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Palm Before the PalmPilot

Posted by Zonk on from the deep-in-the-mysts-of-the-past dept.

Gammu writes "SiliconUser has an in-depth history of the Palm, starting with its humble roots. The Pilot (later PalmPilot and finally just Palm) saved Palm Computing. Before the release of the Pilot, the company was subsisting (barely) on revenue from connectivity packages for HP PDA's and a version of Graffiti for the Newton. This was because its first PDA hardware product had failed under the weight of feature creep and design by committee. The first article in a series follows the early days of this company-reforming product."

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  1. I for one... by calebt3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...welcome back our old hand-held robotic overlords.

    1. Re:I for one... by Jrabbit05 · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Imagine a beowulf cluster of those!