The Palm Pre Is The Reason You Love Your Phone

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[WHEN PHONES WERE FUN: PALM PRE]
You know that satisfying feeling you get when you flick your apps off your screen to close them? Or when you finally get used to gestures and realize how much more fluid they feel than buttons? How’bout just typing right on your home screen to find what you’re looking for? Or, my personal favorite: the simple joy of dropping your phone onto a puck to charge it. It’s kinda like … “when you’re driving, and all the red lights ahead of you are turning green … and going ‘bing … bing … bing.'”
All those features - and so many more - can be traced back to a single progenitor: a phone that promised to think ahead … with a name to match. When it broke cover fifteen years ago, the Palm Pre captivated the press and made the still-new iPhone 3G look pedestrian by comparison.
But just two years after its debut, this phone, its acclaimed software platform and the venerable company that spawned it would all be gone. I’m MrMobile; the year is 2009; and this is the story of the Palm Pre.
[ABOUT WHEN PHONES WERE FUN - PALM PRE, 2009]
This is the 24th in a series of MrMobile videos exploring the mobile tech world's most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2013.
When Phones Were Fun: Episode 24 was produced with Palm and HP products purchased through eBay by MrMobile's publisher, and donated by friends of the channel cited in the credits. The archive photos featured in this video were shot by Michael Fisher on his personal Palm Pre and HP Veer, circa 2009-2011.
MrMobile does not offer manufacturers the opportunity to preview, edit or approve content before publication. Neither HP nor any other manufacturer provided compensation in exchange for this coverage. The lone sponsor of this video is DeleteMe.
[LINKS]
webOS Archive:
www.webosarchive.org/
Dear Palm: It's Time For An Intervention [Engadget]:
www.engadget.com/2007-08-21-d...
Pre to Postmortem: The Inside Story of the Death of the Palm Pre and webOS [The Verge]:
www.theverge.com/2012/6/5/306...
Palm CEO Ed Colligan corresponds with Steve Jobs [Internal Tech Emails / X]:
/ 1422603572814962692
PreDevCamp SF Bay Area at Palm Inc. - a videoblog [Marco van Hylckama Vlieg / RU-vid]:
• PreDevCamp SF Bay Area...
Palm Keynote CES 2009 [diehardboss / RU-vid]:
• CES 2009 Keynote Palm ...
Kara Talks To Roger McNamee About The Palm Pre [Kara Swisher / RU-vid]:
• Kara Talks to Roger Mc...
Palm Pre Commercial - Go With The Flow [General Chaos / RU-vid]:
• Palm Pre Commercial -G...
Palm Pre Cuts The Cheese [Gizmodo / Vimeo]:
vimeo.com/4990760?pg=embed&sec=
SnazzyQ on webOS [Flashback Podcast]:
www.relay.fm/flashback/4
Benefit Of The Doud [Podcast]:
/ benefitofthedoud
[CHAPTERS]
00:00 This phone is the reason you love your phone
01:23 The smartphone world of 2009
03:27 Beyond the Pre: webOS
08:02 A future 15 years in the making
11:24 DeleteMe
12:30 20090606 - launching a legend
13:48 The weirdest phone commercials you've ever seen
15:40 First (and second)-gen problems
18:16 Lethal wounds
20:17 An eleventh-hour savior ...
22:27 ... turns on a dime
25:30 webOS today
27:57 Acknowledgements
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[DISCLOSURES]
This post may contain affiliate links, which afford Future plc a commission should you make a purchase. This does not affect MrMobile’s editorial content. See Future's disclosure policy for more details:
www.futureplc.com/terms-condi...
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@SuperTrey807 4 месяца назад

Palm-os crawled so a lot of companies could run

@TheMrMobile 4 месяца назад

Ha - a variation of that was on my headline possibilities list.

@PinkAgaricus 4 месяца назад

lol Except, Microsoft/Nokia, which crawled alongside Palm (in arm and leg casts) so everyone else could run.

@fty-ys4ni 4 месяца назад

Crazy how PalmOS is now the base code for LG’s TvOS

@ids1024 4 месяца назад

Technically this is Palm WebOS, which is quite a different thing from the earlier Palm OS. But this statement is true for either, really.

@benrogers5845 4 месяца назад

Jogged! Always nostalgic for palmOS

@sucotronic 3 месяца назад

As a developer, Palm had the BEST documentation about mobile development and guides to build proper mobile apps, a LOT berfore ANYBODY.

