There has to be more to this than what's so far on the Palm site. My Treo does email and attachments, and if I need bigger I have a laptop that can sync through a USB or Bluetooth. So what's the point. I suspect anyone who wants a laptop, has one, and anyone who doesn't want one doesn't need this thing. I've been considering buying a BT keyboard (is one available for the 680?), but the Foleo seems to completely obliterate the reason I have a Treo in the first place -- to have one device do what I need to do when I'm away from a desk.
Bill Gamble wrote: > It's true. http://palm.com/seefoleo should be going live later this > morning. > > _______ > Bill > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of JLV >> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:49 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> > 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 > > > > > -- /The erasure of a human subspecies is largely painless -- to us -- if we know little enough about it. A dead Chinaman is of little import to us whose awareness of things Chinese is bounded by an occasional dish of chow mein. We grieve only for what we know./ A Sand County Almanac, /Aldo Leopold, July 1949/
