Flashback: Palm Pre showed us the way to the future then faded to obscurity Comments
- AnonD-1046991
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Anonymous, 20 Apr 2020Don't know that I would say it was better than symbianAre you sure about that!?
- Anonymous
- iUk
Anonymous, 19 Jan 2021Still Have mine sitting right here next to my desk. along with the hp pad. this was the closes... moreDo you know if you can still connect a palm pre to a phone carrier in the US. I still have mine and would love to be able to use it as a regular phone.
- Anonymous
- YgL
Still Have mine sitting right here next to my desk. along with the hp pad. this was the closest anybody ever came to "the Iphone Killer" I installed Android on the hp pad when Cyngomod was supporting but never on the pre.
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- 6u%
ive always wanted this phone and the pixi as well, both so beautiful and cool. i remember asking one of my friends that had it, to lend it to me just to touch it hahah could come out today and id buy it
- Big waste
- N0h
many pioneers disappeared after making a leading concept similar to nowadays common gadgets like Sony, Palm, HP, iMate and HTC which still kicking after they were leading this concept by real smart designs running on windows mobile OS which unfortunately took it all down
- Anonymous
- 81X
Kingslayer, 19 Apr 2020Exactly.
The guys who worked on webOS, Matias Duarte, moved to Google in 2010. When Android... moreSo many commentards on here encounter a handful of uneducated fanboys, then take the widest brush on Earth to paint all Apple users with it.
Anyway, AFAIK iPhone's Safari used swipeable cards for tabs, and Springboard (iOS's launcher) supported swiping between homescreens on day 1.
- Anonymous
- 81X
I wanted a WebOS Palm so badly back in the day. They were exclusively on Bell Canada, in the CDMA/1X era. Bell always had(/has) a horrible reputation for customer service, and carriers made switching handsets to another network hellish, so I was never able to. When HP firesold the TouchPad I managed to get one of the last 32GB units; it was a great device. I was sad when it died.
- Adul Al Salami Kebab
- pcL
Far ahead of its time, RIP little buddy we will all miss ya! :(
- SizN80
- fjc
Trollhammeren, 20 Apr 2020We are talking about 2009 ... be happy that you got copy & paste that year ... oh and a re... moreYou called video recording revolutionary, not me.
- Anonymous
- I8m
Don't know that I would say it was better than symbian
- Anonymous
- js}
I had the Palm Pixi. It was the Pre but in a true candybar format. Less moving parts, less that can break. Loved that phone.
I moved on. Gestures on iOS 13 are great. Can't believe it's been over 10 years.
- Trollhammeren
- 0Uu
SizN80, 20 Apr 2020iOS has had gestures support since iOS 4.3 in 2011 with iPads getting multitouch gestures and ... moreWe are talking about 2009 ... be happy that you got copy & paste that year ... oh and a revolutionary features called video recording was also "invented" by crApple that year...
- Anonymous
- LHe
Doctor Bolus, 19 Apr 2020Don’t get these revisionist pieces. The Pre was way too late to the party. And swipe gestures ... moreActually webOS, Meego and BB10 were first gesture based mobile OSes long before iOS and Android
- Vendhar
- bJb
Like HTC said in recent times, it is right to be wrong and it is wrong to be right. All depends on the timing.
- jerem06
- pZ{
SizN80, 20 Apr 2020iOS has had gestures support since iOS 4.3 in 2011 with iPads getting multitouch gestures and ... moreWebOS : 2009...
- SizN80
- fjc
Kingslayer, 19 Apr 2020Exactly.
The guys who worked on webOS, Matias Duarte, moved to Google in 2010. When Android... moreiOS has had gestures support since iOS 4.3 in 2011 with iPads getting multitouch gestures and evolving them from there and also bringing them to iPhone later.
Rather stick to to talking about Android.
- Nemelo
- qpy
Headline should say: Palm Pre showed us the way to the future, but WE WERE NOT READY.
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