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The Palm Pre was my dream phone

by cududa 3y ago

lazzurs 3y ago
+1 I can’t get over how long it took Apple to adopt the same charging mechanism. It’s depressing how good the Pre phones were and how long it’s taken to get anywhere near close to as good.
- skyyler 3y ago
  Still waiting for multi-tasking that works as well as it did on the Pre. Maybe one day.
  - cududa 3y ago
    For me, the X and the iOS version with it (can't remember which one), with the gesture swiping etc, finally was as good as (even perhaps better than) the Palm Pre
- JimDabell 3y ago
  > I can’t get over how long it took Apple to adopt the same charging mechanism. I knew somebody with a Pre and he had to have it replaced two or three times because the charging mechanism kept breaking. It’s fairly common that somebody else will do something “first” but Apple will wait until the technology is mature enough to be reliable.
  - soylentcola 3y ago
    Mine got a hairline crack in the chassis next to the charging port, but the magnetic charger didn't have the same issue (obviously). There were plenty of issues with the Pre and immediate followups didn't do enough to solve them. That said, it was probably the last really "interesting" phone design I owned.
Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
Mine was the Droid 4. The only complaint I had about it was the MASSIVE bezels. They easily could have made the screen at least another inch bigger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droid_4#/media/File:Motorola_Droid4.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droid_4#/media/File:Motorola_D...
al_borland 3y ago
I’m still upset with Leo Apotheker for killing WebOS at HP. It was our only real shot at a real 3rd platform that could have some legs. It’s hard to comprehend how much damage he was able to do in only 10 months as CEO.
- hypercube33 3y ago
  It's wild how well palm worked with gesture and stylus input and ...the games were super fun I think because of directional physical buttons on the devices and you know, no pay to play games
xt00 3y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=M64U0XyLA-o&feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=M64U0XyLA-o&feat... Palm Pre in 2009 had a magnetic charging / mount thing super similar to what the iPhone only finally got a couple of years ago.. Palm Pre also had the nice card-based UI for killing apps while multitasking -- again something basically iOS only finally got after many years of annoying versions that all sucked compared to the card based mode they use now. webOS used webapps -- which at the time were not great.. but now tons of apps are effectively just webapps. So yea, Palm Pre was uber ahead of its time...
- steve_adams_86 3y ago
  So ahead of its time! It was actually pretty nice to work with as a developer, too. They did some great work making webOS a viable platform. It’s a real shame it didn’t thrive in my opinion; it got a lot of things right.
guyinblackshirt 3y ago
that and the Sharp Zaurus! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Zaurus#/media/File:Zaurus_sl-c860.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Zaurus#/media/File:Zauru...
- miek 3y ago
  Ah my beloved Zaurus 5500 with the camera card. I still have many grainy photos I took with it. The slide out keyboard was fantastic, and like all devices, it too ran Doom.
stevekemp 3y ago
You just made me check if I still have my rooting-instructions on my website, from back in the day when I wanted a reference. Turns out I do: https://steve.fi/docs/pre/ https://steve.fi/docs/pre/ It was a great phone, although I see on that page I said "not great, not terrible".
razemio 3y ago
Same. I would have considered buying this product and the phone (!!!!) if it would have had a sliding mechanism. I miss all the pre phones. Had 1, 2 and 3. I am not joking, I was faster typing on the pre than on my keyboard since I never learned to use all my fingers to type.

The Palm Pre was my dream phone

by cududa 3y ago

The Palm Pre was my dream phone

+1 I can’t get over how long it took Apple to adopt the same charging mechanism. It’s depressing how good the Pre phones were and how long it’s taken to get anywhere near close to as good.

skyyler 3y ago
Still waiting for multi-tasking that works as well as it did on the Pre. Maybe one day.
- cududa 3y ago
  For me, the X and the iOS version with it (can't remember which one), with the gesture swiping etc, finally was as good as (even perhaps better than) the Palm Pre
JimDabell 3y ago
> I can’t get over how long it took Apple to adopt the same charging mechanism. I knew somebody with a Pre and he had to have it replaced two or three times because the charging mechanism kept breaking. It’s fairly common that somebody else will do something “first” but Apple will wait until the technology is mature enough to be reliable.
- soylentcola 3y ago
  Mine got a hairline crack in the chassis next to the charging port, but the magnetic charger didn't have the same issue (obviously). There were plenty of issues with the Pre and immediate followups didn't do enough to solve them. That said, it was probably the last really "interesting" phone design I owned.

Sohcahtoa82 3y ago

Mine was the Droid 4. The only complaint I had about it was the MASSIVE bezels. They easily could have made the screen at least another inch bigger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droid_4#/media/File:Motorola_Droid4.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droid_4#/media/File:Motorola_D...

al_borland 3y ago

I’m still upset with Leo Apotheker for killing WebOS at HP. It was our only real shot at a real 3rd platform that could have some legs. It’s hard to comprehend how much damage he was able to do in only 10 months as CEO.

hypercube33 3y ago
It's wild how well palm worked with gesture and stylus input and ...the games were super fun I think because of directional physical buttons on the devices and you know, no pay to play games

xt00 3y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=M64U0XyLA-o&feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=M64U0XyLA-o&feat... Palm Pre in 2009 had a magnetic charging / mount thing super similar to what the iPhone only finally got a couple of years ago.. Palm Pre also had the nice card-based UI for killing apps while multitasking -- again something basically iOS only finally got after many years of annoying versions that all sucked compared to the card based mode they use now. webOS used webapps -- which at the time were not great.. but now tons of apps are effectively just webapps. So yea, Palm Pre was uber ahead of its time...

steve_adams_86 3y ago
So ahead of its time! It was actually pretty nice to work with as a developer, too. They did some great work making webOS a viable platform. It’s a real shame it didn’t thrive in my opinion; it got a lot of things right.

guyinblackshirt 3y ago

that and the Sharp Zaurus! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Zaurus#/media/File:Zaurus_sl-c860.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Zaurus#/media/File:Zauru...

miek 3y ago
Ah my beloved Zaurus 5500 with the camera card. I still have many grainy photos I took with it. The slide out keyboard was fantastic, and like all devices, it too ran Doom.

stevekemp 3y ago

You just made me check if I still have my rooting-instructions on my website, from back in the day when I wanted a reference. Turns out I do: https://steve.fi/docs/pre/ https://steve.fi/docs/pre/ It was a great phone, although I see on that page I said "not great, not terrible".

razemio 3y ago

Same. I would have considered buying this product and the phone (!!!!) if it would have had a sliding mechanism. I miss all the pre phones. Had 1, 2 and 3. I am not joking, I was faster typing on the pre than on my keyboard since I never learned to use all my fingers to type.