I don't think the smartphone world was especially "rocked" by the WebOS or Palm Pre announcements. By that time it was just sort of a "huh? another iPhone competitor? puh-leeze" reaction more than being "rocked". Palm has been dead for almost 5 years. It just didn't know it.
By the way - Fanatical Palm III user here so not just hating on the company. I'll never forget switching from a Velo 500 to the Palm III and noticing that there was no hourglass icon - because the Palm didn't need it. Those were the days.
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