Flashback: Palm Pre showed us the way to the future then faded to obscurity

How the mighty have fallen - before it was acquired and snuffed out by HP, Palm was known for popularizing Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), an ancestor to the modern smartphone. And before webOS was the software powering LG TVs, it was the best touch operating system for smartphones. The Palm Pre and webOS made their debut in June of 2009 when iOS and Android were still relatively young. Both the phone and its platform introduced features that are still in use today, even if people rarely remember the pioneers. Palm Pre The pebble-shaped handset was fairly compact and...

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