When Phones Were Fun: Samsung's PalmOS Flip Phone (SPH-i500, 2002)
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2020
- 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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Judie Stanford [GearDiary]:
geardiary.com
PhoneScoop:
phonescoop.com
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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]:
geardiary.com/
Sprint PCS Samsung SPH-i500 PalmOS-Powered Phone Review [The Gadgeteer]:
the-gadgeteer.com/2003/10/14/...
Palm Officially Debuts the SPH-i500 [PalmInfoCenter]:
www.palminfocenter.com/view_st...
Samsung SCH-i539 Smartphone Available in China [PalmInfoCenter]:
www.palminfocenter.com/news/78...
Bringing PalmOS devices back online - A journey into vintage computing [Medium]:
/ bringing-palm-os-devic...
Samsung SPH-i500 [PhoneScoop]:
www.phonescoop.com/phones/pho...
Kyocera 7135 [PhoneScoop]:
www.phonescoop.com/phones/pho...
Samsung SPH-i550 [PhoneScoop]:
www.phonescoop.com/phones/pho...
New Samsung PalmOS Smartphone Comes to China [BrightHand]:
www.brighthand.com/news/new-sa...
The History of Us: A Sprint Story [YellowFan Studios]:
• The History of Us: A S...
Samsung Galaxy Note Unboxing [Pocketnow]:
• Samsung Galaxy Note Un...
Throwback Unboxing - Palm Pre [Pocketnow]:
• Throwback Unboxing: Pa...
Palm Holiday Commercial [The Phone Commercials HD]:
• Palm Holiday Commercial
Palm VII Commercial [scienceapps]:
• Palm VII / Viix Commer...
Handspring Treo 180 Commercial [scienceapps]:
• HandSpring treo 180 Co...
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Dear Michael,
You don't make reviews,
You make mini-stories,
And we love it...
Exactly! Couldn't have said it better myself
Legit, the writing is so good. His passion for tech (in my opinion) outweighs some of the bigger tech channels out there. I am tuned in every time i see a notification from MrMobile.
@@Jaiysful Often times in media wether that be music, movies, RUclipsr's etc etc, the more underrated they are, the more entertaining, high quality and all around more enjoyable they are in my opinion. For example: Beyonce is the biggest music star but i don't like her music and think she's overrated as all hell, bland pop music but she's gigantic, where as a small local band or musician who only pulls lets say 100k views/listens a song, maybe not even that much, is way more enjoyable and fun to listen to. You can tell that they put more work into their projects because they care more than the big rich dudes who can chuck anything out there and get millions of views and dollars. That's why there's so much crap out there. The small guys like our friend Mr.Mobile are where it's at.
Yeah, was just thinking the other day, I watch his stuff that doesn't concern my needs/wants because its entertaining, I do find myself picking up useful knowledge though... More importantly he genuinely makes the effort to listen and engage with his audience!
agreed
I absolutely love this series. The anecdotes from the past that Michael sprinkles is an additional touch I love.
Agreed
Ikr
This should have been a youtube original series
Same, I worked at Best Buy and sold these things. The Palma and treks were the iPhones of the day. Not as popular of course but so cool.
agreed
Who else gets a warm, comfortable feeling with a smile on their face while watching these videos? Thank you for these Michael. Even if I've never used a certain old phone i love watching videos about old retro phones, it's amazing how fun and cool looking these phones are, crazy how far we've came. Everyone is loving this series so much, you've struck gold AND you're at 998k subs, you are finally so close to a million, well deserved my friend. Your videos are literally the best, you deserve every bit of success. Much love from Australia.
999k right now :)
Proud to be part of the early squad before the 1mil mark 😍
so true🙂
100% agree
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and i think.. not him.. but it is us who struck gold.. in finding him🖒🤗
This series helped jog my memory to my two favorite fun phones; the Pantech Pursuit and the Palm Pre Plus. Now I have to pause Michael's videos so that I can smile about my own experiences.
