WebOS 2 Update Not Coming to Earlier Pre, Pixi, Pluses
Engadget sat down for a talk with Jon Rubinstein today and in the process received confirmation of stunning bit of bad news: all of the older Palm-branded legacy WebOS devices-Pre, Pre Plus, Pixi, Pixi Plus-will not be receiving an update to WebOS 2.0 despite numerous earlier promises by HP to the contrary. As recently as last month, a leaked WebOS update schedule hinted that the rollout would start by March.
According to Engadget, Rubinstein stated that Palm "missed a product cycle" due to its financial woes last year and that the older devices lacked the horsepower to run not only WebOS 2.0 but any future variants of the OS. This sounds like more of a business and carrier partner-related decision than one tied to specific hardware limitations. At the very least, one would imagine that the Pre Plus' 512mb of RAM would ensure a WebOS 2.0 experience reasonably comparable to that of the Pre 2.
