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I still use a Palm Pilot in 2025, and you should, too

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨cm0002@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org⁩

https://www.androidpolice.com/i-still-use-a-palm-pilot-editorial/

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You didn’t get a palm pilot to play games or scroll social media, you got one because you had a job to do.

    I literally had a palm pilot so I could browse the web when not at home. lol

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  • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I collect vintage laptops, and my wife makes bespoke kitten mittens. Our buffet is $6.2 million.

    I also love using a Palm Pilot because it helps me commit notes to memory rather than just collecting them for later. You’ll be surprised how well you retain information when you enter it into a Palm, using the stylus to peck in letters deliberately. There’s also nothing quite like the satisfaction of hot-syncing your appointments and ideas while your Palm sits in its cradle.

    This cat is off his rocker, and needs to start taking his adderall.

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    • xyzzy@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I collect vintage laptops, and my wife makes bespoke kitten mittens. Our budget is $6.2 million.

      What

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  • MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s dumb as shit.

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  • heavydust@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You didn’t get a palm pilot to play games

    Actually we did. There was a lot of good games. Also I don’t believe the author ever had one if he forgets this important detail.

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  • Deebster@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I still rememberb the Palm Pilot input alphabet - every letter is represented by a single stroke and it was fast-enough and very accurate.

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    • goober@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti_(Palm_OS)

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    • DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Graffiti was interesting but after s while of using it becomes second nature.

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  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Someone should tell them about airplane mode.

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    • DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But in airplane mode you could miss something.

      On a PDA you can’t as there isn’t something you could miss in the first place.

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  • peteyestee@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No one cares about hipsters.

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    • DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well you cared enough to look and comment.

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  • fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I loved my Palm devices.

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  • XTL@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was just thinking the other day that I really wish I still had a Psion. Tolerable screen and keyboard. Slim and funny form factor. Runs for days on a few AAA, and rechargeable AAA at that. I used to play chess and read ebooks on one. Never liked EPOC(?), but it was really efficient.

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