In the meantime, I bought a Palm Pre. I definitely don’t need a smart phone, but it was going cheap.

Given how shit (my experience of) Android is, I’m really happy with the way it runs. webOS comes pretty close to my ideal user experience, minus just a couple of things things. I love the unique look and feel, as well as some of the design considerations (built around productivity), and the technical performance is amazing (for a completely non-compiled system).

The industrial design doesn’t hold up too well, so I’m definitely interested on their next announcement for my next step. Battery life is kind of shitty. I’m not sure if this is a result of the software (a high number of running services?), hardware, or just an old battery, though.

I guess the key thing is that I don’t dislike it. That means a lot, as I continue to grow more fickle with age.

My next post will be better.