So here's the gist of my gathering thoughts: The Foleo is for people who (a) are mobile a lot, (b) don't want to pay for a subnotebook, and (c) primarily deal with business-oriented information/email. Given that most business users don't have have to pay for a subnotebook (their companies foist a $1000 laptop on them), I really don't see who is going to buy this.
The one exception could be college students. College students fit all three categories except for the fact that anything that won't play YT video is immediately ruled out. So that's a bust, too. I expect Palm to follow Apple's lead with the Lisa and dump 200,000 unsold Foleos in a landfill sometime in early 2009. I hope I'm proven wrong... On 5/30/07, Roger Prokic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm thinking that the Foleo competes with laptops. Do I really need a > Foleo when I have a MacBook Pro that does so much more? > > Roger > --- > Roger Prokic > Baltimore, Maryland USA > > -=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 palm computer using > SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.3.7.01 ]=- > > ...... Original Message ....... > On Wed, 30 May 2007 08:50:14 -0400 Craig Froehle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >I think the Linux-powered smartphones will simply be an extension of > >the Treo line when launched; today's announcement is a totally > >different category (so Palm will be doing _both_ if things work out as > >they intend). I believe the Linux phones are supposed to be out in > >the Fall (in time for the holidays). > >- Craig > > > >On 5/30/07, Joy L Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > >> > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
