Before the Foldable, Apple Copied This Phone

Summary by Krater

This video tells the story of Palm, a company that pioneered personal digital assistants and smartphones with Palm OS and the Palm Pre, but ultimately failed due to bad hardware-software integration, late market entry, and poor carrier deals compared to Apple's iPhone.

From the video

Answers: What happened to Palm and webOS?

• Palm history
• webOS development
• iPhone vs Palm Pre
• Palm Pilot design
• The fall of Palm

What it concludes

• Palm pioneered mobile operating systems and multitasking features years before Apple.
• Palm's hardware failed to keep up with its software capabilities, leading to slow performance and bad carrier exclusivity deals.
• HP's acquisition and subsequent mishandling of Palm and webOS resulted in a massive commercial failure.
• Despite Palm's hardware downfall, webOS survived and eventually became a leading platform for LG smart TVs.