The "next generation came with mp3" statement is what made me love Windows Mobile. You didn't need to wait for a next generation. All you needed was a codec nicely packed in a .cab file and off you go. That's how my HTC P3600 would play the very legitimate .avi or .mpg films I'd convert to a lower resolution so that they could fit on the SD card.
This has become by far my favourite RUclips series. The way you present it with love and wonder is much needed in the cynical age
Congratulations in advance for 1million subscribers man...u deserve it all..keep making these unique videos
I am obsessed with early mobile phones. They truely are the golden age of phones in terms of fun factor. At 3:32 where you thought back fondly of your techy memories I had the funniest thought -- imagine in 10 or 20 years someone having a RUclips channel just like yours and doing this series with the same jovial nostalgia ... They'd just be going through a tonne of same same looking flat slate phones lol 😂
Thissssssss
@@aditjindal uP
@Amit Shan also apple... for making the first product that was a smash hit and nothing truly innovating after that.
Not gonna lie this series brings back so much memories because a great glance at the past , makes me just that little bit happier for the future
It started with just one "When Phones Were Fun" video, then i found myself binge watching the series. Now i anxiously anticipate a new episode every time
Same here!!!
This series is absolutely awesome! And no other person than Michael Fisher lives it like that!
Really enjoying this series. Really brings me back in time. I was a child during this era and there were some wicked cool ads I'd see now and again watching Wheel of Fortune followed by Jeopardy every weeknight. I appreciate the trips you take me on.
Congratulations in advance for 1million subscribers man...u deserve it all..keep making these unique videos
YO, THAT "RINGER ONE" SLAPPPS!!!
In all seriousness, I'm here for the eventual Palm Pre and Pre 2 episodes. And maybe the Palm Pixi, too? 😁
Talking about Palm, you can never left out the Treo series, it was benchmark setting in terms of smartphone physical thumboard
I love Graffiti!! I could write faster on my Handspring Visor Prism than I could on paper. I even loaded it on my first few Android phones!
The glyph system made total sense at the time. Phones were not powerful enough to do true handwriting recognition, so Palm made you draw the letters in a way the phone could recognize.
I thought I was the only one (re: Graffiti writing speed). And when Palm enabled the entire screen of their Zire 71 to be a writing surface (left side letters, right side numbers), I'd wind up using Graffiti in lieu of my normal handwriting, which led many a coworker to think I'd suffered a stroke or something....
@@thomasmallory4629 For the longest time I'd write Graffiti on paper. :)
Yeah, same. I had a bunch of Palms in the late 90s and early 2000s and grafitti was just so quick and reliable once you adapted to it. I still kinda miss it.
Anybody could learn to write graffiti fast and reliably in an hour. I thought it was brilliant and still do, I have a graffiti app on my Note 5. I don't use it, because now I'm a Swype maniac.
I still think that Palm OS was a beautiful usable system that rivals anything in 2020. There weren't that many variations but they weren't needed, because Palm OS was just so perfectly done. You never had to "learn" anything, because everything was completely obvious. And my Centro had still and video photography. And a web browser that worked fine for simple net searches.
I miss it.
Ha, and once you adapted to the Grafitti, it destroys your real handwriting when using pen and paper!!
that Kyocera 7135 was a powerhouse of its time, I destroyed a college exam where I have to calculate weather data to design a drainage system, usually it takes almost 3 hours to finish using scientific calculator, I fizzled past it in a little more than an hour because I preloaded all the formula to the spreadsheet app (DataViz' Docs-To-Go). Back then in Indonesia, smartphones and PDAs were still Star Trek gadgets for most people, I've got mine bought 2nd hand from a gadget lover community.
This is why you are MrMobile and not a random tech reviewer
I had this phone for years and loved it. I had the charging station, extended battery packs, the leather cases.. Man. I loved this phone.
