The Palm A New Tiny Phone That’s Not a Phone

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To some us Gen Z of us and Millennials, the model “Palm” may not invoke a lot nostalgia.  Indeed, we would not bear in mind a lot concerning the Palm Pilots 90s, however worry not, there’s a brand new Palm on the town. A San Francisco startup bought the rights to the unique Palm identify and is planning to launch a mini Three.Three-inch cellphone the identical identify.

The Palm is supposed to not exchange your cellphone, however quite to complement it. The system is a Verizon unique and won't be out there for buy by itself with a novel cellphone line. Instead, it's meant as an add-on, which suggests you continue to want your normal-sized cellphone however can add the Palm to share your present cellphone quantity. Think it as a barely larger, not-wearable smartwatch with a tad extra features.

This mini cellphone was designed to maintain folks from being too distracted on their normal-sized telephones. It will also be used for sure conditions, reminiscent of an evening out or going to the health club, when folks simply don’t wish to carry their normal-sized cellphone. It can use all of the apps from the Google Play Store and runs on a full model Android eight.1.

As for the price, the system itself is $350, and the Verizon add-on plan, which forwards all calls and texts to the cellphone, prices an extra $10 per 30 days. The one caveat although is that because the cellphone runs on Android, it won't ahead any Apple’s iMessages.

While this can be a tremendous cool and attention-grabbing idea, I’m a bit cautious about the way it will catch on. It’s not fully helpful as a cellphone alternative since you continue to want your common cellphone, but it surely’s not as wearable as a smartwatch both. However, since Steph Curry is an investor and endorsing the product, you by no means know. Only time will inform how nicely this can promote. In the meantime, take a look at the complete video evaluation the Palm under!


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