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Actually, a webOS phone with a software-keyboard was in fact coming down the pipeline. https://www.webosnation.com/windsornot-webos-slate-smartphone-never-was h

Actually, a webOS phone with a software-keyboard was in fact coming down the pipeline. https://www.webosnation.com/windsornot-webos-slate-smartphone-never-was https://www.webosnation.com/windsornot-webos-slate-smartphon... One could also (as was tradition) infinitely hack around most of the Palm Pre line to enable it in the end. Just before HP gave up the webOS ghost, it was a popular homebrew thing to do for a certain contingent. As for the original hardware, it could have really used time when there really wasn't any time to spare in the competitive landscape. I also had a (Developer) Pre 2 which was incrementally better, and while that was a nice piece of kit, the Palm Pixi was a horrible misstep (with its minuscule size and--gasp--magnetic headphone jack) I first witnessed at their unveiling in San Francisco. The Pre 3 was the only webOS phone that had a genuine shot left, but the HP Touchpad debacle pretty much sealed it. There was even a smaller HP Touchpad in the works at the time (fully working prototypes are found now and then) to diversify the line.

eli 9y ago
I really like the pixi and thought it was the perfect size. I also think virtually every smartphone sold today is too big, so maybe I'm the outlier.
- brokenmachine 9y ago
  I'm an outlier too, as I think virtually every smartphone sold today is too small. :-) Using a Samsung C9 Pro now, which has a 6" screen with a useful 16:9 ratio, so it's wider than the phones now like the Note 8 which is 6.3" but a silly 18.5:9 ratio.
cmrdporcupine 9y ago
I had all 3 Pre phones, and yes, the Pre 3 really was the best of the line, and was up there in quality with most of the Android phones of the time. But everybody else was moving at light speed and Palm (and then HP) could not keep up. Quite sad.
joshmarinacci 9y ago
You're mixing up two phones. the Pixi was a solid phone (no slider) with a tiny screen. The Veer (worst product name EVAR) was the tiny slider with a magnetic jack. And more slippery than a bar of soap.
- vanadium 9y ago
  You're right, it was in fact the Veer! Thanks for the correction. (Derp.)

eli 9y ago

I really like the pixi and thought it was the perfect size. I also think virtually every smartphone sold today is too big, so maybe I'm the outlier.

brokenmachine 9y ago
I'm an outlier too, as I think virtually every smartphone sold today is too small. :-) Using a Samsung C9 Pro now, which has a 6" screen with a useful 16:9 ratio, so it's wider than the phones now like the Note 8 which is 6.3" but a silly 18.5:9 ratio.

cmrdporcupine 9y ago

I had all 3 Pre phones, and yes, the Pre 3 really was the best of the line, and was up there in quality with most of the Android phones of the time. But everybody else was moving at light speed and Palm (and then HP) could not keep up. Quite sad.

joshmarinacci 9y ago

You're mixing up two phones. the Pixi was a solid phone (no slider) with a tiny screen. The Veer (worst product name EVAR) was the tiny slider with a magnetic jack. And more slippery than a bar of soap.

vanadium 9y ago
You're right, it was in fact the Veer! Thanks for the correction. (Derp.)