That's a cool old smartphone, never heard of it before. Here's another cool suggestion Michael: Nokia N90. It was a smartphone that was way ahead of it's time with its almost "Retina" 259 ppi display in 2005 - 5 years before the first Retina iPhone 4. It was truly sharp back then, even passable by today's standards. It was also among one of the first devices capable of selfies with its turning 2 megapixel camera module.
It was the device that got me started in photography and I'll always fondly remember it.
Nokia N series was something else..once in a tv show I saw a person win an award for making a 30min film using (I think) this N90. Nokia's were so good, making something new every year.
I had a Treo 680 and LOVED it!! I remember it being so futuristic and cutting edge. I got really, really good at Grafiti since I'd started the "Palm Life" with an m105, but having a full qwerty keyboard was so much better. I still have my 680, and it still works... even after being ran over 3 times (over the course of the last year I used it) by an Ambulance. I was an EMT at the time and used it for GPS navigation, pharmacological lookups and of course wasting time while waiting for a call to drop. Space Trader was my favorite Palm OS game. It helped pass many, many hours of downtime.
Love this series of old fun phones you got going. I think you are great,. Keep it up man.
I don't know exactly why this specific series of yours feels so satisfying to watch!! Please keep this series up! ❣️
Great work as always, Mr. Mobile! This is honestly one of my favorite series of yours because I get to take a look at the tech that was around when I was a kid which pioneered what we have today. Great work
Dude, Ringer 1 could straight-up be an iconic rock riff. I think it's a banger
This series is so nice because it brings me back to the good old days and allows me to forget all the crazy stuff going on, great installment as usual.
Congratulations on hitting 1 mil subs! Been watching your reviews over the past 3 years or so and never understood why you didn't get more subs for these quality reviews. Glad to see you finally hit that milestone Michael!
Huge Congratulations Mr. Mobile!
I have been following and watching almost all the videos since the channel’s inception.
Love your style and exclusivity!
Good luck and waiting for more unique content!
I absolutely love this series!!! I’m getting all the nostalgic feels 🥰
"In days of old when phones were good and varied from the rectangular, the Venue was a smartphone some found to be quite spectacular"
Wait, wrong video
Bahahahaaa. Is that ... wait, was that me? Pocketnow?
@@TheMrMobile Yep ruclips.net/video/G4hI0cPMwmk/видео.html
Ohh boy! RUclips's algorithm, i didn't know that mr mobile used to work with pocketnow. 😀
@@dylann3230 Man, I craved for that phone. Brings back lot of memories, and cleared up any doubts I had about whether or not Michael had always been a philosophical poet. He sure was
Really enjoying this series. Really brings me back in time. I was a child during this era and there were some wicked cool ads I'd see now and again watching Wheel of Fortune followed by Jeopardy every weeknight. I appreciate the trips you take me on.
Yayyyyy - Congratzz. 1 Million. This milestone was long over due . Happy to see this.
This time I am also here. STAY MOBILE MY FRIENDS"🙂
So jaao 😂
This series is amazing. I never knew this phone existed!
its obvious to not know them cause there were no yutubers to unbox them back then
@@AMITAVABERA-ig3no ok
Come on, Michael, everybody knows the "Nokia Tune" is the single best manufacturer default ring tone of all time. I still get goosebumps when I hear it...
I have never been so happy to see a video in my feed. love the series. keep up the great work!
Congratulations Michael, even though your first million subscribers may come as an Android update , i wish your next million comes to you as an iOS update.
IOS may not even be around by the time he gets 2 mill
Man I just love this series. That is all, have a great day everyone!
This series warms my heart, makes me understand the tech of yester year and appreciate today's advancement all while being immersed in a beautifully shot, wonderfully edited, soothing narrative which wins my heath
A true captain the call you SIR!!
Me: oh nice Michael finally uploaded a video about the Note 20. Michael: *talks about retro phone* haha still appreciate the content!
Note20 is still on a FedEx truck, unless they're lying about that again (which they probably are). Anyway, this is more fun.