@GoogleDoesEvil 3 месяца назад

I think Windows Phone had better documentation

@sucotronic 3 месяца назад

@@GoogleDoesEvil never take a chance to read it. Is it available somewhere?

@GoogleDoesEvil 3 месяца назад

@@sucotronic I'm not sure where it is these days but I'm sure it's out there. If it weren't for how well put together the Windows Phone SDK was I would have never gone into programming and my life would've probably been completely different. I did look into developing for WebOS and BlackBerry 10 at the time but for me Windows Phone was by far the easiest to learn with no programming experience.

@JG90984 3 месяца назад

Why did palm lose badly to apple and android?

@sucotronic 3 месяца назад

@@JG90984 most probably bad business decisions and the lack of liquidity in general. Apple had tons of money from iPods and Google from search.

@prakhargarg3515 4 месяца назад

When you finally say "when phones were fun" at the end of each episode, it really hits

@Rainbow_Atlas 3 месяца назад

I get legit chills across my back

@SomethingSomewhereJustOnce 3 месяца назад

It does. Modern phones are so devoid of life. They are just boxes best designed to run whatever software Google throws at them.

@user-od9di4wj8q 9 дней назад

I agree.

@lucashowj 3 месяца назад

I shed a tear when I saw the thumbnail, and over the course of watching this longform video love letter to Palm and webOS, the deep heartache never left my chest. The Palm Pre was my first smartphone, one that I had to import to Singapore. I acquired at great cost each and every new iteration of webOS hardware, and even when HP ran their fire sale I gladly went down with the ship. There was a glorious harmony of hardware and software, and real gadgetiness in its very core. I'll treasure those months in the late noughties when Palm offered a compelling, intriguing and humane vision into what mobile computing could've been.

@illsmackudown 3 месяца назад

Those were the good times, before Snowden leaks and the constant paranoia nowadays ^^

@Chad_KBH 3 месяца назад

Yes indeed such innocence@@illsmackudown

@iKiwed 3 месяца назад

I wanted a Palm OS but where I come from I had to import from China, and at those times there were no knowledge on how to do that. I wish Palm succeded... ç_ç

@NightmareRex6 3 месяца назад

what sucked about back then is peaople were brainwashed to think you NEEEDED an effing overpriced data plan when could just use wifi, seems they still belive this but to a lesser extent.

@JonathosDX 4 месяца назад

After a phone broke I bought a cheap Palm Pixi (late in its life) as a placeholder while deciding what Smart Phone I really wanted.... and kept it for years because it was just really good. Still have it.

@TheMrMobile 4 месяца назад

RIP, Eos

@adam-to5re 4 месяца назад

That's exactly why I had a pre. My Samsung Galaxy died and I was broke so off to eBay I went.

@ids1024 4 месяца назад

I got a Palm Pixie just to mess around with because I heard WebOS was easy to modify and it was I think only $50 by that point. I definitely liked using it more than the (low end) Android phone I had at the time.

@rxpt0rs 4 месяца назад

Only Mr. Mobile could make a 30 minute long video dedicated to the Palm Pre.

@zubayerhossain3755 4 месяца назад

Just realised it was 30 mins! And yet, it didn't feel like it!

@MrMeowMeowMeow 4 месяца назад

And he's damn good at it.

@beardsntools 3 месяца назад

He should make another about pocket pcs these devices were amazing

@ewhite1546 3 месяца назад

A 30 minute video that’s worth watching, nonetheless!

@JennaBenna0123 3 месяца назад

and make us watch it ❤ cause he rocks 💞

@heymike7037 3 месяца назад

Loved my Palm Pre! WebOS was so ahead of its time and the pebble form factor felt so good in the hand! Plus there was something so satisfying about hanging up by sliding the phone shut.

@manlab66 3 месяца назад

yes exactly! that form factor!

@JDelta87 4 месяца назад

I remember standing in line on launch day to get the Palm Pre. I still have it with all of its accessories. I also recall standing in line at Best Buy to buy my HP Touchpad at fire sale price. What a nostalgic episode, Michael!

@Johnny_Socko 4 месяца назад

I took my 3-year-old daughter with me on an adventure around the city to find a fire sale TouchPad, and I'm glad to say she was game. Palm is one of the few tech companies that I associate with happy memories.

