The Palm Pre Is The Reason You Love Your Phone

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[WHEN PHONES WERE FUN: PALM PRE]
You know that satisfying feeling you get when you flick your apps off your screen to close them? Or when you finally get used to gestures and realize how much more fluid they feel than buttons? How’bout just typing right on your home screen to find what you’re looking for? Or, my personal favorite: the simple joy of dropping your phone onto a puck to charge it. It’s kinda like … “when you’re driving, and all the red lights ahead of you are turning green … and going ‘bing … bing … bing.'”
All those features - and so many more - can be traced back to a single progenitor: a phone that promised to think ahead … with a name to match. When it broke cover fifteen years ago, the Palm Pre captivated the press and made the still-new iPhone 3G look pedestrian by comparison.
But just two years after its debut, this phone, its acclaimed software platform and the venerable company that spawned it would all be gone. I’m MrMobile; the year is 2009; and this is the story of the Palm Pre.
[ABOUT WHEN PHONES WERE FUN - PALM PRE, 2009]
This is the 24th in a series of MrMobile videos exploring the mobile tech world's most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2013.
When Phones Were Fun: Episode 24 was produced with Palm and HP products purchased through eBay by MrMobile's publisher, and donated by friends of the channel cited in the credits. The archive photos featured in this video were shot by Michael Fisher on his personal Palm Pre and HP Veer, circa 2009-2011.
MrMobile does not offer manufacturers the opportunity to preview, edit or approve content before publication. Neither HP nor any other manufacturer provided compensation in exchange for this coverage. The lone sponsor of this video is DeleteMe.
[LINKS]
webOS Archive:
www.webosarchive.org/
Dear Palm: It's Time For An Intervention [Engadget]:
www.engadget.com/2007-08-21-d...
Pre to Postmortem: The Inside Story of the Death of the Palm Pre and webOS [The Verge]:
www.theverge.com/2012/6/5/306...
Palm CEO Ed Colligan corresponds with Steve Jobs [Internal Tech Emails / X]:
/ 1422603572814962692
PreDevCamp SF Bay Area at Palm Inc. - a videoblog [Marco van Hylckama Vlieg / KZfaq]:
• PreDevCamp SF Bay Area...
Palm Keynote CES 2009 [diehardboss / KZfaq]:
• CES 2009 Keynote Palm ...
Kara Talks To Roger McNamee About The Palm Pre [Kara Swisher / KZfaq]:
• Kara Talks to Roger Mc...
Palm Pre Commercial - Go With The Flow [General Chaos / KZfaq]:
• Palm Pre Commercial -G...
Palm Pre Cuts The Cheese [Gizmodo / Vimeo]:
vimeo.com/4990760?pg=embed&sec=
SnazzyQ on webOS [Flashback Podcast]:
www.relay.fm/flashback/4
Benefit Of The Doud [Podcast]:
/ benefitofthedoud
[CHAPTERS]
00:00 This phone is the reason you love your phone
01:23 The smartphone world of 2009
03:27 Beyond the Pre: webOS
08:02 A future 15 years in the making
11:24 DeleteMe
12:30 20090606 - launching a legend
13:48 The weirdest phone commercials you've ever seen
15:40 First (and second)-gen problems
18:16 Lethal wounds
20:17 An eleventh-hour savior ...
22:27 ... turns on a dime
25:30 webOS today
27:57 Acknowledgements
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[DISCLOSURES]
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@sucotronic 2 ай бұрын

As a developer, Palm had the BEST documentation about mobile development and guides to build proper mobile apps, a LOT berfore ANYBODY.

@GoogleDoesEvil 2 ай бұрын

I think Windows Phone had better documentation

@sucotronic 2 ай бұрын

@@GoogleDoesEvil never take a chance to read it. Is it available somewhere?

@GoogleDoesEvil 2 ай бұрын

@@sucotronic I'm not sure where it is these days but I'm sure it's out there. If it weren't for how well put together the Windows Phone SDK was I would have never gone into programming and my life would've probably been completely different. I did look into developing for WebOS and BlackBerry 10 at the time but for me Windows Phone was by far the easiest to learn with no programming experience.

@JG90984 2 ай бұрын

Why did palm lose badly to apple and android?

@sucotronic 2 ай бұрын

@@JG90984 most probably bad business decisions and the lack of liquidity in general. Apple had tons of money from iPods and Google from search.

