(I know I'm biased here, but FWIW…) Nokia's Symbian phones always struck me as trying to be "little big computers." The hiptop was different; it wasn't trying

(I know I'm biased here, but FWIW…) Nokia's Symbian phones always struck me as trying to be "little big computers." The hiptop was different; it wasn't trying to be a stripped-down version of a desktop (or laptop) computer. It really embraced its form factor whole-heartedly. Rather than aiming to be (something like) a Nokia Symbian clone, the hiptop struck me as coming from the same place the original Palm Pilot did, but with the benefit of several years of industry advancement in terms of its technology base. E.g., beyond what you saw in the Pilot, we managed to get into the base system: real internet networking, true preemptive multitasking (though not address space isolation), and a much "realer" web browser.