@drwigglechin 3 месяца назад

Was so fun scoring a touchpad at that price!

@B.D.F. 3 месяца назад

I remember my local Best Buy (then a Future Shop) had almost 20 TouchPads in stock the day before the fire sale, but that stock mysteriously dwindled to only a handful just before the doors opened on sale day.

@staceys1208 3 месяца назад

Same! I have a Palm Pre and a Palm Pre 2 with a bunch of accessories. I bought a TouchPad at launch, full price, but I was able to take it to BestBuy when they announced the fire sale and 'return' it, only to immediately buy it back again at the fire sale price!

@ralphreyn 3 месяца назад

I still have my Pre+ but have lost the touchstone wireless charger. I also went around to 3-4 Best Buy’s during the tablet flash sale and it was a great web browser tablet for a few years. Really sad about the alternative universe where Palm “won” the smartphone wars.

@brtnspn 4 месяца назад

The quality of writing, especially in the 2nd half of this video, with that uplifting music, is absolutely singular on RU-vid. Congratulations, Michael, and please keep this up. Outstanding!

@jond4634 3 месяца назад

I watch all of his videos even if I don't care about the products. It's just so calming!

@user-fj8wr8jh4e 3 месяца назад

lol dude get a life..

@LumiRockets 4 месяца назад

The Pre and the Pixi were such good designs that I would buy it again in a HEARTBEAT if it had modern components. Smooth chunky love, that thing was.

@GreenScreenBartender 4 месяца назад

100% agreed. They had literally the best form factor of any phone imo. I really miss my Pre now and if there was something like a Google Pixel Pre I'd buy it immediately.

@HeavyMetalorRockfan9 4 месяца назад

honestly i agree

@skywalkerjedi95 4 месяца назад

I've waited so long for this video because only MrMobile could do justice and make a video dedicated to such an important but quirky device. I was a teenager when this phone came out and I spent many hours using them in my favorite Sprint store that I would wander into while my mother would be shopping in a store next door. The touchstone charger blew my mind and using the webOS interface felt like the future for someone who grew up trying to figure out how his dad remembered Palm's written scribble language for their Palm Pilot's. Thanks for what definitely has to be your best video yet!

@gnocchidokie 3 месяца назад

The best feature of WebOS was adding a note to a contact, so whenever that person sent a text or called me that note would pop up on the screen along with the notification. What I would give to have that feature on the iPhone! I was such a thoughtful friend in my Pixi/Pre era

@TheBipolarx 4 месяца назад

I remember loading homebrew and overclocking my Pre. I loved that phone so much.

@CallMeRabbitzUSVI 4 месяца назад

Yep, I even used it to Jailbreak my PS3 that I still play on to this day 😊

@illsmackudown 3 месяца назад

No way, how!?

@arkhalis3682 3 месяца назад

@@CallMeRabbitzUSVIyou did what?

@CallMeRabbitzUSVI 3 месяца назад

@@illsmackudown Yeah, you can run a terminal that could interface with the PS3 at the time. Accessing a Linux backend of the Playstation 3 and with that exploit using it to Jailbreak the PS3. Absolutely nuts and crucial for young me at the time. And that PS3 still works and is still jailbroken to this day :)

@illsmackudown 3 месяца назад

@@CallMeRabbitzUSVIVery cool! I still couldn't jailbreak my PS3 Super Slim. Really annoying

@Dtrain79 4 месяца назад

I was a palm loyalist. From the treo 600 to the Palm Pre 3. I missed the magnetic inductive charging so much until just recently. I even had the tablet. Those were the days.

@edschukar8030 4 месяца назад

Palm Pre was my first 3G smartphone and also my first device with an incredible camera. I remember taking a picture of my son the minute we got into the car after we left the Sprint store. My wife and I were floored! Ended up rooting mine so it flew like a jet. Loved that device.

@alexbond03 3 месяца назад

Just one word for this content : Amazing. Thank you - a 90s kid turned tech nerd from India

@ArtUndertheArch 4 месяца назад

This was my first smartphone, and I loved it so much that I convinced my friend to get one too. I still keep my OG Pre, and my Pre3 with me. The Veer is begging for an episode!

@TheMrMobile 4 месяца назад

If the TouchPad gets an episode, the Veer certainly should!