@prakhargarg3515 2 ай бұрын

When you finally say "when phones were fun" at the end of each episode, it really hits

@Rainbow_Atlas 2 ай бұрын

I get legit chills across my back

@SomethingSomewhereJustOnce Ай бұрын

It does. Modern phones are so devoid of life. They are just boxes best designed to run whatever software Google throws at them.

@lucashowj 2 ай бұрын

I shed a tear when I saw the thumbnail, and over the course of watching this longform video love letter to Palm and webOS, the deep heartache never left my chest. The Palm Pre was my first smartphone, one that I had to import to Singapore. I acquired at great cost each and every new iteration of webOS hardware, and even when HP ran their fire sale I gladly went down with the ship. There was a glorious harmony of hardware and software, and real gadgetiness in its very core. I'll treasure those months in the late noughties when Palm offered a compelling, intriguing and humane vision into what mobile computing could've been.

@illsmackudown 2 ай бұрын

Those were the good times, before Snowden leaks and the constant paranoia nowadays ^^

@Chad_KBH 2 ай бұрын

Yes indeed such innocence@@illsmackudown

@iKiwed 2 ай бұрын

I wanted a Palm OS but where I come from I had to import from China, and at those times there were no knowledge on how to do that. I wish Palm succeded... ç_ç

@NightmareRex6 2 ай бұрын

what sucked about back then is peaople were brainwashed to think you NEEEDED an effing overpriced data plan when could just use wifi, seems they still belive this but to a lesser extent.

@heymike7037 2 ай бұрын

Loved my Palm Pre! WebOS was so ahead of its time and the pebble form factor felt so good in the hand! Plus there was something so satisfying about hanging up by sliding the phone shut.

@manlab66 2 ай бұрын

yes exactly! that form factor!

@rxpt0rs 2 ай бұрын

Only Mr. Mobile could make a 30 minute long video dedicated to the Palm Pre.

@zubayerhossain3755 2 ай бұрын

Just realised it was 30 mins! And yet, it didn't feel like it!

@arasakarider8998 2 ай бұрын

And he's damn good at it.

@beardsntools 2 ай бұрын

He should make another about pocket pcs these devices were amazing

@ewhite1546 2 ай бұрын

A 30 minute video that’s worth watching, nonetheless!

@JennaBenna0123 2 ай бұрын

and make us watch it ❤ cause he rocks 💞

@JonathosDX 2 ай бұрын

After a phone broke I bought a cheap Palm Pixi (late in its life) as a placeholder while deciding what Smart Phone I really wanted.... and kept it for years because it was just really good. Still have it.

@TheMrMobile 2 ай бұрын

RIP, Eos

@adam-to5re 2 ай бұрын

That's exactly why I had a pre. My Samsung Galaxy died and I was broke so off to eBay I went.

@ids1024 2 ай бұрын

I got a Palm Pixie just to mess around with because I heard WebOS was easy to modify and it was I think only $50 by that point. I definitely liked using it more than the (low end) Android phone I had at the time.

@JDelta87 2 ай бұрын

I remember standing in line on launch day to get the Palm Pre. I still have it with all of its accessories. I also recall standing in line at Best Buy to buy my HP Touchpad at fire sale price. What a nostalgic episode, Michael!

@Johnny_Socko 2 ай бұрын

I took my 3-year-old daughter with me on an adventure around the city to find a fire sale TouchPad, and I'm glad to say she was game. Palm is one of the few tech companies that I associate with happy memories.

@drwigglechin 2 ай бұрын

Was so fun scoring a touchpad at that price!

@B.D.F. 2 ай бұрын

I remember my local Best Buy (then a Future Shop) had almost 20 TouchPads in stock the day before the fire sale, but that stock mysteriously dwindled to only a handful just before the doors opened on sale day.

@staceys1208 2 ай бұрын

Same! I have a Palm Pre and a Palm Pre 2 with a bunch of accessories. I bought a TouchPad at launch, full price, but I was able to take it to BestBuy when they announced the fire sale and 'return' it, only to immediately buy it back again at the fire sale price!

@ralphreyn 2 ай бұрын

I still have my Pre+ but have lost the touchstone wireless charger. I also went around to 3-4 Best Buy’s during the tablet flash sale and it was a great web browser tablet for a few years. Really sad about the alternative universe where Palm “won” the smartphone wars.

