WebOS sizzled, then fizzled

WebOS sizzled, then fizzled
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Palm made a big splash at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, announcing its new mobile operating system, WebOS, and a touch-screen smartphone called the Pre. Here, Palm Executive Chairman Jon Rubinstein holds up the Pre for all to see. Unfortunately, the Pre, and follow-up phone Pixie, failed to make much of a dent in the market, forcing Palm to sell itself. Acquirer Hewlett-Packard didn't fare much better, and dumped WebOS on to the open-source community.

January 8, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Photo by: Corinne Schulze/CBS Interactive

| Caption by: Roger Cheng

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3D TV (as well as 3D movies) sucks the big chubby. The perspectives are unnatural as evidenced by the headache and eyestrain it induces in many viewers. I'm waiting for holographic projection like what they postulated in the TV series Wild Palms. Better still, let's see an innovative form of 3D porn. THAT I would buy!
Posted by Willie Winkie (107 comments )
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More hating on 3D...that's suprising (sarcasm)

Love it or hate it. But don't obsess about it if you don't even like it. It's more or less just a feature now, and you don't have to spend all your time bashing it....just don't use it if you don't like it

As for eye strain/fatigue...it never bothers me unless I'm tired. Unless I am extremely tired, I usually don't get a headache or eye strain from watching 3D
Posted by gamermwm (9 comments )
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I fail to see how posting ONE comment = obsessing/spending all your time

I get migraines every time I try to watch 3D, I've given up on it myself.
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