@ArtUndertheArch 4 месяца назад

@@TheMrMobile werk! Thanks for doing this episode, king 👑it unlocked some serious nostalgia for me

@AveemAshfaq 4 месяца назад

Oh my God. You have struck a chord here. I still painfully miss my palm pixi. The UI and the physical keyboard and every single thing was awesome. The homebrew apps and the back skin, oh my God. I'm crying 😭 out of nostalgia

@zenshutterman 3 месяца назад

I still have my Pre. Fired it up just now. I remember standing in line for it on launch day. This is a great walk down memory lane.

@vasekvi 4 месяца назад

I was a palm die hard. I had to wait a year till the Pre came to AT&T. Thankfully my Palm Centro battery worked in the Pre along with its spare battery charger. Then I got the Pre2 with the flat glass screen. Then I had to buy 2 of thr unreleased Pre3 when they came out so I could use one as a spare battery charger while I used the other one daily. After 2 years of the Pre3 I had to make my first move to Android to the Galaxy S4.

@timm7524 4 месяца назад

So glad you're still here years after Pre/webOS Central. This was the best, most fluid, least distracting but still fully functional phone OS I ever used to this day. Still have my Pres 2 and 3 around here somewhere. Truly ahead of its time. o7

@davidbeaver958 4 месяца назад

God I loved this phone and company. It felt like the way phones should work, and it turned out the rest of the industry agreed. We we lucky to experience the future all the way back then, I suppose.

@Matanumi 4 месяца назад

A shame their Ideas got stolen by bigger greedier companies

@vaxick 4 месяца назад

@@Matanumiand neither Apple nor Google have done it as well Palm did it in its first try.

@arnaldomolina275 4 месяца назад

I remember holding an iPhone and a Palm on my hands, and thinking how ahead the palm was. The functionality and features were ahead! Another great video!

@dennylafoss 4 месяца назад

I remember mine. It was amazing - no slow downs at all, snappy as hell, and had the same wow factor as when you saw a folding phone for the first time.

@jonathanworrell4296 4 месяца назад

YEES this phone literally changed my life and my perception of what a phone can actually become i had it at a young age mind you! my mother was a airplane cleaner so many blackberry's have lived in my house and my sis was a major phone buff she worked and went to school so she always stayed up to date on the latest phones (accept iphone we are team android) so ive had many generations of phones you bring up but this one seriously is special literally the iphone 1st gen with a keyboard that made your thumbs happy lol i digress after that i had the HTC G1 another phenom wish i could find it and give it to a fellow NYC native thank you for always pulling the right nostalgia strings .

@spinerocker 3 месяца назад

I was lucky to be the technical support of palm pre. We got to play the device and was amazed by the cutting edge gestures that are way ahead of its time.

@aboozayd1 3 месяца назад

Thanks for this video brought back so many memories. Palm Pre was so iconic but half baked at the same time. So much potential. Long live Palm Pre.

@DannerBanks 4 месяца назад

Might be my favorite of your "when phones were fun" just for pure nostalgia. I had an iphone 3g but I remember thinking the Pre looked very cool

@LeslieGrantlovefaithhope 4 месяца назад

I absolutely loved all my Palm devices. That was a good era.

@nikita_kraev 4 месяца назад

Damn this whole topic on the channel deserves soooo much more attention! I was hesitating to watch as this is technically not a mobile review; but this is flawless, with MrMobile's person and charisma, entertaining to watch and i didn't notice how 30 minutes passed. Going to watch the rise and fall of Sprint now

@sparksx2 3 месяца назад

This was such a great video. I truly miss those days when, like you said, companies cared about delighting and engaging with their customers. I still have my Pre. It's a fond relic now but still stirs hope that we can get back to something like that again someday.

@JulianSauco 3 месяца назад

We need skeumorphic UI designs again ffs.

@allenellisdewitt 3 месяца назад

Sorry, buttons are still superior.

@morgantrias3103 3 месяца назад

I pitty everyone who has to use a touchscreen keyboard on their phone. It's pure torture then autocorrect changes what you typed to something rly stupid

@JulioMo 2 месяца назад

Don't apologize for being correct.

@exhilarated_12x 2 месяца назад

Not in this generation sorry

@Bonanzaking Месяц назад

⁠⁠@@morgantrias3103i cannot honestly recall the last time autocorrect changed words to something stupid. Probably would’ve been pre 2014.