@AveemAshfaq 2 ай бұрын

Oh my God. You have struck a chord here. I still painfully miss my palm pixi. The UI and the physical keyboard and every single thing was awesome. The homebrew apps and the back skin, oh my God. I'm crying 😭 out of nostalgia

@brtnspn 2 ай бұрын

The quality of writing, especially in the 2nd half of this video, with that uplifting music, is absolutely singular on KZfaq. Congratulations, Michael, and please keep this up. Outstanding!

@jond4634 2 ай бұрын

I watch all of his videos even if I don't care about the products. It's just so calming!

@user-fj8wr8jh4e 2 ай бұрын

lol dude get a life..

@LumiRockets 2 ай бұрын

The Pre and the Pixi were such good designs that I would buy it again in a HEARTBEAT if it had modern components. Smooth chunky love, that thing was.

@GreenScreenBartender 2 ай бұрын

100% agreed. They had literally the best form factor of any phone imo. I really miss my Pre now and if there was something like a Google Pixel Pre I'd buy it immediately.

@HeavyMetalorRockfan9 2 ай бұрын

honestly i agree

@gnocchidokie 2 ай бұрын

The best feature of WebOS was adding a note to a contact, so whenever that person sent a text or called me that note would pop up on the screen along with the notification. What I would give to have that feature on the iPhone! I was such a thoughtful friend in my Pixi/Pre era

@skywalkerjedi95 2 ай бұрын

I've waited so long for this video because only MrMobile could do justice and make a video dedicated to such an important but quirky device. I was a teenager when this phone came out and I spent many hours using them in my favorite Sprint store that I would wander into while my mother would be shopping in a store next door. The touchstone charger blew my mind and using the webOS interface felt like the future for someone who grew up trying to figure out how his dad remembered Palm's written scribble language for their Palm Pilot's. Thanks for what definitely has to be your best video yet!

@TheBipolarx 2 ай бұрын

I remember loading homebrew and overclocking my Pre. I loved that phone so much.

@CallMeRabbitzUSVI 2 ай бұрын

Yep, I even used it to Jailbreak my PS3 that I still play on to this day 😊

@illsmackudown 2 ай бұрын

No way, how!?

@arkhalis3682 2 ай бұрын

@@CallMeRabbitzUSVIyou did what?

@CallMeRabbitzUSVI 2 ай бұрын

@@illsmackudown Yeah, you can run a terminal that could interface with the PS3 at the time. Accessing a Linux backend of the Playstation 3 and with that exploit using it to Jailbreak the PS3. Absolutely nuts and crucial for young me at the time. And that PS3 still works and is still jailbroken to this day :)

@illsmackudown 2 ай бұрын

@@CallMeRabbitzUSVIVery cool! I still couldn't jailbreak my PS3 Super Slim. Really annoying

@ArtUndertheArch 2 ай бұрын

This was my first smartphone, and I loved it so much that I convinced my friend to get one too. I still keep my OG Pre, and my Pre3 with me. The Veer is begging for an episode!

@TheMrMobile 2 ай бұрын

If the TouchPad gets an episode, the Veer certainly should!

@ArtUndertheArch 2 ай бұрын

@@TheMrMobile werk! Thanks for doing this episode, king 👑it unlocked some serious nostalgia for me

@edschukar8030 2 ай бұрын

Palm Pre was my first 3G smartphone and also my first device with an incredible camera. I remember taking a picture of my son the minute we got into the car after we left the Sprint store. My wife and I were floored! Ended up rooting mine so it flew like a jet. Loved that device.

@vasekvi 2 ай бұрын

I was a palm die hard. I had to wait a year till the Pre came to AT&T. Thankfully my Palm Centro battery worked in the Pre along with its spare battery charger. Then I got the Pre2 with the flat glass screen. Then I had to buy 2 of thr unreleased Pre3 when they came out so I could use one as a spare battery charger while I used the other one daily. After 2 years of the Pre3 I had to make my first move to Android to the Galaxy S4.

@davidbeaver958 2 ай бұрын

God I loved this phone and company. It felt like the way phones should work, and it turned out the rest of the industry agreed. We we lucky to experience the future all the way back then, I suppose.

