Primitive as they were, Palm OS devices were amazingly fast. Some programs pushed the envelope too far, so their slowness relegated them to proof of concept - b

Primitive as they were, Palm OS devices were amazingly fast. Some programs pushed the envelope too far, so their slowness relegated them to proof of concept - but the bread and butter applications offered instant interaction: my lowly Pilot 1000 was absolutely snappy, switching from calendar to agenda and searching among my contacts - never a perceptible delay and no unnecessary user manipulation... Optimized ! A similar feeling when migrating from 3270 forms to HTML forms: infinitely more functional, but still - some of the "all business and not one unnecessary gram" streamlined optimum got lost along the way. I miss my Palm Pilot 1000, I miss my Treo 650. I know they don't do a hundredth of what my cheap Android does - but I'm nostalgic nevertheless.