It is absolutely mind-blowing that Palm pulled this off as well as they did. This is like the Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X transition for Palm — a massive rethink of the entire platform that must succeed for the company to survive. And, on a technical level at least, they have done admirably. Whether they can compete against the marketing juggernaut that is the iPhone remains to be seen. WebOS would need to mature a bit before I personally could replace the iPhone with the Pre as my primary device. But for a 1.0, they’ve performed a minor miracle. It is a highly respectable competitor to the iPhone and other smartphones. I would rank it above Android, and miles above Windows Mobile.