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Palm Is Back With a Mini Companion Android Phone That's Exclusive To Verizon (droid-life.com)
A couple months ago, it was reported that the dearly departed mobile brand known as Palm would be making a comeback. That day has finally come. Yesterday, Palm announced The Palm, a credit card-sized Android smartphone that's supposed to act as a second phone. Droid Life reports: The Palm, which is its name, is a mini-phone with a 3.3-inch HD display that's about the size of a credit card, so it should fit nicely in your palm. It could be put on a chain or tossed in a small pocket or tucked just about anywhere, thanks to that small size. It's still a mostly fully-featured smartphone, though, with cameras and access to Android apps and your Verizon phone number and texts.
The idea here is that you have a normal phone with powerful processor and big screen that you use most of the time. But when you want to disconnect some, while not being fully disconnected, you could grab Palm instead of your other phone. It uses Verizon's NumberSync to bring your existing phone number with you, just like you would if you had an LTE smartwatch or other LTE equipped device. Some of the specs of this Verizon-exclusive phone include a Snapdragon 435 processor with 3GB RAM, 32GB storage, 12MP rear and 8MP front cameras, 800mAh battery, IP68 water and dust resistance, and Android 8.1. As Kellen notes, "It does cost $350, which is a lot for a faux phone..."
We've already seen a number of gadget fans perplexed by this device. Digital Trends goes as far as calling it "the stupidest product of the year."
The idea here is that you have a normal phone with powerful processor and big screen that you use most of the time. But when you want to disconnect some, while not being fully disconnected, you could grab Palm instead of your other phone. It uses Verizon's NumberSync to bring your existing phone number with you, just like you would if you had an LTE smartwatch or other LTE equipped device. Some of the specs of this Verizon-exclusive phone include a Snapdragon 435 processor with 3GB RAM, 32GB storage, 12MP rear and 8MP front cameras, 800mAh battery, IP68 water and dust resistance, and Android 8.1. As Kellen notes, "It does cost $350, which is a lot for a faux phone..."
We've already seen a number of gadget fans perplexed by this device. Digital Trends goes as far as calling it "the stupidest product of the year."
Palm licensed hardware but did not control the OS so the end result was hardware which did not work with software.
Sony hardware combined with Palm Desktop caused me such problems that I'd still like to strangle the people responsible. And Sony exited the market with no warning nor any support for people who had bought their Clie devices.
I don't give a fuck whether the Palm product now has no relationship to the old Palm devices. I wouldn't use it if it was free. And that goes for Sony
too. Fuck them both. ( never mind the infamous Sony rootkit CD fiasco ).
That is some impostor that has bought the name.
Most ACs are not even worth the keystrokes to insult them. Be generically insulted by this and ignored otherwise.
Palm was purchased by HP several years ago.
In addition, WebOS was sold to Samsung by HP.
So we have a phone called Palm with no link to the original Palm phone with no OS that previously ran the real Palm phone.
Correction. WebOS was sold to LG.