To go further down the rabbit hole, there's also http://www.osnews.com/story/26838/Palm_I_m_ready_to_wallow_now http://www.osnews.com/story/26838/Palm_I_m_ready

To go further down the rabbit hole, there's also http://www.osnews.com/story/26838/Palm_I_m_ready_to_wallow_now http://www.osnews.com/story/26838/Palm_I_m_ready_to_wallow_n... Thom makes a point to dig up where a lot of the concepts of that era drew their inspiration from. I especially like the comparison with the speed and ease of pen and paper. It is a great read, and I recommend studying the history of Palm in order to understand mobile device history until 2007.