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Is this related to Palm Inc. (Palm Pilot PDAs) of the 90s and 2000s? [edit: Looks like the answer is yes, TCL bought the Palm brand and is funding this]
by twelvechairs 6y ago
Is this related to Palm Inc. (Palm Pilot PDAs) of the 90s and 2000s?
[edit: Looks like the answer is yes, TCL bought the Palm brand and is funding this]
- timwaagh 6y agono (edit: yes, of course they own the rights to the name, otherwise they wouldn't be able to call it a Palm. As far as I know it's otherwise unrelated).
- qwertox 6y agoQuoting from their page: > December 11, 2018 > Meet the new Palm > Back in 1996, Palm released the PalmPilot and forever changed the mobile handheld game. Today Palm is back—same name but a whole new company. We’re a small San Francisco-based start up harnessing that same innovative spirit to help bring people out of their tech and into their lives. It looks like they bought the rights to the name.
- mofosyne 6y agoSlightly disappointing, but hopefully they be able to carry on the legacy. Even if it's only by name. Might not be too bad if they managed to hire some veterans from PalmOS
- jmtulloss 6y agoAFAIK they have not hired any Palm veterans (I worked at Palm but obviously only know a small fraction of all the people that worked there)
- neilv 6y agoWhen I saw the headline, I had a moment of hope they did something minimal, efficient, privacy-respecting, and secure, looking a lot like touchscreen PalmOS.