That's a bit of a rude comment, I found the story to be very interesting. The device itself is from 2002.
Most people don't read everything published on the internet annually, and things that are no longer trending on TikTok or HackerNews can still be interesting.
It is convention on hn to tag non-current articles with the year in the title, and this tag is missing, so the comment was likely not meant to be dismissive of the content.
Presumably the intention of the GP was to mention it so that the year gets added on the submission’s title, as is usually the case with older articles.
I agree . I thought it was a excellent article with good research and problem solving. It may motivate me to get my even older palm out of my storage and rabbit around for several books and other doc I have some where. Thank you to the author.
I have a palm3 from 1998. I recall I loaded a submarine game which was quite addictive. I also recall there was a Palm Treo around 2006? and later https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Treo Probably influenced Steve Jobs idea of the 1st iPhone Would be interesting to examine the differences between later palms and 1st iPhone ......
It's common to add the year to articles which are not from current year. Sometimes the date in the article is only at the end and you want to know if what's your going to read is from now or from the past.
It's a difference to read an article about palm devices from 2010 or 2022.
