Loved my palm pilot (kinda). Really loved my treo. Didn't realize how lame it was until seeing the Jobs keynote for the original iPhone.

Originally these patent portfolios were considered defensive like nuclear stockpiles. Everyone assumed that mutually assured destruction would prevent the war from starting.

I'm not sure who is responsible for the current state but I do remember what every phone I ever saw looked like the month before the iPhone was released.

Read the claims. They're not anything like Palm's devices.

I take it you've never seen or used a Palm device before.

Long story short: NO.