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Some of us hope it succeeds for more than nostalgia. Microsoft is doing nothing coherent to compete with iOS and Android. The ecosystem is reasonably healthy; a
by smcnally 12y ago
Some of us hope it succeeds for more than nostalgia. Microsoft is doing nothing coherent to compete with iOS and Android. The ecosystem is reasonably healthy; a third real player could make it more so.
If they're to be just another Android vendor -- if Alcatel got brands only and none of the IP or interest in developing WebOS or anything Palm-specific -- it's less interesting.
Also beyond just nostalgia, Palm was PDAs, they were desktop-mobile sync, before they got sued by a troll, Grafitti was a tremendous way to input text. It would be good having that DNA back in the game.
- mobiplayer 12y agoI think I had more than 5 Palm PDAs during my life, including the Zires and Treos. They were PDAs, yes. Even smartphones. You could sync them with your computer and people did it, when it worked. OTOH Grafitti was rubbish and probably one of the reasons why Microsoft ate Palm's cake with WM. The others were ActiveSync and Office. I'm not sure about the DNA bit, though. They never managed to have a multitasking OS, so it was extremely painful to get a phone call on your Treo while working on some document and losing everything :) I welcome competition and love to tinker with new devices and OSes, but my expectations would be quite low this time.