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- doshindude, on 05/31/2009, -0/+35that was a really pathetic and incomplete history, they didn't even MENTION the Zire or Tungsten series of handhelds, which were pretty much the most popular PDAs Palm had.
- inactive, on 05/31/2009, -0/+22wow that website sucked...I wanted to see images and they gave me pdfs?
- inactive, on 05/31/2009, -0/+14Yeah, we all know that only Apple is capable of being innovative. I mean, they came up with the idea of the Lisa/Mac GUI all on their own, right? Apple whores make me cranky.
- mrCdawg, on 06/01/2009, -0/+13That was terrible. 1. The list was incomplete 2. PDF downloads?
- lordmike, on 06/01/2009, -0/+12I remember my first Palm product well! It was 1997, I believe... I really wanted one, but I simply couldn't justify the price tag for myself, since I simply wanted it as a programmable handheld computer toy, not an organizer. My company wasn't buying any of these for their employees, either, so it looked like I would be out of luck. I went to a business conference, and they had a drawing to win a Palm Personal... I threw my business card in the box and didn't think much about it after that...
A few months later, I was at my office when a mysterious package arrived. I had no idea what it was. As I was opening it, I thought, "I hope this isn't from the unabomber!" (he hadn't been caught yet)... Instead, there was a Palm Personal inside! I had won the raffle! I couldn't believe it! there had to be several thousand attendees at that conference, and yet I managed to win! I've never been that lucky before!
I used that thing religiously for at least 8 years... I upgraded it with the Palm III expansion card to make it more useful. Eventually, the capacitor that held enough charge to keep the memory alive during battery changes died, so I soldered in a new one, and drilled out a hole in the case to make the internal speaker louder... Eventually, I bit the bullet and bought a Palm Zire 31 color... By then, my old Palm Personal was pretty beat up... the leather case battered and torn... There was a $50 rebate if you sent back your old model, so I sent the old Palm back home... I kind of regret it now... It would be cool to still have that classic piece of technology around...
I look forward to getting a Pre when they come out. I hope that it will be successful! - cubs0110, on 06/01/2009, -0/+8that would have made a better story than the one posted.
- cubs0110, on 06/01/2009, -0/+7what a terrible story. did a jr high student write it?
- hartley, on 06/01/2009, -0/+7Or the m100 series, which was Palm's first budget series.
...or the 50 other models they missed. - NorrisOBE, on 06/01/2009, -1/+8
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...................................,<`.._|_,-&``................`\.............. - FreCokie4Fatman, on 05/31/2009, -0/+6really hope the pre works out for palm, they need it.
- ranknfile, on 06/01/2009, -1/+5The advent of the Palm Pre and this new Palm webOS will either make or break Palm. Based on video demonstrations of the software and the slideout hardware keyboard, I tend to think it'll be the former. Watch out Apple!
- Khirzask, on 06/01/2009, -0/+4Lame and incomplete article is lame and incomplete. PC Magazine sucks and always will suck.
- hartley, on 06/01/2009, -0/+3Proud to say I had one model from almost every generation. (Often bought 1 gen behind, used, starting with the Palm Pilot Professional. I was a poor student.)
Still supporting that tradition rocking a Treo 750. - Lawcheehung, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2Palm Pre OS looks really neat, the only thing I don't like about it is the form factor, just the shape of it isn't appealing to me, just my 0.02, gl to future endeavours for Palm :)
- kryptikcomic, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2...as bad as all their other products always have.
- nevinl, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2What about the Palm IIIc, Palm c, m50x???
Not mentioning the Palm IIIc is ludicrous...that was when the Palm first took off in the public. Palm V just compounded the trend...
(owner of Palm IIIc, Palm V, Palm c, and Palm TX) - inactive, on 06/01/2009, -1/+3If only my palm could tell story...
/I'd be in deeeep trouble with the wife... - FearFactory, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2article layout was the biggest piece of ***** I've ever seen.
- kryptikcomic, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2You mean you keep secrets from your wife? You are a piece of crap, plain and simple. My wife and I tell each other everything, and I love her and only her and would never even consider...
...okay, she walked out of the room. I know what you mean, man. I'm just grateful for the memory dump button on my Touch Pro. - nevinl, on 06/04/2009, -0/+1I stopped caring at Palm V...hence, I did not write the article =)
- mattbrad2, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1It's PCMAG. What can you expect? They did away with their print magazine for Christs sake. That's like reading a DVD.
