Can EVO run webOS?

[joek1971]

Hi guys

I was thinking how cool it be to run webOS on EVO, can anyone do this?

 

[echto]

Why?

 

[joek1971]

Why not, just for the hell of it.

 

[gruppe3942#AC]

Drivers?

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[rockyjay]

without a supported OSK, wouldn't this be impossible? to even install the unsupported keyboard, you would need to be in developer mode, which requires you to type.

 

[bdarknessb]

I would much like to see the iPhone OS running on this device instead of WebOS. The iPhone can run Android with a dual boot option.

Would love to use some iPhone Apps that Android doesn't have (mostly games)
But I doubt this will ever happen. =[

 

[hockey4life0099]

theoretically i would assume its possible, but i highly doubt anyone will ever try it.

 

[Aridon]

Why? People always say the pre with better hardware would be perfect but the pre had pretty much the same guts as an iphone gs yet still managed to lag to hell. Build quality aside, it wasn't the hardware but unoptimized / ****ty code.

Cards are a cool gimmick but not worth wasting all that space on the home page. Besides swype up, swype over, swype over and tap is still one or two more steps than home and tap. The more apps you have open the less efficient cards become.

Android has its issues as well but a good task manager solves half of them and rooting solves the other half. Its htc's bloat that us mostly to blame and sprint.

 

[runner77]

Cards are a cool gimmick but not worth wasting all that space on the home page. Besides swype up, swype over, swype over and tap is still one or two more steps than home and tap. The more apps you have open the less efficient cards become.

Wow. Couldn't disagree more with this statement.

 

[Spyderfry]

Cards are a cool gimmick but not worth wasting all that space on the home page. Besides swype up, swype over, swype over and tap is still one or two more steps than home and tap. The more apps you have open the less efficient cards become.

??? huh? seeing all your apps open becomes less efficient? That doesn't make sense, but whatevs. I'm probably just not reading that correctly.

 

[jedisrus]

??? huh? seeing all your apps open becomes less efficient? That doesn't make sense, but whatevs. I'm probably just not reading that correctly.

I think I get what he was saying. Let's say that you have 6 apps open in WebOS. If you want to change from app #1 to app #6 swype up once to get your card view then swipe over 5 times to get to your app and then tap it to maximize and use the desired app.

Same situation in Android. Long press of the home key to pull up the last 6 apps that have been opened. Tap any of the 6 to maximize it. Done.

So WebOS at this point becomes less efficient then Android. Does that make more sense?

 

[rockyjay]

Why? People always say the pre with better hardware would be perfect but the pre had pretty much the same guts as an iphone gs yet still managed to lag to hell. Build quality aside, it wasn't the hardware but unoptimized / ****ty code.

Cards are a cool gimmick but not worth wasting all that space on the home page. Besides swype up, swype over, swype over and tap is still one or two more steps than home and tap. The more apps you have open the less efficient cards become.

Android has its issues as well but a good task manager solves half of them and rooting solves the other half. Its htc's bloat that us mostly to blame and sprint.

I'm not quite sure that you have actually owned a WebOS device. You don't actually need to minimize an App to switch to another. With advanced gestures turned on, one full swipe left or right would change open applications.
I agree that WebOS is not where it needs to be at the moment, but I am definitely keeping an eye on it, and would gladly sell my Evo when better hardware and a more mature OS arrives. Both Android and iOS have years of development on WebOS. Just give it time.

 

[Aridon]

I think I get what he was saying. Let's say that you have 6 apps open in WebOS. If you want to change from app #1 to app #6 swype up once to get your card view then swipe over 5 times to get to your app and then tap it to maximize and use the desired app.

Same situation in Android. Long press of the home key to pull up the last 6 apps that have been opened. Tap any of the 6 to maximize it. Done.

So WebOS at this point becomes less efficient then Android. Does that make more sense?

Exactly.

Even with advanced gestures you are still making more motions to get where you want to go. Don't even get me started on the other quirks. Lets just say they released it incomplete and they suffered as a result. Losing widgets and having a ton of wasted space on the home screen is a huge sacrifice for cards which end up being a less efficient means to move around.

 

[Spyderfry]

I think I get what he was saying. Let's say that you have 6 apps open in WebOS. If you want to change from app #1 to app #6 swype up once to get your card view then swipe over 5 times to get to your app and then tap it to maximize and use the desired app.

Same situation in Android. Long press of the home key to pull up the last 6 apps that have been opened. Tap any of the 6 to maximize it. Done.

So WebOS at this point becomes less efficient then Android. Does that make more sense?

Okay, I see what he's getting at. Thanks for clarifying. If WebOS would make all running apps in Wave View (terminology?) where you swipe up from gesture area and keep ur finger down to see the main launcher items, that would be sweet. That would make one gesture and release to switch between running apps. *drool*

 

[Aridon]

Okay, I see what he's getting at. Thanks for clarifying. If WebOS would make all running apps in Wave View (terminology?) where you swipe up from gesture area and keep ur finger down to see the main launcher items, that would be sweet. That would make one gesture and release to switch between running apps. *drool*

Aye that would be a much better use for that function.

 

[stoney05]

Why? People always say the pre with better hardware would be perfect but the pre had pretty much the same guts as an iphone gs yet still managed to lag to hell. Build quality aside, it wasn't the hardware but unoptimized / ****ty code.

Cards are a cool gimmick but not worth wasting all that space on the home page. Besides swype up, swype over, swype over and tap is still one or two more steps than home and tap. The more apps you have open the less efficient cards become.

Android has its issues as well but a good task manager solves half of them and rooting solves the other half. Its htc's bloat that us mostly to blame and sprint.

android task manager sucks. webos is wayyyy better. having all the cards open doesnt interfere with finding what you need. swype up and swype through the cards. if your having trouble seeing it tap off to the side and the cards shrink down Easy and efficient. None of that Advanced Task Manager to Kill your apps... Swype up !



i would pay to have WebOS running on my Evo

 

[Steb0ne]

Me too

 

[alvintimothyjr]

I would pay good money to have webos run on my evo...

 

[thatwilsonguy]

I think this is one of those arguments that is hard to change minds on. In my opinion, WebOS is the most intuitive and easy to use OS of any kind I have ever experienced. This in no way is a knock to Android. That being said, I have put my feelings to the side and have embraced this new OS (to me).

 

[kchase731]

I also switched from the Pre to the EVO. mainly because of the pre's build quality. my first one was fine for a long time. then the power button got stuck, and they replaced it....after that i had a new one (refurb) ever 2-3 weeks for 5 months or so.

I loved webOS. I got the evo on release day, and i really like it. but heres the deal. WebOS multitasks WAY better, and android does things like widgets and very pretty UI interface stuff in a way cooler manner. Ideally what id like to see is webOS get widgets and more apps, and Android get "card like" mulititask management, and a much better alert system.

I have an iPhone, and a pre on my desk. I also have the EVO...of the 3 the pre wins in 2 main areas User alerts and Multitask. The EVO and iPhone win in everything else hands down. and in reality I have ios4 on my 3gs and it feels "old" compared to the EVO.

All that said. the android community seems to be able to develop ROMs and such (im new here so forgive this), but cant someone modify the system to include better alerts and a "card like" task manager?