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This reminds me of the original PayPal idea (paying a friend via Palm Pilot in person).

• CWuestefeld 17y ago
  I liked that feature. My coworkers and I would use it to settle up with each other when we went out for lunch. I never knew why they discontinued it.
  • qeorge 17y ago
    Max Levchin talks about this in jl's Founders At Work. They made the web app mostly as a place to offer the Palm Pilot app for download, but it took off much to everyone's surprise. IIRC, when they finally abandoned the Palm Pilot app it had 12k active users vs. millions using the web app. So as much as the Palm Pilot app was their baby, it was an easy decision.
  • chasingsparks 17y ago
    Also see: The PayPal Wars. http://www.amazon.com/PayPal-Wars-Battles-Media-Planet/dp/0974670103 http://www.amazon.com/PayPal-Wars-Battles-Media-Planet/dp/09...