@vakuneet 3 месяца назад

This is why this is one of the best RU-vid channels

@CandraR 3 месяца назад

Man!! I had the Palm Pre... And Palm made some of the best phones I've ever enjoyed!! The nostalgia!!

@rheylew 3 месяца назад

The Palm Pre and my touchstone charger were LEGENDARY!!

@ryuhaneda 3 месяца назад

As someone that actually still has a Windows Mobile 7 phone (back when the OS or ecosystem was called “Mango”), there’s something about going home again to old tech that evokes nostalgia and conversations past. I never owned a Palm, but I can definitely respect the feeling in this video and the inevitable trips down memory lane that it took. Thank you, Michael. Even if we can’t truly go home again, we can sure remember what it was like.

@BronsonLee 4 месяца назад

Palm Pre was my first smartphone I ever personally bought - it was a true sea change for me and I love that it’s getting its’ due here! Thank ya!

@tonysolino3131 3 месяца назад

Thank you Captain 2 Phones. As this Palm Pre video started my thoughts went back to my own experience with Palm and the Pre. I was so excited for it and it didn't disappoint...both the phone and the video. The Palm Pre was the phone I had the most fun with at the time. Wish I could find mine again . Thank you so much for posting.

@shawnjones134 3 месяца назад

I absolutely loved this phone! I waited 2 hours at a Miami Sprint store on launch day (it was 97 degrees at 9am) and I was completely bedazzled by this phone. My brother and I still talk about this phone! He has the notification "bong/bong" on his current Pixel. Thanks for the video!

@sauceseji 3 месяца назад

we need this company and their devices back more than ever

@BeniRoseMusic 3 месяца назад

I've been waiting for you to make this video for a while! Palm holds such a special place in my heart. I had a Centro at the time and I remember loading an app on it that gave me the wave launcher and a few other features that made it more Web OS like. I was so excited for Web OS and it was such a bummer how things turned out, but you're right, so much of it lives on in modern smartphones today! Thank you for making this!

@OLBastholm 3 месяца назад

This is such an amazing video! I’ve been listening to you talking about Palm and WebOS for well over a decade by now and I’ll never get tired of it. What an absolute masterpiece of a video.

@eidiotwind2084 3 месяца назад

This series is my favorite part of your channel. You do such a great job with immense detail. Keep it up, Michael!

@albertomorales7322 3 месяца назад

I waited for until I have time to see this video with calm and attention. And oh boy, it is a great one. Totally deserved it. I wasn’t aware that webOs and those palm were so good. I really feel they had true potential. This video is also great and made justice to these amazing devices. I’m just blown away with how good these phones were and the quality of Michael’s works once again. Thank you. Is always nice to see content with such great quality in a subject we love. Amazing work!

@aayush_8 4 месяца назад

wow what an amazing and insightful video!! I never knew so many modern smartphone features are directly/indirectly derived from Palm. Michael, please make more videos like this..

@DavidPetersentheOracle 4 месяца назад

I was a fan of Palm since the original Palm Pilot thru the Treo to the Pre... Even owned some stock (talk about highs and lows). Your video was fun to watch, fun my wife will never understand... Thanks for the trip on the way back machine, I may just power my old pre up for kicks!

@peterullinger2814 3 месяца назад

Gosh, I LOOOOOOVED my Palm Pre2 and webOS. The interface and synergy were so, SO ahead of their time and partly still are...

@axtran 3 месяца назад

I absolutely love MrMobile videos for nostalgia and pure mastery in content (writing and visuals). The best channel in mobile!

@aidensnow5017 2 месяца назад

Bro you have no idea how badly I wanted a Palm in 9th grade, I'm a size queen for my screens now but something about its size, the slide up keyboard, it was just so captivating back then... This video is reminding me how much I miss sliding physical keyboards on smartphones.

@AlanHornkohl 4 месяца назад

Great video!! Brings back old memories. I appreciate all of your efforts when researching and creating these videos.

@ddelimar 3 месяца назад

Thank you Michael. I was waiting for this. I needed this. :)

@evan 3 месяца назад

Brand new to the channel. Fantastic editing on this!

@ThisIsTechToday 4 месяца назад

Ah. A video on the phone that fully threw me into the pool of being a tech nerd instead of my previous state of toe dipping with my treo. The WebOS blew my mind. It’s so crazy how it’s still ahead of OUR time.