@Matanumi 2 ай бұрын

A shame their Ideas got stolen by bigger greedier companies

@vaxick 2 ай бұрын

@@Matanumiand neither Apple nor Google have done it as well Palm did it in its first try.

@Dtrain79 2 ай бұрын

I was a palm loyalist. From the treo 600 to the Palm Pre 3. I missed the magnetic inductive charging so much until just recently. I even had the tablet. Those were the days.

@alexbond03 2 ай бұрын

Just one word for this content : Amazing. Thank you - a 90s kid turned tech nerd from India

@zenshutterman 2 ай бұрын

I still have my Pre. Fired it up just now. I remember standing in line for it on launch day. This is a great walk down memory lane.

@timm7524 2 ай бұрын

So glad you're still here years after Pre/webOS Central. This was the best, most fluid, least distracting but still fully functional phone OS I ever used to this day. Still have my Pres 2 and 3 around here somewhere. Truly ahead of its time. o7

@dennylafoss 2 ай бұрын

I remember mine. It was amazing - no slow downs at all, snappy as hell, and had the same wow factor as when you saw a folding phone for the first time.

@LeslieGrantlovefaithhope 2 ай бұрын

I absolutely loved all my Palm devices. That was a good era.

@jonathanworrell4296 2 ай бұрын

YEES this phone literally changed my life and my perception of what a phone can actually become i had it at a young age mind you! my mother was a airplane cleaner so many blackberry's have lived in my house and my sis was a major phone buff she worked and went to school so she always stayed up to date on the latest phones (accept iphone we are team android) so ive had many generations of phones you bring up but this one seriously is special literally the iphone 1st gen with a keyboard that made your thumbs happy lol i digress after that i had the HTC G1 another phenom wish i could find it and give it to a fellow NYC native thank you for always pulling the right nostalgia strings .

@DannerBanks 2 ай бұрын

Might be my favorite of your "when phones were fun" just for pure nostalgia. I had an iphone 3g but I remember thinking the Pre looked very cool

@rheylew 2 ай бұрын

The Palm Pre and my touchstone charger were LEGENDARY!!

@spinerocker 2 ай бұрын

I was lucky to be the technical support of palm pre. We got to play the device and was amazed by the cutting edge gestures that are way ahead of its time.

@arnaldomolina275 2 ай бұрын

I remember holding an iPhone and a Palm on my hands, and thinking how ahead the palm was. The functionality and features were ahead! Another great video!

@aboozayd1 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video brought back so many memories. Palm Pre was so iconic but half baked at the same time. So much potential. Long live Palm Pre.

@vakuneet 2 ай бұрын

This is why this is one of the best KZfaq channels

@ryuhaneda 2 ай бұрын

As someone that actually still has a Windows Mobile 7 phone (back when the OS or ecosystem was called “Mango”), there’s something about going home again to old tech that evokes nostalgia and conversations past. I never owned a Palm, but I can definitely respect the feeling in this video and the inevitable trips down memory lane that it took. Thank you, Michael. Even if we can’t truly go home again, we can sure remember what it was like.

@allenellisdewitt 2 ай бұрын

Sorry, buttons are still superior.

@morgantrias3103 2 ай бұрын

I pitty everyone who has to use a touchscreen keyboard on their phone. It's pure torture then autocorrect changes what you typed to something rly stupid

@JulioMo Ай бұрын

Don't apologize for being correct.

@resurrected_12 Ай бұрын

Not in this generation sorry

@Bonanzaking 13 күн бұрын

⁠⁠@@morgantrias3103i cannot honestly recall the last time autocorrect changed words to something stupid. Probably would’ve been pre 2014.

@nikita_kraev 2 ай бұрын

Damn this whole topic on the channel deserves soooo much more attention! I was hesitating to watch as this is technically not a mobile review; but this is flawless, with MrMobile's person and charisma, entertaining to watch and i didn't notice how 30 minutes passed. Going to watch the rise and fall of Sprint now

@CandraR 2 ай бұрын

Man!! I had the Palm Pre... And Palm made some of the best phones I've ever enjoyed!! The nostalgia!!

@SadRyu 2 ай бұрын

The Touchpad fire sales were amazing, as there was an effort at the time to get android installed on it. It gave me a lot of experience with installing custom firmware on phones. The Pre will always be one of my favourite phones along with the Galaxy Nexus. RIP Palm.

