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As I recall, I purchased maps that were vector-based. They took up very little space but you had to load dozens of them onto your phone to allow for continuous mapping.

I tossed this device onto the dashboard of my car and it would provide continuous GPS coordinates to my Palm OS device.

At Palm, we were given shirts that had this cool wireframe image on the back. On the front it simply said "palm prē" and on the right sleeve were the words "palm engineering." I still have it and my son occasionally steals it from me to wear.

Right on the tail of my last post... a giant Treo on display outside of Palm HQ in Sunnyvale, CA was taken down and replaced with this giant Palm Pre on the morning of June 6, 2009. That was the day the Pre was first made available to the public by Sprint.

A few more interesting PalmPilot items spotted at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.

It's cool to see the hardware used to develop the software in the early days. I'm also glad they chose to ditch the keyboard... at least for now.

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PalmPilot prototype, Palm, Inc., US, 1995

This "tethered prototype" let engineers develop software for the PalmPilot before production units were available.

Gift of Ron Marianetti, 102716264

During the same visit as my previous post to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA:

Jeff Hawkins had another wooden prototype, this time of the Handspring Visor. I was unaware that this one existed until I saw it!

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Wooden Handspring Visor prototype, ca. 1998

Some of the first smartphones were handheld computers combined with mobile phones. This prototype modeled the Visor (white) and its attachment slot, where the phone (brown wood) and other add-on modules go.

Gift of Jeff Hawkins, 102716263

I visited the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA last year. I heard about this, but never thought I'd get to see it. This is what started it all!

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PalmPilot wooden model, Jeff Hawkins, 1995

Jeff Hawkins tested the PalmPilot's design with this model, using a chopstick for a stylus. He took pretend notes in meetings, and counted the steps it took to perform common tasks.

Gift of Jeff Hawkins, 102619074