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> We simply didn't know what was possible I'm sure a few PalmOS owners wondered why they don't make the scroll bars fingerable and add a cell phone ;) But poi
by nottorp 3y ago
> We simply didn't know what was possible
I'm sure a few PalmOS owners wondered why they don't make the scroll bars fingerable and add a cell phone ;)
But points to Apple for figuring out you don't need a stylus to write either and you can scroll from anywhere. And for, you know, building a device. I thought of a primitive form of it but it never occured to me to do it.
- jen20 3y agoA PalmOS cell phone - the Treo - was featured in the original iPhone keynote. I had two, the first (600) was OK. The second (650) was abject garbage - it would crash just sitting waiting for calls.
- nottorp 3y agoI know about the Treo, but I never got one. If i remember the first reviews correctly, it was a cell phone bolted onto palmos but totally separate somehow. It didn't 'smell good'. I've had quite a few non phone PalmOS devices though. I think I'm still keeping a non functional Sony Clie [1] in my nostalgia stash. And maybe a Zire Z22, but I may have thrown that away. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_CLI%C3%89_NR_Series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_CLI%C3%89_NR_Series
- nottorp 3y agoOhh I remember now. They thought it would be a good idea to take space with a physical keyboard instead of making it more touchable. That's why I never got one. I liked grafitti.
- jen20 3y agoIt was quite well integrated all told from the 600 onwards, though I never tried the first version. The phone and SMS appeared as apps and worked in a very similar manner to what one would expect having used an iPhone.