> "their touch screen phone never shipped"
You're perhaps misremembering Palm's webOS hardware. Touch was always part of the platform.
The first device, Palm Pre launched in 2009, had a multitouch screen:
You're perhaps misremembering Palm's webOS hardware. Touch was always part of the platform.
The first device, Palm Pre launched in 2009, had a multitouch screen:
I could bring a couple spare batteries on a trip and never need to charge my phone.
what I mean is they didn't adopt the touchscreen paradigms, such as onscreen keyboards. The Pre required you to use the hardware keyboard, and had no virtual keyboard functionality built in. It lead to some odd interaction patterns.
My recollection - which could be wrong - is that Palm did pivot to pure multi-touch interactions but it was never released, as HP largely gave up on the phone market by that time.