Comment by legitster

Comment by legitster 6 days ago

I freaking loved my Palm Pixi. Just a masterpiece of usability and design.

We knew a bunch of people in engineering at HP at the time of the acquisition, and to a T each knew it was instantly going to be canned. Even before Apotheker, HP was rushing to follow IBM's business model and leave consumers behind.

Also, don't forget Blackberry hadn't even yet peaked as a "business" phone - HP was clearly chasing this market instead of the adoring consumer market that Palm had collected.

Lammy 6 days ago

I'm selling OxyContin on my Palm Pixi / man, chicken sandwiches, they cost a clam fifty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GMavkkkFtQ

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neuroelectron 6 days ago

I had a WebOS phone in a lot of ways it was better than my friend's iPhone at the time. Having a fold out keyboard was still the industry standard but he's typing on a screen keyboard. Overall, it was faster and more ergonomic, especially the on the tiny iPhone screen. I was forced to switch to iPhone because of HP's decision.

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nwienert 6 days ago

Just want to agree, WebOS was incredibly good, the Palm Pre and Pixi were both great. HP 100% killed it.

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