@danteregianifreitas6461 3 месяца назад

I'm just amazed how many quirks that we have today they did back then! Gesture controls, multitasking, wireless charging and touch to share

@JonathanEzor 3 месяца назад

As one of Palm's original Real Reviewers when the Pre came out, I LOVE this! Thank you!

@kriscampa9705 3 месяца назад

BRAVO Michael!!!! Love your videos! Love your reporting, coverage, writing style, and dedication! I too miss the days of Palm (and my Pre)

@ericcartmansh 3 месяца назад

Since the day you started making the "when phones were fun" series I have been waiting for this video and it did not disappoint :)

@TheTrueSexyOne 3 месяца назад

The "When Phones Were Fun" series is one of my favorite on RU-vid. Whether it's a phone that I was too young to know about or ones when I was excited about back in middle school. Top notch stuff as always.

@tombirkland 3 месяца назад

I had one of these and it was excellent. Loved the proper keyboard.

@Thisath100 3 месяца назад

Oh man. This is so good. I don't remember Palm from when I was younger but I've always been enamoured by your love for it and the effort you go to recognise the features they pioneered that crop up in today's phones. I genuinely think reflectively about how much I love that I get to use gestures on my phone so much. I'm very grateful they're finally so mainstream and well integrated into phones both Android & iOS. I remember when I used to download all sorts of apps to try and replicate gestures on phones that didn't have it! It's incredible to see how effortlessly Pale presented so many of these same ideas years and years prior. And while we're on the topic of features that took too long to return, I lament the loss of Apple's force swipe in from left corner to switch apps from iPhone 6S, so much that I have resurrected that on my S23 through an app. It's a gesture that needs to come back! Such a pleasure to finally get this video from you. Has proven such a joy.

@PeterArnold1969 3 месяца назад

This was really enjoyable, Michael. I always love learning the history of these old phones.

@Ha1frican 3 месяца назад

As someone who had one the only thing I really remember about it is how sharp the plastic was along the keyboard slide out. I actually sliced my finger open on it one time. Edit: Typed this in the first few seconds of the video and think it’s hilarious that it was mentioned

@PreasanRajahBONEZ 3 месяца назад

Video makes me feel old, but again great editing and the flow to all the references is magic.

@AshleySpurlin 15 дней назад

This made me so nostalgic! I’d forgotten about Palm Synergy (8:41) so its mention brought back some good feels. The Pre really was a fantastic device.

@wutzerface77 4 месяца назад

Mr. Mobile truly makes some of the greatest content on the internet. Perfectly written, perfectly shot, perfectly edited… it’s really quite absurd

@MikeyBats 3 месяца назад

Great segment..brought back many memories when I work at Walmart’s cell phone department back in 2005-2009…I activated many Palm pre’s and Palm trio’s for sprint..

@DrEarbuds 3 месяца назад

I've been waiting for this ......... Thank-You

@nisha4811 3 месяца назад

😭 this was so awesome! Thank you for making this video.

@Jee9106 4 месяца назад

I'm looking forward to more videos like this! Very interesting to see how various features along with people(!) have moved between the different companies.

@benroxknox 4 месяца назад

I adored my pre plus. It was my first smart phone ever and will always hold a special place in my heart.

@DanielTimberwolf 3 месяца назад

As an aspiring nuggeteer, I infinitely appreciate the mates keeping the old software repos and documentation going to this day.

@696969bold 3 месяца назад

Palm Pre was my first smartphone! I absolutely loved it. It was my primer for a sliding phone and demand for a touch screen. Samsung enticed me to the Epic 4G LTE, and I haven't looked back since.

@adamalarcon4973 2 месяца назад

I can't believe something as simple as having the notifications on the bottom of the screen instead of the top blew my mind. Seriously if they can do this on a screen that small, they can do it with modern phones. Is there something I can install on android to achieve that same effect? Watching this really makes me fired up to customize my android like the good ol days.

@alext.9527 3 месяца назад

I kept my Palm Pre and my Palm Pilot in storage and from time to time, would dig them up simply to reminisce and admire them. Although I never experienced the issues you stated for the first & second generation models. Great documentary.

