MobileRead Forums - View Single Post

Marseille · 10-23-2011, 06:52 PM

I had an m500, T|T and TX, and they were trusty devices. I remember my m500 with special fondness. I remember the initial iOS gushing while thinking my obsolete tech dinosaurs can do that too

and frankly, for all the hype about iOS ease of use, the zen of Palm has yet to be matched. When the old platforms died, the new ones spent the first few years reinventing wheels. It would have been less annoying if they hadn't spent so much time foisting the old stuff on their shoulders like a championship trophy. 2001 called, and they want their features back.

I think we're just now entering a phase in mobile computing where someone could utter the word "innovation" about something that actually is innovative. Sadly a major staple of mobile computing, namely PIM, is often still a square afterthought that we have to hunt down ourselves, piece together and shove into round hole.

10-23-2011, 06:52 PM	#7
Marseille Guru Posts: 687 Karma: 5700000 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: kindle	I had an m500, T\|T and TX, and they were trusty devices. I remember my m500 with special fondness. I remember the initial iOS gushing while thinking my obsolete tech dinosaurs can do that too and frankly, for all the hype about iOS ease of use, the zen of Palm has yet to be matched. When the old platforms died, the new ones spent the first few years reinventing wheels. It would have been less annoying if they hadn't spent so much time foisting the old stuff on their shoulders like a championship trophy. 2001 called, and they want their features back. I think we're just now entering a phase in mobile computing where someone could utter the word "innovation" about something that actually is innovative. Sadly a major staple of mobile computing, namely PIM, is often still a square afterthought that we have to hunt down ourselves, piece together and shove into round hole.