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WebOS is turning out to be one of those things that are commercially unsuccessful/unpopular but massively influential. Both Android 3.0 and RIM's playbook (whose OS will eventually make it to their phones) seem to be more influenced by webOS than the iPad.

To put it another way, WebOS:Android = Pixies:Nirvana (things like this seem to happen a lot in music).



I've liked almost everything I've seen about webOS except the actual phones, which is a shame. webOS has always felt much more polished to me than Android.

On the flipside, the new Nokia phones look awesome, but I don't think I could drop my iPhone for Symbian.

In any case, if Android turns out to be a bit more like webOS, I could see myself switching for an Android phone.




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