自从03年开始用SONY CLIE TJ37以来然后在05年初从淫杰同学那里拿到TREO 650，我身为一个palm fan已经6年了，这六年，palm从盛到衰，毫无改进，眼见市场份额被蚕食，产品更新缓慢，乏善可

陈，developer一个个摈弃palm而去，Palm在mobile界从当初的Smartphone 鼻祖地位，逐步沦落成为一个笑话。到08年的时候，那个传奇性的palm公司已经濒临破产，股票一度跌到一块多一股。Palm needed a miracle, and it needed it fast.

Engadget上的Palm新闻都是以下的主题：
Palm's preliminary quarter-end results show drooping revenues, bleak outlook
Palm axes an undisclosed amount of employees, sort of blames itself
Analyst says Palm burning through cash like it's going out of style

眼见palm就要不行了。

但是它还是拥有这么多的忠实用户在默默支持它。Die-hard palm fans like me have always been here for Palm, through troughs and peaks.
我现在的treo 650已经是我的第二个了，一个2004年发布的手机，一个被很多人说丑，说成砖块，说可以用来防身的手机，我一直到今天还舍不得放下，就是因为我一直在等，在等palm的answer。

在engadget上Palm CES pre-annoucement的帖子用户留言，很多让我鼻子发酸。I can't think of any other consumer electronics brand having so many ardent and loyal followers (maybe other than Apple), even when it repeatedly disappoint its supporters for so many years:

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I really really want to believe. I have been hurt so many times before.
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I know it is going to be difficult for palm to recover but

GO PALM GO!! I'm rooting for you!!

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Dear Palm,

There are some, like me, who were loyal to you, who had hopes and dreams for you.

I've watch you crash, and burn, and then burn some more.

Here is your chance, (or maybe it's more of a moment) to make some of us blink twice.

So, Palm, please don't screw this up.

Otherwise you'll be back in the pit and this time we'll use napalm.

PS. It'd better be a phone, and have actual freakin' keys.

-Your fans (all 9 of us.)

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when I think of Palm, I have the following emotions:

nostalgia - good thoughts about my Palm III for what it did during its time
appreciation - for what it's done to initiate the smartphone concept
frustration - for staying essentially the same for over a decade
hope - that they will survive and innovate again.

I'm rooting for you.

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I'm cheering for Palm too! I just hope the wait was worth it

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For myself, I'm rooting for Palm for the fact that before there was the iPhone, before Google was a household word, and when RIM was looking as though it wouldn't last, there was Palm. Palm was the gadget, Palm was the tool, Palm was in your pocket and ready to work. I was a die-hard Palm user (my last unit was the Treo600). Lack of innovation and them selling out (of their OS and to MS) sent me running to something else. So I hope that they come out with some "Palm New-ness" that makes people reconsider their options for a handheld computing device.

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I will always have a soft spot for Palm in my heart. Let's hope they do some good.

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Really hoping they can pull off a comeback.

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I miss my old Palm apps...Going to dig out my Tungsten T tonight and see if it'll still charge.

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We're expecting an Epiphany here, Palm.

Having sold off your important bits (OS, Desktop) to those who didn't / haven't given a flying f*ck (PalmSource - then sold to ACCESS), prostituted yourselves to build

indifferent and just plain dodgy hardware for wireless companies while ignoring your original fan base and then continued to promise us the world and consistently given us a

lump of coal instead, you'll have to pull off a Miracle here.

Palm New-ness, huh? Someone else's OS with even less functionality, using a dinky screen, in a smartphone built by Asus, more like.

Still, feel free to supply us with a Miracle, Palm...

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At CES on 2009 Jan 9, the wait is over.

Palm finally delivers with Palm Pre and WebOS.

Engadget 爆炸了，1月9日的Engadget是Palm的天下。Palm Pre In-depth hands on 的帖子有三百多回复。Gizmodo 说Palm Pre 是maybe the most important handset to be announced in two

years.同一篇评论被Digg了1400多次。

当天Palm股票涨了35%
Well done, Palm. 这次comeback将会作为经典的商界起死回生的案例载入史册。

This thing is so ahead of its competition that it completely changed the rules of the game.
Eat your heart out, Apple! Palm is back! Back in the game.

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Engadget 网友评论：

man this is absolutely awesome! way to not disappoint! wait...disappoint?! hell you far exceeded expectations! way to go palm!
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yeah, i had absolutely NO expectations for Palm, and they just set this bitch on fire! If i didn't already have an iPhone I would probably be hotly anticipating this!
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Same here. I'm a long time Palm user, since the day of the old Palmpilots (US Robotics) but have been continuously disappointed with Palm as time goes on. I'm a berry user

now but this phone looks awesome and I hope Palm does well from it. Innovations were what's lacking from Palm in the later years and this phone is an example of them doing

something about it. Awesome!

