Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 30th May 2007 21:11 UTC
As rumored, the big new device that's Palm's Jeff Hawkins has chosen to announce at the D conference today is the Palm Foleo, which the company is billing as a 'mobile companion'. Boasting a 10-inch widescreen display and a full-size keyboard, the device is intended to be used in conjunction with your smartphone, with any edits to documents made on one device automatically reflected on the other thanks to the device's Bluetooth connectivity. The device also promises to turn on 'instantly', boasts built-in WiFi, and should last about 5 hours on a single charge. It runs Linux. More here.
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2006-03-14
I think you're greatly discounting the robustness of web applications when you say the Foleo is "just a web browser and email client."
Then again, since it is Linux-based, we're at the mercy of Adobe's Linux Flash plug-in. I haven't tried v9 for Linux yet, but I've heard of many issues with previous versions.
Lets just give Adobe the benefit of the doubt that the Flash plugin works in Linux (or will be better supported in the future) that means games are available. Video and multimedia is a available via youTube, Google video, etc.
For goodness' sake where are the tech specs? I'm getting impatient with Palms website. All I want to know is if the Foleo has audio capabilities. If it doesn't, my point about about Flash multimedia is moot.