@Gogettor 4 месяца назад

I bought the Palm Pre Plus upon launch in 2010 (already was using an iPhone 3GS and Moto Droid). The UX was second to none. Something that comes to mind was how easy it was to share media (for example taking a pic and emailing it). In the early IPhone OS days it was a nightmare. Ps: and yes, I had three carriers (ATT for the 3GS, Verizon for the Droid and Sprint for this)

@a.rezat.soltani8438 3 месяца назад

Dear Mr. Fisher, I believe you have a special and unique talent in narration. Your calm, comfortable and mature voice plus your genuine way of explanation with confidence can shine in documentaries and movie story-tellings beside your youtube activities. Best of luck for you

@aaminah1278 2 месяца назад

This phone is SOOOOO iconic. Haven’t seen a better phone since . I miss it so much!

@SoCoolCurt 3 месяца назад

I wanted one so bad but it wasn't on Verizon at the time and I was just a kid on a family plan. That interface always looked like magic to me and seeing it here again, it was way ahead of its time.

@yanksrock1000 3 месяца назад

Great video as always. It made me emotional remembering being a young kid reading tech blogs about all these new up and coming mobile platforms. Palm, Windows, HTC, Apple, Google, hell even Facebook had a phone…great times

@Quasi_Terrible 2 месяца назад

My wife and I both got the Palm Pre, we both agree it was the best phones we both owned. I missed how great that slide out keyboard felt.

@yeety1208 4 месяца назад

Finally! Been waiting for this one for a while

@alex_ob1 3 месяца назад

My parents promised me an original Pre as a birthday present, since I was so excited pre launch. Delays in the UK were so long though and the time never seemed right to actually buy it. Was then disappointed when I tried one in store. Still to this day I haven't come to terms with the fact I'll never own a pre. The legend of genius synergy, lives on in my dreams.

@epicjuicebox 3 месяца назад

The Palm Prē was my first smartphone. I still have it, stuffed in a drawer somewhere. I loved that phone when it was in my pocket! Such a great device!

@VerbalGenius09 3 месяца назад

Mr. Mobile you are the best to ever do it! That was awesome!

@darthgollumojg 3 месяца назад

Genuinely the best series on the tech side of RU-vid. Never want them to end.

@retro_jojo3159 3 месяца назад

Man that ringtone gave me chills, took me right back to where I was when I had that phone. I was ride or die Palm back then. I remember being able to listen to podcasts and play an snes emulator on the train going to work, feeling like I was living in the future. I made the transition to Android after palm, but I still look back fondly on that time.

@MarshaLove0723 3 месяца назад

I really loved my Palm Pixi.❤ Great phone. I even carried it a couple of years after that 2-yr contract was up. I finally gave it up as my daily driver to an iPhone 4s.

@ClassiqalOne 3 месяца назад

When I tell you that this is my favorite phone I’ve ever owned. I loved it so much that I hunted the tablet down after I already had an iPad forever ago 😂 and I got my TV because it runs webOS 🎉if they still needed a sponsor I’d volunteer as tribute hahaha

@ekozlov 3 месяца назад

Amazing piece of history! Thanks for creating the video!

@Docfly62 17 дней назад

This absolutely should have been the first "when phones was fun" episode

@fuelon 3 месяца назад

so glad the algorithm recommended this channel to me ! loved the video & just subscribed of course

@Towkeeyoh 4 месяца назад

Always love your nostalgia trips so much!

@Gravarty 3 месяца назад

webOS has a special place in my heart, even though I've never owned one. Back in 2009, I really wanted the Palm Pre, but I was still a teenager who couldn't afford such expensive phones. The iPhone 4 was the first smartphone I could buy with a contract, and by then everyone had already forgotten about Palm devices.

@sam.4922 3 месяца назад

The font choice of Avenir (or a close copy of it) for an os is so subtly characteristic and gives it a weirdly chill/professional vibe that I really enjoy

@edwardrocca 3 месяца назад

It's the unique features and coverage of phones like this that brought be to pocketnow, which I discovered from my Nokia Lumia at the time. It's also what led me to follow you to your own channel, and I still appreciate this coverage today. Thanks Michael for the years of tech journalism you've given us! ❤️

@nivrosen682 3 месяца назад

I love these history videos. Like your "when phones where fun" series. Innovative & better then just reviews. Kudos on the UX insights.

@jonathanbailie 3 месяца назад

Man I used to want a Palm Pre so bad. Didn't have tons of money to buy a lot of used phones back then, and work gave me an iPhone, but the Palm was the one I really wanted. Really miss Windows Phone/Mobile too. Man I love your vids, you take me back in time for sure 😆