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I feel so glad that we finally live in the future. Such a shame how terrible it is, though.

• djsumdog 9y ago
  Do you remember the Palm Treo? I remember the Palm Treo. I had the SDK. Every app had direct memory access, no threads and it was easy to crash the phone. I mean, they didn't serve us tons of ads either but...things aren't that bad...
  • bhaak 9y ago
    You make it sound as if it were bad back then? Was it on the Treo? Because I had the previous non smartphone Palms and there that was not an issue. It was even an advantage IMHO. Apps were fast and good easily exchange data or even better you good use a better app than the standard app for a given data collection. You didn't have the walled data containers we have today. Granted, with an internet capable device this opens up lots of security problems but I also feel that I was more productive with my handheld back then than I am now with my iPhone.
  • justin66 9y ago
    If you value performance over stability, things were infinitely better. Of course I actually don't value performance over stability, but I am still capable of being shocked by things like the Smithsonian website. I noticed this a week or two ago when the Chick Parsons article popped up. I made the mistake of... leaving that web page open in the background. It's a world gone mad.