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Re: Palm

#21

Post by hndamien »

leetbulb wrote: post #19
pcurve wrote: post #15

I love seeing new product ideas, but I'm baffled at how this one made it all the way to production. Basic premise is.. "Hey, we're going to make our smartphone so undesirable that you won't want to use it except when you absolutely need it. However, we'll make sure it looks well-built so people know that you've made a deliberate lifestyle choice and that this isn't your primary phone."

Seriously. Plus you can buy these things on AliExpress for 1/5th the cost. And if you don't want to give up your smart phone completely, you can buy slick looking "bluetooth dialers" on AliExpress for even cheaper.

Or an Apple Watch.

Re: Palm

#25

Post by Nicksil »

That website is something else. This is only the JavaScript payload fetched when you visit. (A favorite is the 2 versions of the "lodash" library):

  cdn.trackjs.com/releases/current/tracker.js
  connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js
  ding.wix.com/asdk/dispatcher.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/js-sdk/1.96.0/js/wix-private.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/promote-analytics-adapter/2.62.0/analytics-event-adapter.bundle.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/app/main-r.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/components/components.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/core/core.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/coreUtils/coreUtils.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/dataFixer/dataFixer.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/first-load/first-load.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/layout/layout.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/linkBar/linkBar.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/mediaContainer/mediaContainer.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/platformInit/platformInit.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/santaProps/santaProps.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/skins/skins.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/stripColumnsContainer/stripColumnsContainer.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/tpa/tpa.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/utils/utils.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/viewerCompsService/viewerCompsService.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/warmup/warmup.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/warmupUtils/warmupUtils.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/santa/1.5140.9/packages-bin/wixCode/wixCode.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/services/third-party/requirejs/2.1.15/require.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/@shimil/remote-dom@5.0.6/dist/local.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/data-capsule@1.0.83/dist/statics/frame-listener.bundle.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/fedops-logger@3.0.10/dist/statics/fedops-logger-module.bundle.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/focus-visible@4.1.1/dist/focus-visible.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/gsap@1.19.0/src/minified/plugins/ScrollToPlugin.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/gsap@1.19.0/src/minified/TweenMax.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/hls.js@0.8.9/dist/hls.light.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/image-client-api@1.1151.0/dist/imageClientApi.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/lodash@4.17.10/lodash.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/lodash@4.17.11/lodash.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/mobx-react@4.2.2/index.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/mousetrap@1.4.6/mousetrap.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/pm-rpc@1.0.11/build/pm-rpc.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/react-dom-factories@1.0.2/index.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/react-dom@16.3.3/umd/react-dom.production.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/react@16.4.2/umd/react.production.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/santa-bundle@1.273.0/dist/bundle.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/santa-components@1.572.0/dist/santa-components.prod.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/santa-core-utils@1.914.0/dist/coreUtils.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/santa-core-utils@1.914.0/dist/warmupUtils.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/santa-data-fixer@1.249.0/dist/santa-data-fixer.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/santa-external-modules@1.66.0/color-convert/0.2.0/color.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/santa-host-platform-services@1.77.0/dist/host-platform-api.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/santa-host-platform-services@1.77.0/dist/host-worker-init.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/santa-mobile-core@1.550.0/dist/mobileLayoutUtils.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/santa-multilingual@1.398.0/dist/languages.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/santa-platform-utils@1.568.0/dist/platformUtils-bundle.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/santa-renderer@1.169.0/dist/santa-renderer.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/santa-skin-utils@1.379.0/dist/skin-utils.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/wix-ui-santa@1.0.537/dist/statics/compsToPackages.bundle.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/wix-ui-santa@1.0.537/dist/statics/dataRefs.bundle.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/wix-ui-santa@1.0.537/dist/statics/viewerComponentService.bundle.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/xss@0.2.12/dist/xss.min.js
  static.parastorage.com/unpkg/zepto@1.2.0/dist/zepto.min.js
  www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js
  www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js
This doesn't include the CSS, images, fonts, video, etc.

Remarkable.

Re: Palm

#26

Post by lostgame »

I was deeply disappointed to see this is not a return of the original Palm, in kind of perhaps a return to a ‘non-internet’ ‘traditional’ PDA or something.

Or...I don’t know. Anything remotely interesting. And yeah, someone else mentioned the payload of the header of the site, it’s no wonder it behaves so poorly on my iPhone SE.

If this does have anything to do with the makers of the original Palm, that’s a damn shame.

P.S. WebOS was freaking awesome. Even if it never had good hardware to back it up.

Re: Palm

#27

Post by bengotow »

This is a device with a unique approach to mobile user experience, but there are literally no photos of the UI on the site.

Maybe the idea is that it feels like a phone, so you pull it from your pocket thanks to extreme smartphone muscle memory. You find your hands have selected a black glass slab that says "PA LM" in the middle, which is quite uninteresting, So you put it away. Distraction crisis averted.

(Kidding obviously, but nothing on the site says otherwise! Honestly I wrote my first mobile app for the Palm V and I would love for this to be a killer rebirth of the Palm brand. Guess we'll have to wait and see though!)

Re: Palm

#28

Post by aarpmcgee »

I feel like the only one who thinks this is kind of awesome. I want a small phone. As small as possible, that can still text and act as an LTE hotspot, with very basic browsing, and Spotify. I want that. The iPhone SE was perfect for me.

Re: Palm

#29

Post by craftyguy »

Nicksil wrote: post #25

That website is something else. This is only the JavaScript payload fetched when you visit. (A favorite is the 2 versions of the "lodash" library): cdn.trackjs.com/releases/current/tracker.js connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js ding.wix.com/asdk/dispatcher.js static.parastorage.com/services/js-sdk/1.96.0/js/wix-private.min.js static.parastorage.com/services/promote-analytics-adapter/2.62.0/analytics-event-adapter.…

That explains why I see nothing when JS is disabled.

Re: Palm

#30

Post by skeoh »

bengotow wrote: post #27

This is a device with a unique approach to mobile user experience, but there are literally no photos of the UI on the site. Maybe the idea is that it feels like a phone, so you pull it from your pocket thanks to extreme smartphone muscle memory. You find your hands have selected a black glass slab that says "PA LM" in the middle, which is quite uninteresting, So you put it away. Distraction crisis averted. (Kidding o…

Not sure if this is what you're referring to but there's pictures of the UI on the product page: https://www.palm.com/product
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