The Palm Pre Is The Reason You Love Your Phone
526K views · Feb 24, 2024 · Science & Technology
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@SuperTrey807 · 2 years ago
Palm-os crawled so a lot of companies could run
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@sucotronic · 2 years ago
As a developer, Palm had the BEST documentation about mobile development and guides to build proper mobile apps, a LOT berfore ANYBODY.
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@baazi_garg · 2 years ago
When you finally say "when phones were fun" at the end of each episode, it really hits
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@evinography · 11 months ago
it's incredible this OS is 15 years old and still looks brilliant. Like the work they clearly did was years ahead of everyone else. The animations alone. Wow.
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@nav__98 · 2 years ago
Only Mr. Mobile could make a 30 minute long video dedicated to the Palm Pre.
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@lucashowj · 2 years ago (edited)
I shed a tear when I saw the thumbnail, and over the course of watching this longform video love letter to Palm and webOS, the deep heartache never left my chest. The Palm Pre was my first smartphone, one that I had to import to Singapore. I acquired at great cost each and every new iteration of webOS hardware, and even when HP ran their fire sale I gladly went down with the ship. There was a glorious harmony of hardware and software, and real gadgetiness in its very core. I'll treasure those months in the late noughties when Palm offered a compelling, intriguing and humane vision into what mobile computing could've been.
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@JonathosDX · 2 years ago
After a phone broke I bought a cheap Palm Pixi (late in its life) as a placeholder while deciding what Smart Phone I really wanted.... and kept it for years because it was just really good. Still have it.
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@SteadfastWhiplash · 6 months ago
It's 2026 and as somebody with zero nostalgia for this phone having never heard of it before, every part of this is still visually stunning. Both hardware and software
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@DubsBrown · 9 months ago
Palm OS is like “the first love that got away” of the smartphone world.
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@josephjasonsantiagolacour · 1 year ago
I worked as a BA for Palm right up to lights out. It's interesting to be part of a group of smart, loyal people with no illusions.
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@LumiRockets · 2 years ago
The Pre and the Pixi were such good designs that I would buy it again in a HEARTBEAT if it had modern components. Smooth chunky love, that thing was.
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@1angelsigh · 1 year ago
Man I can't believe this didn't catch on more. Looks so much better than early versions of Android.
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