I also don't quite get this. I mean it's like they've given up the effort to produce something usable on the smartphone itself. I guess I could see this for people who do a tremendous amount of work on their devices but want to be able to have something small and portable at times, and at other times they might give up a bit of that portability for better usability, but it seems like it's not something that will appeal to a large percentage of smartphone users... Levi Levi Wallach Blog: twelveblackcodemonkeys.com <http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.blog-city.com/> DVD Review Site: dvdmon.com <http://www.dvdmon.com/> Pictures at: http://wallachexpressions.smugmug.com/Levi <http://wallachexpressions.smugmug.com/Levi>
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Joy L Wright Sent: Wed 5/30/07 9:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Treo] Not sure if true..here goes from Apple Insider Seems very bizarre to me too. I love my palm treo 750 over my htc 8525 just because its not nearly so big and can handle one handed, unlike the 8525. Why would I want to go to carrying something bigger again? If I wanted to do that, I'd just start carrying my laptop around again. I was all ready to go out and get one of the linux phones, now I"m greatly disappointed.....joy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JLV Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 6:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] Not sure if true..here goes from Apple Insider Not sure the have the way technology is moving in the right direction. I remember my excitement when my palm and cell phone became one, and I no longer had to carry two devices. In the era of one device (iPhone and others) Palm goes back to two devices. I hope this is not true! JLV On May 30, 2007, at 7:25 AM, Craig Froehle wrote: > For once, I think Jeff Hawkins' take on things is not quite correct. > > The future is in web services -- synchronization of data will be via > the connected cloud, not duplicated local storage (that's very much > still the 20th century model). > > I'd much rather have seen a device that acts as an intermediary > between a desktop PC and a smartphone, say via USB, that would then > give you direct/immediate access from the PC to the smartphone's > contents. That would essentially duplicate the Foleo's functionality > while not restricting its usefulness to a single device (yet another > device you have to keep charged, track of, etc.). > > I, for one, am disappointed if this is true. > - Craig > > On 5/30/07, JLV <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:jlv156%40gmail.com> com> wrote: > > Press release was accidentally posted: > > > > Palm, Inc. today announced the Palm Foleo, world's first smartphone > > companion product. > > > > Foleo has a large screen and full size keyboard to view and edit > > email and office documents. Edits made on Foleo automatically are > > reflected on its paired smartphone and vice versa. > > Foleo and its paired smartphone stay synchronized throughout the day > > or at the touch of a button. > > Foleo turns on and off instantly, features fast navigation, a > compact > > and elegant design, and a battery that lasts up to five hours of > use. > > U.S. availability for Foleo begins this summer with pricing expected > > to be $499 after an introductory $100 rebate. > > > > "Foleo is the most exciting product I have ever worked on. > > Smartphones will be the most prevalent personal computers on the > > planet, ultimately able to do everything that desktop computers can > > do. However, there are times when people need a large screen and > full- > > size keyboard. As smartphones get smaller, this need increases. The > > Foleo completes the picture creating a mobile-computing system that > > sets a new standard in simplicity." > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.GearBits <http://www.gearbits/> <http://www.GearBits.com > <http://www.gearbits.com/> > .com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
