I hope this is not true. Palm will have missed the mark while leaving the market open to iPhone. The reason I have a treo is so that I can carry one device. A truly upgraded treo would have been better.
On May 30, 2007, at 9:36 AM, Joy L Wright wrote: > 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.com> .com -- Tech. Culture. > Ideas. Opinions. > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
