Imagine a mini iPhone so tiny it fits neatly into the palm of your hand and into your tightest jeans pocket. But it isn't an iPhone. It isn't even a phone at all. This 3.3-inch gadget is the new Palm, a superportable Android sidekick that has its own LTE data connection and pairs with your phone for calls and texts.

Repeat it again: The new Palm isn't a phone, but it works with the phone you already have. When you want to watch videos, play games or take fancy portrait shots, reach for your main device. But when you want to go for a jog, run a quick errand or focus on the people around you, Palm wants you to take its gadget instead. For Palm (yes, Palm is the name of the product and the company), the device is a lifeline when you need it, not an object to obsess over like you would your usual phone.

I briefly tried out the Palm, and it's nuts.

For anyone who's ever moaned about the death of small phones, the Palm is truly a one-handed device that does most of what you want to do on your Android phone. This thing is adorably tiny, like a teacup dog.

The Palm is too small for watching video, playing games and typing missives, but it's just the right size for playing music, recording workouts and other at-a-glance tasks. And since it runs on Android, your apps and data will sync. So will your texts and calls.

It goes on sale in November for $350, exclusively through Verizon in the US, but Palm says it's in talks with global carriers as well. You'll have to pay a $10 monthly fee to connect the Palm to Verizon's network.

Palm is the latest retro brand, alongside BlackBerry and Nokia, to hitch a ride with Android in the hopes of making a comeback. It's most associated with the Palm Pilot, Palm Treo and Palm Pre. It resurrects that venerable gadget brand that popularized the concept of personal digital assistants in the days before the iPhone. But Palm's comeback is risky. Although it shares a message about digital detox that Apple and Google have recently embraced, it introduces yet another device for people to buy and use -- one that looks and acts a lot like the device they already own.

By: DocMemory
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