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Too ahead of it's time? I'm pretty sure it's just that they were too late to market.

(1) they launched on Sprint. Sprint is a distant 3rd now.

(2) they didn't reach Verizon in time.

They had this lovely window of time before Verizon launched the first Droid phone. Verizon users were hungry for a smartphone. Droid got their first and filled the niche.

It's easy to armchair quarterback but, after trying the Pre on Sprint, I kept wishing for them to get a faster Pre on Verizon before Android arrived.

Too little, too late.




What you're saying is true, but I still think that mine are true as well. webOS seems to be the first to have:

1. Certain features like cards, a good notification system, and requiring only HTML/CSS/JS knowledge to develop for, back in 2009

2. Currently being the only(?) mobile OS out that is designed to be also run on non-tablet/smartphone systems.

So it boils down to webOS being ahead of its time on some technical features, while marketed poorly and thus causing it to miss the boat.




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