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] Gotchya, looking forward to hearing your take. Your opinion on it might help me pull the trigger. Great video as always!
I think i had a motorola at the time... It had snake🤩🤣
Did Nokia license Snake? I feel like that was an exclusive game, wasn't it?
@@TheMrMobile many phone manufacturers copied it and just changed the name to something else
I had an Ericsson T20e at the time. Packman on a tiny screen ftw.
@@jjoriordan2670 You ain't lived till you've played Pac Man on a Pureness.
@@TheMrMobile That would be terrible.
Mr Mobile is putting out the absolute best quarantine content. It feels like you found your groove and I am here for every video dude.
This is my favorite series! I love how it brings me back to when mobile phones were really becoming popular and they were all cooler.
I love Graffiti!! ❤️❤️❤️
06:57
I died at "No, it wasn't a business lunch."
Great video MrMobile and love this series so much! That Samsung i500 looks cool and I'm glad you made this video! Some Samsung i500 videos are old, not much updated and you did it!
This review is great! Love so much these nostalgic reviews! Please do it more - you're just great!
Yes the phones were fun but were they fun to use?
Not ... not once Graffiti got involved.
@@TheMrMobile has a phone with graffiti...I'd say the only interface worse than that would be buttons on a fax machine
@@TheMrMobile WHAT?!?!?! Graffiti was BRILLIANT! It was simple, easy to learn, fast, and very reliable.
@@aleksandartokin6914 So says someone that never really used it. I used it for years and thought it was AMAZING! If you told me it was comparable to a fax machine to my face, I'd PUNCH you in yours!
@@itsROMPERS... okay what's better, buttons you know what are doing but refuse to do it or a set of symbols you have to learn to use it properly
one clasic:"v
You are classic meme bruh xD
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH MAH DAWG
I have seen you reviewing for a very long time. The amount of effort you put is seen in your videos daily. I love it. Really happy to see you have a million subscribers.Hope you get more in the coming days.
True hard work. Respect for you sir
I was seeing your one plus 6 reviews since I still use it and I was happy to see that you got 1million subscribers.
One million subscribers is right around the corner. I'm excited for you!
Only Mr. Mobile can bring us this kinda content. Really really appreciate the well informed throwbacks Michael. Thanks 🙏
This is one of my favorite series. Some of these phones I never knew of growing up but I seen people use them; mind you; this is all before I became enthralled by mobile tech. Thank you Michael for these videos. Keep up the great content! :)
Michael, thank you those these videos on classic phones! When I was a kid in the early-2000s, I was obsessed with phones from this era. I'm sure everyone at Best Buy's mobile section thought I was strange, but who cares! Phones back then were so cool.
I too was one of the people who always ducked into the phone store at my local outlet center to see what was new! The Sprint staff never seemed to notice or care, even though I spilled so much cash in that place. Ha.
1 million here we go!
You deserve it soo much! ❤️
You’re so close to 1 million that I got hyped when I saw your subscriber count! You def deserve more and I can’t wait for whatever you have planned for your 1 million sub video and anything beyond that 🖤🖤🖤
This is such a great series! Keep it up man can't wait to see more!
So close to 1 million! Should be 10 million already! Love this channel!
Hey! Congrats on 1 million subs! You have one of if not the best tech channels in all of youtube! Hope you keep going and reach even further heights!
I'm loving your videos lately. This series is really fun!
1M subs right around the corner! Well deserved. Great vid as usual.
I would love for this series to continue, I love these time capsules of the past.
Michael,
You are just 1.000 subscribers away of the 1M!
I am excited to watch your 1M special! You are the best tech reviewer so far!!
Thanks for the nostalgia inducing videos, Michael. You're the absolute best! Cheers!
P.S.: Could see the emotion in your tone when you said "RIP by the way" :)
Almost at 1M! Good job Michael! I will continue to love your reviews and videos! Followed you from the Pocket Now days..
