Release a NEW SDK with no limits!
5. Get Webos into the Foleos and have them on the market by Feb.
6. Get LG and Sanyo making new WebOS devices - HTC, Samsung and Moto have trhow alot of support behind WM and Andropid. But LG & Sanyo are quite at this point.
7. Make and announcment that they will have a new device following the Pixi's release and on the market by Xmas.


@ TheVoiceofReason - Great points. Palm OS Classic should be free.

Where is that Palm Feedback link?

All great point, Chris. Which is why if Palm is smart, they will offer the Pre before Xmas on VZW and undercut the prices of the new phones coming out. AT&T is perfect choice for the GSM Pre , but they need it out by Dec. 1st to make any real money before the year is over. The Pixi not having Wifi in this day and age makes it a bust. I dont think they are gonna sell very many of those. Palm has to put out a major update before the year is out on the current Spring Pre. No getting aroudn that or everyone is gonna jump ship.

BTW; Has Palm abandon the Treo line? The Treo Pro is nice, but I think they need to have a Treo with WebOS too.

Yeah, I'm not expecting any new devices this year. But I'd love to see one. I'm really hoping a that they have something good at CES. There are alot of Treo fans out there and I think they need to continue that line. A new great WM & WebOS Treo. A Pre Pro sounds about right. I said that mabybe teh next PRe would be a Pro version. With alot of new feature and business functions.

It seems to me like if palm has been playing catch up on the hardware side. They never try to surpass the hardware of other devices. 8 gigs in not competitive anymore. 3mp camera with no video is not competitive anymore. No Magnetic compass sensor is not competitive anymore. No Expandable memory. WebOS operating system is great in my opinion, but they are lacking on the hardware side. If the competition has a 3mp camera, palm should have a 5mp. If competition has 32 gig of memory, palm should have 32 gig internal and a micro SD slot. They need to outdo their competition instead of trying to match them. Hardware durability should be a given. I knew 4 people that were waiting for the release of the pixi and now that it is known that they don't have wifi they have moved onto other phones with better hardware. Overall I love my pre, but I know that they need to make some hardware improvements if they want to remain competitive. WebOS is getting better with every update and in contrast to my Windows Mobile 6.5 phone the WebOS operating system is way way nicer.

What about the battery?

My battery lasts all day but yea I have heard lots of complaints about the battery

Pre has a 1150mah battery. I was wondering if a 1400 mah battery could fit in it, without and extra back cover?

I am just using the one that came with it. The largest battery I have heard of fitting under the stock cover is the 1350 offered from here. the 2600 comes with an enlarged back cover.

http://store.everythingpre.com/palm-pre-batteries.htm

I don't think the 8GB is a huge downside but I would like to see one with a microSD slot (maybe the GSM version one will).

A huge boost could come to the Pre if either Palm or a 3rd party puts out an App that allows WebOS skins to be browsed/downloaded/managed right from the Pre.

This is what I'm talking about:
http://www.prethemer.com/Original_Blue_Theme-theme42.html

That is the skin I use btw and love it

The best part of the Pre/WebOS is the coolness factor and the skins/themes from this website alone give alot more options than the generic WebOS theme does. I do use the Blue theme but its such a hassle getting to on my Pre and loaded correctly that I dont see myself changing between different themes.

Mastersith88

I really hope that GSM Pre version will come with sd card slot.

It is a beautiful skin, the blue theme.

SUGGESTION:IMHO It would be very interesting for advanced users of course, in the meantime a native app comes, that you post an exclusive thread on the homebrew section forums .

HOW TO INSTALL.......... I think there will be a lot of Pre users that will thank you a lot.

I have a good friend who is eagerly anticipating the Droid. Obviously, you can't judge a device based purely on its specs, but when you compare the two phones in the chart, the Droid makes the Pre look pretty archaic.

IMHO I think Pre and Pixi are a heritage of before administration agreement with Chi Mei manufacturer and that actual, have to carry out.And thats it.

I really hope a Palm new webos device,better than Pre and Pixi.(features and hardware specifications)

I'm kinda not liking the sound of this thread. Curious....I may have posted this question early on......but do you guys think the Pre will die on the vine as the original Instinct did?

I think Palm have to take advantage now in China with a webos device with wifi Feature that the competition did not bring up yesterday with in., there. Come on Palm.

( I hope there are not regulations in China about wifi) ???????