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> "their touch screen phone never shipped" You're perhaps misremembering Palm's webOS hardware. Touch was always part of the platform. The first device, Palm
by pavlov 3y ago
> "their touch screen phone never shipped"
You're perhaps misremembering Palm's webOS hardware. Touch was always part of the platform.
The first device, Palm Pre launched in 2009, had a multitouch screen:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Pre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Pre
- no_wizard 3y agoI edited my comment to clarify, however to do so here: what I mean is they didn't adopt the touchscreen paradigms, such as onscreen keyboards. The Pre required you to use the hardware keyboard, and had no virtual keyboard functionality built in. It lead to some odd interaction patterns. My recollection - which could be wrong - is that Palm did pivot to pure multi-touch interactions but it was never released, as HP largely gave up on the phone market by that time.
- supportengineer 3y agoMy Handspring Visor from the year 2000 also had a touchscreen (with a stylus)
- wifipunk 3y agoThe touch was pretty good too. I had a Palm Pre Plus that I picked up for $30 in 2010. Thing booted in seconds, had multi-tasking that looked like magic to iphone users, and had a swappable battery that got a lot of hate at the time for only lasting 1 day of prolonged use (with up to 2 weeks of standby). I could bring a couple spare batteries on a trip and never need to charge my phone.