@tonysolino3131 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Captain 2 Phones. As this Palm Pre video started my thoughts went back to my own experience with Palm and the Pre. I was so excited for it and it didn't disappoint...both the phone and the video. The Palm Pre was the phone I had the most fun with at the time. Wish I could find mine again . Thank you so much for posting.

@sparksx2 2 ай бұрын

This was such a great video. I truly miss those days when, like you said, companies cared about delighting and engaging with their customers. I still have my Pre. It's a fond relic now but still stirs hope that we can get back to something like that again someday.

@sauceseji 2 ай бұрын

we need this company and their devices back more than ever

@eidiotwind2084 2 ай бұрын

This series is my favorite part of your channel. You do such a great job with immense detail. Keep it up, Michael!

@BronsonLee 2 ай бұрын

Palm Pre was my first smartphone I ever personally bought - it was a true sea change for me and I love that it’s getting its’ due here! Thank ya!

@danteregianifreitas6461 2 ай бұрын

I'm just amazed how many quirks that we have today they did back then! Gesture controls, multitasking, wireless charging and touch to share

@ThisIsTechToday 2 ай бұрын

Ah. A video on the phone that fully threw me into the pool of being a tech nerd instead of my previous state of toe dipping with my treo. The WebOS blew my mind. It’s so crazy how it’s still ahead of OUR time.

@shawnjones134 2 ай бұрын

I absolutely loved this phone! I waited 2 hours at a Miami Sprint store on launch day (it was 97 degrees at 9am) and I was completely bedazzled by this phone. My brother and I still talk about this phone! He has the notification "bong/bong" on his current Pixel. Thanks for the video!

@axtran 2 ай бұрын

I absolutely love MrMobile videos for nostalgia and pure mastery in content (writing and visuals). The best channel in mobile!

@Action2me 2 ай бұрын

The notification system! I keep thinking back to the joy I felt when I got my first text on this phone. So unobtrusive, yet hard-to-miss.

@BeniRoseMusic 2 ай бұрын

I've been waiting for you to make this video for a while! Palm holds such a special place in my heart. I had a Centro at the time and I remember loading an app on it that gave me the wave launcher and a few other features that made it more Web OS like. I was so excited for Web OS and it was such a bummer how things turned out, but you're right, so much of it lives on in modern smartphones today! Thank you for making this!

@csanvi Ай бұрын

Nostalgic days back then! Looking forward to all 24 episodes of "When phones were fun". Thank you. :)

@OLBastholm 2 ай бұрын

This is such an amazing video! I’ve been listening to you talking about Palm and WebOS for well over a decade by now and I’ll never get tired of it. What an absolute masterpiece of a video.

@Ha1frican 2 ай бұрын

As someone who had one the only thing I really remember about it is how sharp the plastic was along the keyboard slide out. I actually sliced my finger open on it one time. Edit: Typed this in the first few seconds of the video and think it’s hilarious that it was mentioned

@benroxknox 2 ай бұрын

I adored my pre plus. It was my first smart phone ever and will always hold a special place in my heart.

@peterullinger2814 2 ай бұрын

Gosh, I LOOOOOOVED my Palm Pre2 and webOS. The interface and synergy were so, SO ahead of their time and partly still are...

@albertomorales7322 2 ай бұрын

I waited for until I have time to see this video with calm and attention. And oh boy, it is a great one. Totally deserved it. I wasn’t aware that webOs and those palm were so good. I really feel they had true potential. This video is also great and made justice to these amazing devices. I’m just blown away with how good these phones were and the quality of Michael’s works once again. Thank you. Is always nice to see content with such great quality in a subject we love. Amazing work!

@aidensnow5017 24 күн бұрын

Bro you have no idea how badly I wanted a Palm in 9th grade, I'm a size queen for my screens now but something about its size, the slide up keyboard, it was just so captivating back then... This video is reminding me how much I miss sliding physical keyboards on smartphones.

@DavidPetersentheOracle 2 ай бұрын

I was a fan of Palm since the original Palm Pilot thru the Treo to the Pre... Even owned some stock (talk about highs and lows). Your video was fun to watch, fun my wife will never understand... Thanks for the trip on the way back machine, I may just power my old pre up for kicks!

