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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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RE[3]: my take

by ThanhLy on Wed 30th May 2007 22:20 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: my take"

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2006-03-14

http://www.ministryoftech.com/

Here is Palm�s much anticipated secret device, the Foleo, which will run Linux. Some features to take note of: one-button access to full-screen email, instant on/off, 10-inch display and full QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, WiFi. Also has USB port, video-out port, headphone jack, and slots for SD and compact flash cards for memory expansion, and it�s pretty light at 2.5 pounds and has a decent 5-hour battery life.

Well at least that answers the question about audio.

EDIT:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276510,00.html

The large screen supports 1024-by-600 or 1024-by-768 VGA resolution.

Edited 2007-05-30 22:23

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RE[4]: my take

by Eugenia on Wed 30th May 2007 22:47 in reply to "RE[3]: my take"

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2005-06-28

They still don't tell us:
1. *Exact* resolution
2. CPU speed
3. On board RAM
4. On board storage capacity
5. Bluetooth profiles supported
etc etc

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RE[5]: my take

by makc on Thu 31st May 2007 18:21 in reply to "RE[4]: my take"

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2006-01-11

As I see it, it's a simple-to-use device, aimed at business customers, with business prices.
"It's cool" and "You can read your mail on the road, write documents, go online" is enough for those customers

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