Things people miss from WebOS

[Blubble#AC]

There are a few seemingly minor things that I am realizing that I miss very much.

On WebOS, you can set your screen to turn off after a certain interval, but you can also set the time for when the phone locks and requires the PIN to use. This is nice because I had my screen turn off after 30 seconds, but my phone lock interval was set to 30 minutes. This means your screen will shut off quickly but you don't have to enter your PIN every time you turn the screen back on.

With Android, I haven't found a way to separate these two. Is there some setting I'm missing? It sucks because every single time the screen shuts off, I have to the stupid swipe gesture unlock. I don't like the gesture unlock anyway. I'd much prefer a good ol' PIN.


Also, there is an extra, unnecessary step in unlocking an Android phone.

1. Hit the power/screen button
2. Swipe down
3. Swipt Gesture

On WebOS it takes one unnecessary step out of the process.
1. Hit button
2. Enter PIN

It's a minor thing, but it is made all the more cumbersome by the fact that you have to do it every time your screen turns off.

 

[Examiner19]

I can only think of two things I really miss after a bit under two weeks of using the EVO: cards and the Top Stocks app which had full Google Finance and portfolio integration...can't believe a phone with Android doesn't have the latter.

Have you tried the Finance app by Google? It has the Google Finance Portfolio in there.

 

[Disgustoid]

Have you tried the Finance app by Google? It has the Google Finance Portfolio in there.

That's actually the app I'm using for now. While it does show my portfolio, I don't think it shows things like how many shares I own and how much daily change there's been given the number of shares I own. If those options are there somewhere I haven't been able to find them.

 

[caramelcarebr]

There are a few seemingly minor things that I am realizing that I miss very much.

On WebOS, you can set your screen to turn off after a certain interval, but you can also set the time for when the phone locks and requires the PIN to use. This is nice because I had my screen turn off after 30 seconds, but my phone lock interval was set to 30 minutes. This means your screen will shut off quickly but you don't have to enter your PIN every time you turn the screen back on.

With Android, I haven't found a way to separate these two. Is there some setting I'm missing? It sucks because every single time the screen shuts off, I have to the stupid swipe gesture unlock. I don't like the gesture unlock anyway. I'd much prefer a good ol' PIN.


Also, there is an extra, unnecessary step in unlocking an Android phone.

1. Hit the power/screen button
2. Swipe down
3. Swipt Gesture

On WebOS it takes one unnecessary step out of the process.
1. Hit button
2. Enter PIN

It's a minor thing, but it is made all the more cumbersome by the fact that you have to do it every time your screen turns off.

THIS!! So annoying. Especially when my screen turns off and locks during phone calls. I have to rely on the other person to end the call usually because I'm too busy unlocking my phone before I can hang up.

 

[nlowhor]

I'm using the Screen Mode Widget to just get rid of the lock screen altogether. I don't see the point. It's just unlikely that I'll hit that little power button while it's in my pocket. Haven't had any issues with it.

 

[PREvision]

I have had my EVO for a week almost. I am at that very moment using webDoctor to reset my Pre to factory default and sale it. This tells at least the choice I have now made.
I do miss a few things:
-default email app does not let you delete multiple emails at a time. deleting process is bad. i figure I will solve this with a new app. Still the default app should be able to do that.
-I do miss the "swipe to delete" function. This was really fast on the Pre and easy. I hope they will update Android to support this in the future.

Tha's about it, I like everything about this phone, it has some flaws but every phone do. Overall, this is a very nice update. I love WebOs, but I am tired of waiting for Palm. Been with Palm since the Treos time, and I never owned any other smartphones but Palm's. The wait with the Pre, and the HARDWARE were to much this time. I hope they'll come back.

 

[Bigchris]

I miss "Switcharoo" the wallpaper switcher.. I haven't found one yet for Android, and the one in the market based on the reviews doesn't work.

 

[Disgustoid]

-I do miss the "swipe to delete" function. This was really fast on the Pre and easy. I hope they will update Android to support this in the future.

Good call. I should have included "swipe to delete" on my list as well. Strangely I miss that more than anything else in the webOS GUI and still find myself trying to do that to delete things. Otherwise I've adopted quickly and easily to the Android GUI.

 

[lawdawgmon]

Here's my top 10 list of things I miss about the PalmPre.