@darthgollumojg 2 ай бұрын

Genuinely the best series on the tech side of KZfaq. Never want them to end.

@kriscampa9705 2 ай бұрын

BRAVO Michael!!!! Love your videos! Love your reporting, coverage, writing style, and dedication! I too miss the days of Palm (and my Pre)

@TheTrueSexyOne 2 ай бұрын

The "When Phones Were Fun" series is one of my favorite on KZfaq. Whether it's a phone that I was too young to know about or ones when I was excited about back in middle school. Top notch stuff as always.

@jrobitaille 2 ай бұрын

I miss my time in the webOS homebrew community. It was one of the few communities I've been in that supported eachother and discouraged in-fighting. Plus everyone was just so awesome to work with, the community and Palm alike!

@AlanHornkohl 2 ай бұрын

Great video!! Brings back old memories. I appreciate all of your efforts when researching and creating these videos.

@aaminah1278 Ай бұрын

This phone is SOOOOO iconic. Haven’t seen a better phone since . I miss it so much!

@Gogettor 2 ай бұрын

I bought the Palm Pre Plus upon launch in 2010 (already was using an iPhone 3GS and Moto Droid). The UX was second to none. Something that comes to mind was how easy it was to share media (for example taking a pic and emailing it). In the early IPhone OS days it was a nightmare. Ps: and yes, I had three carriers (ATT for the 3GS, Verizon for the Droid and Sprint for this)

@JonathanEzor 2 ай бұрын

As one of Palm's original Real Reviewers when the Pre came out, I LOVE this! Thank you!

@wutzerface77 2 ай бұрын

Mr. Mobile truly makes some of the greatest content on the internet. Perfectly written, perfectly shot, perfectly edited… it’s really quite absurd

@alext.9527 2 ай бұрын

I kept my Palm Pre and my Palm Pilot in storage and from time to time, would dig them up simply to reminisce and admire them. Although I never experienced the issues you stated for the first & second generation models. Great documentary.

@PreasanRajahBONEZ 2 ай бұрын

Video makes me feel old, but again great editing and the flow to all the references is magic.

@Quasi_Terrible Ай бұрын

My wife and I both got the Palm Pre, we both agree it was the best phones we both owned. I missed how great that slide out keyboard felt.

@PeterArnold1969 2 ай бұрын

This was really enjoyable, Michael. I always love learning the history of these old phones.

@MikeyBats 2 ай бұрын

Great segment..brought back many memories when I work at Walmart’s cell phone department back in 2005-2009…I activated many Palm pre’s and Palm trio’s for sprint..

@tombirkland 2 ай бұрын

I had one of these and it was excellent. Loved the proper keyboard.

@user-tt5mq4is8t 2 ай бұрын

This time in the evening when I can finally relax and watch long awaited blast from the last with outstanding quality and storytelling.

@aayush_8 2 ай бұрын

wow what an amazing and insightful video!! I never knew so many modern smartphone features are directly/indirectly derived from Palm. Michael, please make more videos like this..

@ddelimar 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Michael. I was waiting for this. I needed this. :)

@medleysa 2 ай бұрын

My first exposure to a smart phone was my wife getting a Palm Pixi. I was super jealous of it but so happy for her. It was so cool to have maps and apps and a calendar and so much more in a phone.

@Resoslip 2 ай бұрын

What an amazing time for phones. You never knew what they would come to with. Truly great

@DanielTimberwolf 2 ай бұрын

As an aspiring nuggeteer, I infinitely appreciate the mates keeping the old software repos and documentation going to this day.

@robx-tremecomputers 10 күн бұрын

I loved modding my Pre, my favorite phone of all time. As a tech guy, I absolutely loved it and Homebrew was the bomb. I played with the operating system and changed ROMs more than I actually used the communications.

@a.rezat.soltani8438 2 ай бұрын

Dear Mr. Fisher, I believe you have a special and unique talent in narration. Your calm, comfortable and mature voice plus your genuine way of explanation with confidence can shine in documentaries and movie story-tellings beside your youtube activities. Best of luck for you

@bmac9936 2 ай бұрын

Brought a tear to my eye. Had the Treo on Sprint and received an invite to the Pre introduction event at my local store. I was already sold. Inadvertently mentioned that I didn’t like the changed ringtones from the Treo only to later find out that I had said it to their creator. Loved WebOS and stayed with it to the end when I bought an iPhone 5 on ATT. Using a 13 ProMax on T-Mobile now, functional, large and heavy but I would never refer to it as “fun.”

