Palm is back, and it is big

Hatter The Mad · 8 Jan 2009 at 20:01

- Awesome touch OS
- Keyboard
- Wireless charging

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/the-palm-pre/

Palm stock is up 24%

Did someone say killer?

Hatter The Mad · 8 Jan 2009 at 22:58

No one else shares Palm love??

Nanobot · 8 Jan 2009 at 23:09

Very nice. I did have two of the B&W Palms and the really old Psions. Ah bless.
Think it was let down by battery life or OS support dwindled away as with most personal organisers of the day.
Would be interesting to see more detailed specs but so far they have stuck to standard connectors which is a start.

POB · 8 Jan 2009 at 23:57

Keyboard seems pointess.

I can type quick on the iPod Touch.

Hatter The Mad · 9 Jan 2009 at 00:38

POB said:
Keyboard seems pointess.

I can type quick on the iPod Touch.

But not as quick as you can on a hardware keyboard.

whitecrook · 9 Jan 2009 at 03:36

Sweet! But wireless charging?? Is this a joke? - mmm I RTFA and I see you have to dock it, but where are the contacts? intriguing.

I thought Nokia had taken over palm.... As I type I realise, it was Psion.. and the Next communicator (with touchscreen almost certainly!) will be the true succesor to the venerable Psion 5. A handheld 10 years old which to this day no other smartphone can hold a candle to...