10. The touchstone
9. Hardware Keyboard
8. PreCentral community
7. Preware & WOSQI
6. Hardware ringer switch
5. Oreos. (Oh wait, that's a different list. )
4. The WebOS UI - I sure do miss the cards
3. The ability to take multiple pictures quickly
2. The WebOS UI - Switching between and closing apps was just soo easy
1. UPUPDOWNDOWNLEFTRIGHTLEFTRIGHTBA

 

[lawdawgmon]

Here's my top 10 list of things I miss about the PalmPre.

10. The touchstone
9. Hardware Keyboard
8. PreCentral community
7. Preware & WOSQI
6. Hardware ringer switch
5. Oreos. (Oh wait, that's a different list. )
4. The WebOS UI - I sure do miss the cards
3. The ability to take multiple pictures quickly
2. The WebOS UI - Switching between and closing apps was just soo easy
1. UPUPDOWNDOWNLEFTRIGHTLEFTRIGHTBA

Hmm.. I've been thinking that I also need to add the top 10 things I don't miss. I know it's off topic for this thread but I think it makes sense to show both lists next to each other.

Top 10 things I don't miss about the Pre
10. Waiting 5+ minutes for the Pre to power on
9. Sticky slider
8. Every now and then the screen would not turn on when sliding open
7. Gestures area... The capacitive touch buttons on the Evo are more efficient than swiping over and over again
6. Zero flash support
5. The little screen. I guess I'm just getting old
4. Tap, blink blink blink blink, wait for it, blink blink, launch.
3. Too Many Cards Open
2. 8gig and no SD card
1. Google Voice Mobile Website

 

[dbpaddler]

One thing I noticed that I thought was slick. I'm reading this thread and a text comes in. I slide down the notification bar. Press on the text, reply and hit the back button and it took me back to here. Thought that was intuitive. Don't remember that from my last stint with android and don't recall that sickness in webOS. It was card view, swipe up, swipe to find the app I was in and then press.

 

[wado1]

i enjoy the slide notification bar too, slide it down, then slide it back up. No lag.

 

[aweedman]

Synce Schedule

The only thing I miss right now is the Sporting News app. for baseball. I know it's just one app, But I liked the way it synced all of your favorite teams schedule to the calender and it reminded you when the game was going to start. I miss that a lot, I do however do miss a lot of other things but I can live with out it.

You can do this from your Gmail calendar. Just add a calendar for your sports team. I have the University of Michigan on mine.

Select Add-->Browse Interesting Calendars

Another cool one you can add is "Contacts Birthdays and Events"

 

[aweedman]

1. The notification light for emails that works at all times, not only when not charging
2. Keyboard, although I wouldn't want this phone to get any thicker so I'll deal.
4. Cards and swiping to close. It's a pain in the neck to switch between multiple apps on Android.
5. Preware and the great patches
6. As many Exchange server accounts as desired,
7. As many Gmail calendars as desired.

That's about it! Someone should send this thread over to Google and the UI guy they hired from Palm.

 

[dbpaddler]

I really don'get the pain in the ass to multitask. Press and hold the home key brings up the list of active apps and you choose it. It's actually quicker than going to card view, swiping and enlarging. It's never more than two steps.

 

[VKitty]

Press and hold the home key brings up the list of active apps and you choose it. It's actually quicker than going to card view, swiping and enlarging.

It only shows 6 apps, and not always the most recent or the ones I need/want displayed.

 

[jerryt71]

The biggest thing i miss about my pre is by far preware, the ability to tweak your phone with hundres of patches was awsome...well except when a webos update would come down a wipe everything out. one other thing i liked was being able to screen shot any web page and save it to my photos, android needs an app for that.

 

[dbpaddler]

Well it shows the ones that are active or recently used. That would compare to the cards you have open in webOS and ones you recently killed. What other ones are you expecting to see? If you're seeing something other than that, it sounds like a glitch of some sort because I don't think I've seen anything ever posted about that list of six not being apps you are currently using or have recently used.

It only shows 6 apps, and not always the most recent or the ones I need/want displayed.

 

[KoukiFC3S]

OREO!

 

[brum]

- Wave launcher
- Screen lock intuitiveness
- Touchstone
- App Catalogue usability
- Preware
- Notifications
- Quality games