Don, I'm got a Vegas bet on you that you will use your credit card to buy the Foleo. :-)
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 23:10:39 -0400 Don Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Agreed. And just because I look at this device, and then at my 12" >ThinkPad x60, and then back at this device, and then at the x60 again, >and back at this device and say: "why would I want this?" doesn't mean >that there won't be people (students perhaps -- the kind that buy the >folding keyboards that have also never interested me, and maybe can >spend $400 on a slick focused device but not the $2000 I typically spend >on my X series ThinkPads) who will find this useful. I can see a wide >market for something even smaller than my 12" subnotebook, that can do >internet, email, calendar, address book, tasks, notes, maybe Documents >To Go, and so on. AND, if it's a Linux box and that signals Palm's >readiness for a Linux-based Treo (say, the Treo IX running PalmIX?!!), I >say let 'em underestimate Palm again, at their peril! > >That said, this device doesn't interest me, primarily because I already >have a nice, very powerful (but $2000!!) laptop. > >Cheers, >Don > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Craig Froehle >Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:46 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Treo] Foleo: The Death of Palm > >If a decade has taught us anything, it's that it wouldn't be a proper >Palm >product announcement if there wasn't a loud chorus of "it's the death of >Palm" cries. ;-) > >-----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> dnheller >> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:27 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Treo] Foleo: The Death of Palm >> >> Miss the mark. Jump the Shark. Screw the Pooch. Anyway you label it, >> Foleo probably has drained so much development resource from PalmOS >> smart phone devices, that little or nothing will be left to compete >> with other vendors. >> >> If a Palm device users need portable bigger screen, full keyboard, >> etc. he *already* has a laptops. Users who don't need laptops don't >> need anything like a laptop. D'OH! >> >> I've been a Palm user and fan since the original Palm Pilot days: >> PalmPilot 5000, Palm Vx, Treo 600, Treo 650. >> >> But I am astounded at how badly this company, brand, and platform have >> been (mis) managed over the years, and continue to be mismanaged. >> >> I'm gonna go out and buy the latest and greatest Palm smartphone right >> away, because in another year or two, this ham-handed, two-left-feet, >> all thumbs, numb-nuts company will not be producing smartphones that I >> prefer. >> __________________ >> Day-Timer (1995) > Palm Pilot 5000 (1996) > Palm Vx (1999) > Treo 600 >> (2003) > Treo 650 (2006) >> > >