@retro_jojo3159 2 ай бұрын

Man that ringtone gave me chills, took me right back to where I was when I had that phone. I was ride or die Palm back then. I remember being able to listen to podcasts and play an snes emulator on the train going to work, feeling like I was living in the future. I made the transition to Android after palm, but I still look back fondly on that time.

@daniel_kunz 2 ай бұрын

Loved this film. indeed great times we had, the Palm Pre was far ahead of it's time.

@epicjuicebox 2 ай бұрын

The Palm Prē was my first smartphone. I still have it, stuffed in a drawer somewhere. I loved that phone when it was in my pocket! Such a great device!

@sam.4922 2 ай бұрын

The font choice of Avenir (or a close copy of it) for an os is so subtly characteristic and gives it a weirdly chill/professional vibe that I really enjoy

@MrKyGuy 2 ай бұрын

I was in a Sprint contract and I was so stoked that Sprint got this as an exclusive. I LOVED this phone so much! That satisfying slide. And the OS was amazing.

@allebachcj 2 ай бұрын

Loved the button clicks. The last phone I could type on without looking. Loved the click of opening and closing!

@MarshaLove0723 2 ай бұрын

I really loved my Palm Pixi.❤ Great phone. I even carried it a couple of years after that 2-yr contract was up. I finally gave it up as my daily driver to an iPhone 4s.

@MohanRam 2 ай бұрын

Pre was my first smart phone, I love that OS so much. I still miss it.

@madthel 2 ай бұрын

who knew this would bring back soooo many memories, good old palm pre

@Thisath100 2 ай бұрын

Oh man. This is so good. I don't remember Palm from when I was younger but I've always been enamoured by your love for it and the effort you go to recognise the features they pioneered that crop up in today's phones. I genuinely think reflectively about how much I love that I get to use gestures on my phone so much. I'm very grateful they're finally so mainstream and well integrated into phones both Android & iOS. I remember when I used to download all sorts of apps to try and replicate gestures on phones that didn't have it! It's incredible to see how effortlessly Pale presented so many of these same ideas years and years prior. And while we're on the topic of features that took too long to return, I lament the loss of Apple's force swipe in from left corner to switch apps from iPhone 6S, so much that I have resurrected that on my S23 through an app. It's a gesture that needs to come back! Such a pleasure to finally get this video from you. Has proven such a joy.

@yanksrock1000 2 ай бұрын

Great video as always. It made me emotional remembering being a young kid reading tech blogs about all these new up and coming mobile platforms. Palm, Windows, HTC, Apple, Google, hell even Facebook had a phone…great times

@ericcartmansh 2 ай бұрын

Since the day you started making the "when phones were fun" series I have been waiting for this video and it did not disappoint :)

@696969bold 2 ай бұрын

Palm Pre was my first smartphone! I absolutely loved it. It was my primer for a sliding phone and demand for a touch screen. Samsung enticed me to the Epic 4G LTE, and I haven't looked back since.

@charless.1106 2 ай бұрын

I had the Palm Pilot mobile organizer. I loved it.

@nisha4811 2 ай бұрын

😭 this was so awesome! Thank you for making this video.

@VerbalGenius09 2 ай бұрын

Mr. Mobile you are the best to ever do it! That was awesome!

@SoCoolCurt 2 ай бұрын

I wanted one so bad but it wasn't on Verizon at the time and I was just a kid on a family plan. That interface always looked like magic to me and seeing it here again, it was way ahead of its time.

@TymeTaylor 2 ай бұрын

The Palm Pre was my first smart phone and my intro to modware for phones at the same time. Preware was SO ahead of the game.

@inzane.hanson Ай бұрын

Awesome work on this not-so-mini doc Michael! Great to relive those early days when the future of the smartphone was atill uncertain, and companies actually made big bets on unique products.

@Gravarty 2 ай бұрын

webOS has a special place in my heart, even though I've never owned one. Back in 2009, I really wanted the Palm Pre, but I was still a teenager who couldn't afford such expensive phones. The iPhone 4 was the first smartphone I could buy with a contract, and by then everyone had already forgotten about Palm devices.