Time to Change the Official Palm Statue

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Member: TomD
at: 04:49 PM 04/27/2009

If you've ever seen the Palm headquarters complex in Sunnyvale, you will be struck by a statue of an extra slim dude holding a Palm Treo 650. The statue is about 4 stories tall. See below:

This has been there at least 4 years.

It's time to replace the Treo with a Pre!

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Moderator: jbg7474
at: 04:52 PM 04/27/2009

Interesting! I never knew that. Thanks for the pictures!

I hope Palm saves its cash until they start turning a profit, though.

Member: TomD
at: 04:58 PM 04/27/2009

Originally Posted by jbg7474:
Interesting! I never knew that. Thanks for the pictures!

I hope Palm saves its cash until they start turning a profit, though.

If you really mean it, please hit the "Thanks" button.

I find I'm in desperate need of affirmation

Moderator: jbg7474
at: 05:07 PM 04/27/2009

Okee dokee

Member: TomD
at: 05:13 PM 04/27/2009

Thanks for the "Thanks". If I can't have my Pre now, at least I some Pre Forum "Thanks" to keep me going

Tazmorator (Chief Mod): berdinkerdickle
at: 05:26 PM 04/27/2009

Originally Posted by TomD:
Thanks for the "Thanks". If I can't have my Pre now, at least I some Pre Forum "Thanks" to keep me going

I'm sorry,

but you did not thank jbg7474 for thanking you.

Member: TomD
at: 05:34 PM 04/27/2009

Originally Posted by berdinkerdickle:
I'm sorry,

but you did not thank jbg7474 for thanking you.

Thanks for the Thanks reminder.

Are we entering a Thanks loop? A LOT BETTER than the opposite.

Member: Banger
at: 05:52 PM 04/27/2009

Does anyone else get reminded of the night before Christmas movie when you see the statue?

Member: TomD
at: 06:01 PM 04/27/2009

Originally Posted by Banger:
Does anyone else get reminded of the night before Christmas movie when you see the statue?

Yes, very Tim Burton-esque. That would be Nightmare Before Christmas.

Member: Banger
at: 06:05 PM 04/27/2009

Originally Posted by TomD:
Yes, very Tim Burton-esque. That would be Nightmare Before Christmas.

Oh yea :P Been so long since I seen that movie really.

Member: Dr J
at: 06:53 PM 04/27/2009

Originally Posted by TomD:
.... a statue of an extra slim dude holding a Palm Treo 650.

How does this conform with the "fat middle" target audience?

Banned: UntidyGuy
at: 06:56 PM 04/27/2009

He started out with normal proportions but nearly starved to death waiting for the successor to Palm OS.

Member: TomD
at: 07:17 PM 04/27/2009

Originally Posted by Dr J:
How does this conform with the "fat middle" target audience?

Originally Posted by UntidyGuy:
He started out with normal proportions but nearly starved to death waiting for the successor to Palm OS.

Very funny stuff! Glad to see people who still have a sense of humor after all these years of waiting.

Member: Gekko
at: 09:09 PM 04/27/2009

if this Pre doesn't work out, i think they should change the statue to Goatse with a Pre.

Moderator: jbg7474
at: 10:12 PM 04/27/2009

Originally Posted by Dr J:
How does this conform with the "fat middle" target audience?

Honest, this actually made me laugh out loud. Thanks for that.

Moderator: jbg7474
at: 10:13 PM 04/27/2009

I should also note that I've almost polished off the last of a bottle of Chimay Grand Reserve, so I'm spreading the thanks liberally. I've resorted to drink to console my thirst for Pre.

Member: wlmoore
at: 08:59 AM 06/15/2009

Here you go...closure!

Palm HQ statue gets a long-overdue upgrade

Member: Edge767
at: 02:10 AM 06/21/2009

Have you?

My wife and I are currently on vacation in San Francisco, so we decided to do a "Tech Company Scavenger Hunt" and we went to the HQ of many tech and Internet companies including Palm (the second stop after Google).

Here is a picture of me and my Pre in front of the Palm statue.

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Member: LACERZ
at: 02:13 AM 06/21/2009

haha, that is epic.

Member: beret9987
at: 02:19 AM 06/21/2009

Living in the Bay Area helps me make such pilgrimage xP next time I go though is to complain about my Pres build quality and then force Palm to let me go through their stock until I find one I want! In my dreams obviously...

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