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Palm Devices Nostalgia

Cluster centers on reminiscences of classic Palm PDAs like the Pilot, phones such as the Pre and Treo, and OSes including PalmOS and webOS, frequently referencing a new compact Palm Phone.

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Kuinox • Oct 15, 2020 • View on HN

There was myPalm that ran windows and was touch based.

BinaryBuddha • Nov 20, 2021 • View on HN

Check out the Palm Phone; android-ish.

nitrogen • Jun 27, 2020 • View on HN

Is there any relation to the old Palm, e.g. Palm Pilot/etc?

satyenr • Apr 16, 2020 • View on HN

You might want to look at Palm Phone — https://palm.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwhOD0BRAQEiwAK7JHmGrU18EVG1ha...

orangepurple • Apr 19, 2022 • View on HN

I miss the Palm OS and device aesthetic

Infernal • Sep 11, 2021 • View on HN

Maybe thinking of Palm webOS (I had a Pre in 2009, it was way ahead of its time)

jagermo • Mar 27, 2023 • View on HN

i loved webos and the palm pearl. perfect device for its time. i still have it somewhere.

sizzle • Oct 17, 2018 • View on HN

PalmOS, the touchpad was ahead of its time...

muyuu • Mar 28, 2014 • View on HN

If you mean the product linked in this post, then yep. Palm Pilots had nothing of that though :'(

misthop • Aug 15, 2018 • View on HN

Palm Pre - best cell phone I ever had. I wonder where it would have evolved to by now if it had proven viable