- nobullmouth, on 06/01/2009, -1/+2Having seen this phone in action, as well as playing with the Android and the IPHONE, I have to say without a doubt the PRE was the most unique and fun experience I've had with a phone since I got my first cell phone. It does a lot of smart organizing for the user, things that are no-brainer style syncronization and the user interface flows flawlessly. It is the first phone that has all the fun factor of the IPHONE but designed from the ground up for serious business users as well. I am so excited to get my hands on this phone, and I am glad it is on Sprint. Sprint has done leaps and bounds with customer service and really enhancing their network. All geeks know despite the BS commercial attempts of Verizon and AT&T that Sprint has the fastest data service out there. It is about time they get a phone that shows-off the network. I'm biting at the bit to order me one!
- nevinl, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1Palm V and Palm c didn't suck.
Palm just started to suck when they stopped being innovative and no longer supporting their hardware =( - RogerStrong, on 06/01/2009, -1/+2I picked up a US Robotics Pilot when they first came out. It was my third "palm-top" computer. The whole class of devices - from Sharp, Casio, Compaq, Apple and others - was known as "palm-tops".
Then one day the US Robotics Pilot was renamed the Palm Pilot, and the company started sending legal threats to everyone who used the word "palm" with other devices. - Philbert, on 06/01/2009, -1/+2This may be historical for the Palm company. They may be making a product that doesn't suck.
- dragon76, on 06/02/2009, -0/+1The biggest atrocity for leaving out the m100 was not because it was budget, it was because it was the first palm to have removable/upgradeable storage with SD/MMC cards. I LUUUURVED my m100, got me to abandon my colour Cassiopeia.
- Meesher, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1I'm still using a Handspring Visor. I never felt the need to upgrade, as I use it primarily as an organizer and as a checkbook for synching with the desktop. I save a few databases for reference. I even occasionally use the Springboard expansion slot to pop in an mp3 player with a whopping 64 MB capacity!
- inactive, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1Reported.
http://digg.com/contact - sinembarg0, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1palm c? fail
Pilot 1000
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21 (I stopped caring here, prob missed a few) - TokenBlack, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1You went through a lot of work for a pretty good joke. Kudos.
- pika2000, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1I own a Handspring, and then a Palm Tungsten E. What I like about them are their instant on, fast program loads, and super long battery life. A far cry from Winmo devices, especially around that time. However, I really hate the syncing program. Plus Palm never reduce their prices on their devices. I mean come on, still $200 for the super old Tungsten E2? Their demise started with them buying Handspring, their primary competitor that help control pricing. Then Sony left. Palm is left with overpriced aging hardware/software.
- ChadN, on 06/01/2009, -0/+0I'd like to know the history of the Face Palm (tm).
- dragossh, on 06/01/2009, -1/+1Look at the Apple fanboys digging you down. Guys, Apple doesn't give a crap about you.
- Patrol42, on 06/01/2009, -1/+1That would be nice, but it sucks they jumped to Sprint only, leaving GSM and verizon folks hanging. Especially sucks if you travel overseas where it's GSM-Only.
- orp2000, on 06/01/2009, -1/+0Wow, you seem a little negative. Hope things turn around for you. Personally, I've had nothing but good experiences with Palm's products, though, admittedly, I haven't tried them all. I do know that years ago when our company was using ACT we had a difficult time getting the program to sync properly with itself over our network. I was the first one in the company to get a Palm Pilot and I quickly learned that you were supposed to be able to sync it with ACT, so you could carry your ACT database in your pocket. I wasn't too optimistic, since we were having continuing problems getting ACT to sync, even with it's own database. However, I tried to sync my PP and it worked perfectly the first time, and every time - not a single glitch. Soon the company was convinced to get all of the AEs Palm Pilots, and nobody ever had any significant problems with them. They just worked great, and were not delicate either. Good products, afaik.
- kryptikcomic, on 06/01/2009, -1/+0Until Palm started incorporating cell phones into their products, they never unleashed anything that wristwatches from the mid 80's weren't capable of doing. When they put cell phones into the mix, their devices were the size of lantern batteries. I hope this works out for them, but I won't be jumping on their stock just yet...
- hartley, on 06/01/2009, -3/+1Thank Matt Reichman.
http://reichmanifesto.com/ - inactive, on 06/01/2009, -6/+1We can only hope. Death to (Cr)Apple!
- ArthasLK, on 05/31/2009, -17/+6They missed on the most important phase in the timeline - 2007 - they bought an iPhone and started copying it.
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