The First Handheld By Palm

[@dosgos]

Elegant hardware, software, and input. Excellent productivity devices.

[@kurtiunlisted8589]

…and not to forget: Elegant Review by Handheld Computing ❤

[@HandheldComputing]

It is a pure productivity device, no fancy design, no extras just a PDA!

[@HandheldComputing]

Thank you, glad you liked it 😊

[@Unan1mouz]

I actually like that kind of texture for a PDA's body. Doesn't scratch easily!

[@HandheldComputing]

Its true, there isn't a mark on this one and its 26 years old! Also being a rough matt finish it isn't going to slip from your hand and it doesn't show finger prints! Always nice to see your comments!

[@Unan1mouz]

@@HandheldComputing Hehehe. Gotta comment if I see a device that I like 😆😉

[@HandheldComputing]

@@Unan1mouz I will keep trying to find devices you like then 😉

[@Stratoliner]

I have the OG Palm Pilot, such a great little device. I also have a couple of PalmOS devices (namely from Sony and Handspring) which are also quite lovely little devices. Thanks for the great video!

[@HandheldComputing]

I'm glad you liked the video, Palm OS is just so simple, efficient and well designed with a tiny footprint. Microsoft could have learnt a lot from Palm!

[@kurtiunlisted8589]

Thanks for the wonderful video! I still feel that the design of the Original Pilot PDA is the most attractive of them all ❤

[@HandheldComputing]

It is a nice bit of industrial design and very much functional, I do like the sleek design on the Palm V but there is certainly something about the Pilot simplicity!

[@kurtiunlisted8589]

@@HandheldComputing Absolutely! Pagers of the time have a similar kind of aesthetic, for example the 90ies Motorola Advisor. I‘d love to see that design language used more in modern tech. (Also worth mentioning, it’s all made out of plastic, but still totally *not* feeling - or looking - flimsy or cheap.)

[@gregwhates5948]

M515 was the absolute peak of PDAs and I still use mine now after over 15 years. Only had a new battery and a few new styli. Palm V elegance with an SD card and colour screen

[@HandheldComputing]

I agree the M515 is great especially with the 16MB Ram upgrade but the screen lets it down, I honestly prefer the B/W screen on the M500, that and the battery life is crazy!

[@Sb129]

Interesting to see the version 1.0 of everything. It is weird if you're used to the later versions. Also, you could actually add the functionality of a Palm III into the old Pilot models with an upgrade card. It went into the RAM slot and added more flash ROM, RAM, gave you an IrDA transceiver and Palm OS 3! All you really lacked was the backlight.

[@HandheldComputing]

It was quite odd going back to an OG Palm there's a lot of small things you miss, like double tap to select a word and it appears in the search dialog! I knew you could upgrade to OS2, I did not know you could get a module for OS3 that added IR!!! I will have to have a look for one 😁

[@briangleeson1528]

I had one of these, a Rolodex Rex, and a couple of Sony Clie. I was a PDA junkie. I still want to get a Handspring with the clear body shell.

[@HandheldComputing]

I have the handspring visor in transparent blue, it's very cool 😎 I am definitely a PDA junkie! I wish I hadn't got rid of so many devices when I was younger too!

[@zvezdan__]

Excellent video, as always ❤

[@HandheldComputing]

Thank you so much 😀

[@pabloguardia5933]

Mi primera palm fue una palmV. Estas pda fueron impresionantes

[@HandheldComputing]

La Palm V es un gran dispositivo y sí, creo que estas computadoras de mano son increíbles.

[@dosgos]

Did any subsequent PDAs and phones beat Palm for integration and industrial engineering? They were all business with no distractions.

[@Motwera]

I would say Windows Mobile/CE from Microsoft, although I have seen a video clip by IMAX showing their 70mm film being used with a Palm PDA attached on the wall

[@HandheldComputing]

There are a lot of industrial devices that run windows CE the Motorola Symbol range springs to mind - of course most of the newer devices run Android now

[@HandheldComputing]

I saw that clip! They were using the Palm to control the film feed! Crazy 🤣

[@fradd182]

My first handheld was Palm M100, back in 2004. It wasnt much better than this one, i think even had the same cpu (16Mhz M68k). I was amazed with it, until i saw the first windows mobile device, it was the next level.

[@HandheldComputing]

The M100 series was a weird retrograde step by palm in my opinion, I know it was the budget option but it was a palm III in a new outfit, 2MB or Ram and 16Mhz CPU. By 2000 CE3 devices had colour screens, 100+Mhz CPU's and 16-32MB of RAM. I know it was a budget model but for a few dollars they could have at least put the 20Mhz CPU and 8MB RAM that was in the Vx....

[@kudryavchik]

Best Palm OS device and the best PDA is Sony Clie NZ90. 2mp CCD camera like on real camera, not several years later appeared phones, best mp3 player among all pdas with Asahi Kasei chip, amazing transflective HVGA LCD made by Sony LCD division, magnesium body, 2 card slots (with CF card driver), tv output, usb host for printer. Nobody has made such a device. And, the final thing, all Sony PDAs were actually made by Sony themselves on their own motherboards. Late Palm pdas were Asus OEM; HP were - HTC, 1 time - Compal, one time - LG; Fujitsu Siemens - HTC and Asus.

[@HandheldComputing]

The NZ90 is amazing, I nearly snagged one on ebay a couple of months ago but it got away 😢 The Sony screens from that era and just amazing with unbelievable viewing angles and great daylight viewability!!! I didn't know that Palm outsourced their manufacturing, though I'm not surprised.

[@kudryavchik]

@@HandheldComputing I dont know for sure with Palm os 4 devices of m series, but all tungstens with intel were asuses inside. Even if you take the board out of some tungsten, asus naming is written on MB

[@kudryavchik]

@@HandheldComputing I had NZ90 from April 2003, amazing how surrounding people popped their eyes of in this device. And then when I played with some public tv sets nobody could understand how did the tv change the program)))

[@JohnKiniston]

I loved my Tandy Zoomer.

[@HandheldComputing]

The Tandy Zoomer is on my list, but they are not easy to get at a reasonable price

[@JohnKiniston]

@@HandheldComputing mine sadly doesn’t calibrate anymore.

[@HandheldComputing]

That is a shame 😢@@JohnKiniston

[@Vallee152]

4:51 we saw where?

[@Vallee152]

also, if the system uses 39K of RAM, then how is it there when you first put new batteries in?

[@HandheldComputing]

We saw the digitzer option at setup, it just lets you tap 3 points to calibrate the touch screen

[@HandheldComputing]

The system loads from ROM once you put the batteries in, presumably that happens while the pilot logo is displayed