Will it need the "tethering" option with your provider the same as if you use your Treo with your laptop?
At $200 I would get one to play with, but not $400. -colin _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Froehle Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 5:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] New Palm Foleo Steve, The Foleo has its own RAM and processor. The web browser is running _on_ the unit, as are the other apps the user interacts with. The only job of the paired smartphone is as a source of data (then displayed on the Foleo using the Foleo's apps) and wireless communication (if the user isn't depending on the Foleo's onboard WiFi). Clearer, now? - Craig On 5/30/07, Steve J <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:stevelists%40jjworld.com> com> wrote: > > Yes, but it uses the Treo as the basic communication and program engine, > communicating with it using Bluetooth. The Folio seems to be simply a > remote > I/O box. Maybe it runs Linux, maybe not. I don't see any information > regarding > running programs directly on the Folio. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> com] On Behalf Of > Jeffrey > Kaplan > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 5:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> com > Subject: Re: [Treo] New Palm Foleo > > Hello, Steve J. > > On Wed, 30 May 2007 17:01:24 -0400 you said: > > > Putting more burden on a bad platform. They need to get the basic > smartphone > > engine working properly before they start putting more things on it. > > From the info provided, the Foleo does not run +on+ the Treo, it runs > +with+ the Treo. > > -- > Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org > The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol > > "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, > signifies in the final sense a theft from those who are hungry and are > not fed, those who are cold and not clothed." - Dwight D. Eisenhower > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > 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]
