alt Hacker NewsWhat happened to them? They never really diversified out of network cards, their cards were very very good, but for most people paying 3x as much wasn't worth it.
They split off their Palm (PalmPilot) division in 2000 to focus on Network equipment. The the .com bust happened.
Palm/Handspring/Treo could have been the iPhone, if they'd been better managed.
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Exoristos • today at 2:35 AM
I loved my Treo, and in some ways it bettered the iPhone form factor, but the software wasn't comparable.
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Could have, should have, would have…
iPhone wasn't just a form factor, the software traces back to NeXTSTEP 1989.
Fact of the matter is nothing could have been the iPhone, everything sucked in 2007.
Apple had the wind in its back with the iPod and Mac OS X Tiger.
The Intel transition was complete.
Apple was firing on all cylinders, what a time to be in your early 20s.
Even Android did a 180 once the writing was on the wall, it originally resembled BlackBerry OS.