Well, the OMP came out in 1993, for 3.5-4 years, actually.

Which '97 release are you discussing?
A kilobuck for a PDA (a brief Google says $950 original price, anyway) isn't necessarily mainstream ready, but the MP 1000 would certainly qualify as awesome.
The PalmPilots (Personal and Professional), OTOH, might make the mainstream-ready cut, but don't fit your word "awesome"...

Oh well, two device families, one for low-end, one for high-end... Yep, awesome it was. If only I'd had any money back then.