I love this kind of videos. It brings back all the lovely memories. Spending hours in the electronic department of a Kaufhof (German pendant of Walmart), playing with those devices and dreaming about how one day, I will be able to afford one of those things.
Technology and nostalgia :)
you've come so far Micheal, we love you, congrats on 1 mil. keep it up :)
Almost 1 million subscribers...
You deserve this gift, Mr. Mobile!!!
And I am part of it!!!!!
Wow. I mias these phones so much! Everything you truly needed and nothing that you didn’t. There was no need for a setting to “remind” you that you’ve been in your phone too long that day. It’s amazing to see how far our devices have come though.
Nostalgia hits hard... Thanks for this pure gold .. ahhh memories
Great series! Love reminiscing about these old gadgets! Had the Palm Treo 650 on Verizon back in the day. Loved that phone!
This series is SO good.... , great work, as always! :D
When Phones Were Fun....man you hit that out the park for sure. great video.
Congrats on 1M! You deserve much more.
Man this brings me back. I had this phone and loved it, and that ringtone, lol. Great video yet again.
Hey Michael, I'm loving the throw back reviews. My first ever smartphone was the XDA2 (in the UK) back in 2003. It was my first ever GSM capable pocket pc and I loved it!
This is a great series! Please keep your excellent content coming!
These videos are fantastic and hilarious. I owned so many of the devices back in the day. Thanks for posting!
These nostalgic gadgets... bring back pleasant memories 😃 keep it up!
Congrats on your 1 million, MrMobile! 🎉🎉
Can't wait for the next video!! Love your mini series 🤓🤓
Nice video as always :)
Congrats on reaching 1 mill subs
I remember that age with some nostalgic, but, back then I wasn't able to get those devices anyways, just wonder the magic of tech!
Nice and fun video man, liked as always
One of my fav tech channel. Love your work man and stay mobile😏
Congrats on 1,000,000 subs! Love your channel 🎉
Nearly at 1 mil! Congrats Mr M!
I found out about you through your episode on This is. And im going through the backlog of videos. Your awesome man. Congrats on 1 mil. And keep being awesome. P.S: Sony Ericsson W350 great example of when phones were fun and my first phone
You deserve a larger audience, keep up the good work Micheal.
I really enjoy your work Mr.Mobile, lots of love
Hands down absolutely the best phone RUclipsr out there, not to sound like a fangirl but you are my role model. If I could ever be a RUclipsr I'd aspire to be this good
Love this series thanks for doing it
Omgdness that startup tone literally made me burst into tears. Boy the nostalgia
Michael could you be able to give us more throwback Sprint and Sanyo devices 🥺
The content is continuously uploaded with great topic. Thank you for this effort. Keep the momentum and looking forward you climb into million subs club.
Wow, I didn't even know this phone existed. I can't even imagine how advanced these features were more than 10 years ago !
Thank you for these episodes !
1 mln soon! excited for you Mr.Mobile!
Love these videos! Keep em coming!!
Can we get this guy to a million subscribers ? Love his videos!!!
Quality quarantine content of an age of technology some of us miss, some have forgotten, and most who love to be reminded of it - whether it means bringing back memories from years past or appreciating how far we've come (or maybe haven't. Lol)
Great series! I'm familiar with a lot of phones, but you still are able to surprise me!
My 1st Palm device was the m100.
Comming up to a Million Subs, congratulations in Anticipation
I like about MrMobile is that unlike other reviewers, where the product is occupying less than ½ the screen and most we see is the guy talks and talks, me me and me.
You done a terrific job of putting the product in focus, and when you do appear, you are showcasing thr usage of it, while keeping the time on yourself in the frame low.
Keep up the good work bro
This has always been the channel’s intent; thank you for noticing!
This is my favourite content. Love a throwback. 👌
I love this series and his voice adds to all the fun
and congrats for 1 million subscribers
Congrats in advance for 1 mil subs, Michael!
well congratulations on 1 Million Subscribers....Its been a quite long journey, for your stands off course , u are always kind of under rated even with the talent u possess...