The Palm Palm...Not the Answer to any Question

[rootabaga]

...at least according to this author, who humorously makes some valid points while questioning the sanity of anyone who'd market the device...or purchase it.

Congratulations Palm, you’ve launched the stupidest product of the year

 

[Hadron]

Well given that the real Palm was brought down by a series of poor decisions, this seems a fitting tribute act.

 

[Deleted User]

How did this get funding?

 

[mikedt]

So it's Verizon only, and not available outside of the US....FAIL!.

I wonder if they(Palm/TCL) will launch it in China?

 

[psionandy]

At this point there is so little Palm DNA in the thing, you may as well stick a Palm label on a Banana

 

[Deleted User]

At this point there is so little Palm DNA in the thing, you may as well stick a Palm label on a Banana

Probably more useful, at least you can eat it.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

I was aiways against "Convergence" so small phone with aaPDA works for me, but aa bi phone with small phone working together on the same number sounds like a waste to me.

 

[Mikestony]

Maybe I missed it, but do you actually need a "normal" phone for that thing to function?

 

[lunatic59]

OUCH!

(My eyes just rolled so hard it hurt.)

Actually, I'm sure that in the planning meeting there was a product manager with pointy hair.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Maybe I missed it, but do you actually need a "normal" phone for that thing to function?

What I heard was it doesn't have a removable SIM card so it has to be progammed at the carrier. It's a tiny phone that can work with others but needs a carrier plan to work alone.

 

[Deleted User]

OUCH!

(My eyes just rolled so hard it hurt.)

Actually, I'm sure that in the planning meeting there was a product manager with pointy hair.

This has PHB written all over it doesn't it?

Maybe I missed it, but do you actually need a "normal" phone for that thing to function?

No, I believe it's a fully functional phone, with the intention of "weaning people off their normal phone". But I don't think the company itself really know what this phone is for. They must have the management from my previous company working there, who thought it would be a damn good idea to spend 10 years developing a software product that nobody wanted to use. Hey, it was real fun for us engineers, while it lasted.

 

[Deleted User]

What I heard was it doesn't have a removable SIM card so it has to be progammed at the carrier. It's a tiny phone that can work with others but needs a carrier plan to work alone.

Oh this gets better. Plus you have to stump up $350 for the privilege.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

That's my main issue. Price!

 

[doniago]

Man, I loved my old Palms back in the day. I'd say it's sad to see what's become of them, but really what we have now is just the name in any case.

 

[today]

A wide array of colors might swing my interest. Something like eggshell jet black and the like.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

One good thing about it. You don't need a case. You could probably drop one multiple times without breaking it.
Maybe they should send me one to review.