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A relevant product? From Palm? What is this, 1998? I'm impressed so far.

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Wow...palm hit this one out of the ball park. Great OS. Great Web Browser.

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As a huge Android supporter and G1 owner...

HOLY CRAP! Palm, you totally blew my mind. This thing is unbelievable. They are the first company to really sit down and look at what people really wanted, and deliver on it

totally without holding back some critical feature.

As a software developer, I'm eager to learn more about the SDK. He keeps talking about how the programs are made in HTML, CSS, and Javascript, but I'm really hoping that's an

option IN ADDITION TO genuine binary apps. Surely nobody is going to write an NES emulator in Javascript, there has to be an abillity to write native apps.

Once again, huge congratulations to Palm on this one. Everybody thought they had the 2009 smartphone competition all figured out, but Palm just turned the whole industry

upside down. I can't wait to see what happens next.

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the Pre reminds me of the cute fancy robot in Wall-e, and it makes all other phone look like wall-e

good job Palm! what a comeback! From single threaded OS on death bed, to this.

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This is a dream come true. Like the iPhone, but with messaging emphasized more than media and on Sprint! I just might cry I'm so elated right now.

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Palm ushers us into a whole new era with this phone.

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Palm Pre 硬件配置：

High-speed wireless (EV-DO Rev. A or HSDPA, depending on version)
802.11b / g WiFi
Integrated GPS
3.1-inch 24-bit color 480 x 320 display
Dedicated gesture area below display
Slide-out portrait QWERTY keyboard
Exchange email support in addition to POP and IMAP
IM, MMS, and SMS messaging
High-performance browser
3-megapixel camera with LED flash and "extended depth of field"
3.5mm headphone jack
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP
8GB of internal storage
USB mass storage mode
MicroUSB connectivity with USB 2.0
Proximity sensor for detecting when phone is near face
Light sensor to automatically dim display
Ringer mute switch
Removable rechargeable battery
59.57 x 100.53 x 16.95mm closed
4.76 ounces

可是所有了解Palm的人都知道Palm is never about hardware superiority而是它的实用性和人性化。这次的WebOS UI和整个design concept真是让人大开眼界，原来手机操作系统可以做成这样。
看了CES 的Palm conference video，this thing completely blew the audience away. 全程观众鼓掌无数次。http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre/index.html

  http://i.gizmodo.com/5126702/palm-pre-preview-simply-amazing

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/palm-pre-in-depth-impressions-video-and-huge-hands-on-gallery

我终于找到可以同时替代iPhone和Treo 650的手机了。我要买pre，无论如何，卖血捐精也要买。

想起两位朋友说的话
A: 2009 is THE year.

B: 有首童谣说，星期六出生的孩子，要很努力地谋生.....加油:)

这两句话我都会记住

运势说还不如去年，这让人可怎么活呀也么哥。。。i thought it doesn't get any worse than 2008....

不管怎么说，希望自己2009年过得对得起自己

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魔羯座 Capricorn 12/22~01/19

脱胎换骨 苦后回甘 财运称冠 事业打拼有成

2009年对魔羯座而言，将是翻天覆地、彻底转型的挑战年，运势不如去年。尤其将数度与天外飞来的人生变局正面交手，过程历经痛苦煎熬与试炼，才出现终极蜕变。事业置之死地而后生，掌权、称霸、显赫、尊荣可期。第一季、第三季和年底运势震荡，全年财运看俏，存款节节上升。

事业学业

魔羯座今年事业硬仗连连，没有侥幸空间。以诚意勤快、任劳任怨、物超所值、忠实牢靠和精简成本、提高效益取胜，是较不易名列裁员清单的中流砥柱。可惜人算不如天算，有时难免受外部不利因素拖累，生涯规划要有危机感和权宜之计。

财富健康
今年聚宝盆发威，吸金指数排名第一，是经济上较为宽裕的好年。财富所得多半来自正业，收入待遇反映身价，也和付出的心血与贡献成比例，不适合投机冒险、一夕致富。今年身体要注意舒压、情绪管理和适度休息，小心肝肾过劳。

爱情婚姻
今年情感如温火慢热，但后劲超强。外表看似云淡风清，内在却刻骨铭心。要克制善嫉、专断或沈溺。恋情男女尽管对幸福演绎充满霸道的占有欲念，却不失诚恳负责。婚姻守信、淡而有味，物质、心灵和生活相互依赖，关系相对稳定。

美丽人生：12月下旬到1月中旬、4月下旬到5月中旬、8月下旬到9月中旬

年度叮咛：投资自己。

开运小物
开运饰品：红榴石、水晶、黑玛瑙戒指（戴中指）

招财幸运色：黑、墨绿
吉祥物：黑曜石
爱情灵药：Hung Vajra Peh（**爱情咒语：我将诚心热烈去爱）
幸运日：星期六
幸运数：7