As this episode of “When Phones Were Fun” hits the server, Samsung has just announced its Galaxy Note20 device family, the tenth generation of its stylus-centric smartphone first announced in 2011. The subject of today’s throwback is *not* that first Galaxy Note … but rather, an 18-year-old forerunner that folds like the Galaxy Z Flip; packs a stylus like the Galaxy Note; and despite its age, runs a true smartphone OS. The year is 2002, and the phone is the Samsung SPH-i500 – a pioneering smartphone from back in the days when Palms would fold!
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[ABOUT WHEN PHONES WERE FUN – SAMSUNG SPH-i500]
This is the eighth in a series of MrMobile videos exploring the mobile tech world’s most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2009.
When Phones Were Fun: Episode 8 features a deactivated Samsung SPH-i500 device purchased on eBay by MrMoble/Future plc and a Kyocera 7135 purchased on eBay by MrMobile/Future plc. No company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage, nor did any company preview or approve this content before publication.
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Special thanks to Judie Stanford [GearDiary]:
https://geardiary.com/
Sprint PCS Samsung SPH-i500 PalmOS-Powered Phone Review [The Gadgeteer]:
Palm Officially Debuts the SPH-i500 [PalmInfoCenter]:
http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=4840
Samsung SCH-i539 Smartphone Available in China [PalmInfoCenter]:
http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/7823/samsung-schi539-smartphone-available-in-china/
Bringing PalmOS devices back online – A journey into vintage computing [Medium]:
View at Medium.com
Samsung SPH-i500 [PhoneScoop]:
https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=187
Kyocera 7135 [PhoneScoop]:
https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?id=173
Samsung SPH-i550 [PhoneScoop]:
https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=522
New Samsung PalmOS Smartphone Comes to China [BrightHand]:
The History of Us: A Sprint Story [YellowFan Studios]:
Samsung Galaxy Note Unboxing [Pocketnow]:
Throwback Unboxing – Palm Pre [Pocketnow]:
Palm Holiday Commercial [The Phone Commercials HD]:
Palm VII Commercial [scienceapps]:
Handspring Treo 180 Commercial [scienceapps]:
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