Roger and Pre: Those Were the Days, McNamee (He Thought Palm Would Always Be

Posted by newbie Monday, August 22, 2011 0 comments

Given all that has happened to the once promising Palm mobile platform this week, via the strategery machinating of its current owner Hewlett-Packard, it is long past time for a good laugh.
Ergo, Silicon Valley venture capitalist and pundit Roger McNamee, who always provides.
(He�s shown in the above photo pointing out the most excellent lady feature � a mirror, cuz us gals like to take a gander at our lipstick now and again � of the Palm Pre).
Mirror notwithstanding, here is the spoof video done by McNamee and former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein, which was shown before their introduction to the stage at the seventh D: All Things Digital conference in 2009.

In it, they are trying to figure out the right marketing message for the new Palm Pre, hindered only by McNamee�s penchant for telling tall tales about technology.
It is very, very funny and but a wee taste of a time of hope for the innovative mobile operating system. As everyone knows now, HP kicked Palm�s webOS to the curb earlier this week.
Along with the mock commercial � which remains better than Palm ever did seriously � is the full video of the interview the pair gave at D7 and also Rubinstein�s solo stage appearance at D@CES in early 2010, in which he talks about not using an Apple iPhone.
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