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Apologies. The tweet was from @mynewpalm (maybe the @palm account is still with HP? Don't know why it would be.)
As you see, it was dense with information. There were also a couple of retweets of conversations with Dieter Bohn, former editor of this site.
For me, and I assume for every other 'adult' who remembers the Palm brand, an Android slab isn't going to cut it. I think the popularity of the Palm brand arose from an intuitive, effective and productive OS. In addition, the hardware (variable build quality aside) was well designed for a person to interact with the OS. It was also open enough for people to make apps for it and even hack the system - one reason why these old phones are still working today.
As aodash writes, the Priv disappointed many because it looked a lot like a Pre, but the bootloader was locked up, so there was no chance to run LuneOS, BB10 or even CyanogenMod.
Commercially, it's going to be a big risk for TCL to put out a phone that doesn't run Android. But that doesn't matter. If it's a nice piece of hardware, with an open bootloader and perhaps (dare we dream?) open HW drivers, then you have a good Android phone and a great phone for anyone who wants to try something different.
TCL made the Blackberry under license. It looks like a Blackberry and at least runs BB skinned Android. I think when they say 'Adult' they mean, 'disposable income', so they will offer a quality slab, but what I'd like to see is something a bit rounded and fatter for a bigger, removable battery, maybe expandable storage and if they want to go all the way and make a Pre4, a HW keyboard. In short, a phone that can be rooted, hacked, customised and improved. If it does that, it will probably get ports of CM, Sailfish & LuneOS anyway.
The letters on the casing only matter if they mean something about what's inside it. 'Palm' on a generic, locked-down slab won't sell any better than brand X. Brand is just another word for reputation.
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