-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mean Drake wrote: > > > Hello Jim, > You wouldn't. But I have a Treo and often need a laptop for business > uses, email etc. This is very viable option to a Laptop which I might be > planning to buy soon.
Mean, I'm curious what would encourage you to buy a Foleo rather than a cheap laptop? Other than weight savings what is the advantage? I don't see it but I want to understand what Palm was thinking. Jeff, you said you don't trust certain laptop makers, like Dell. Considering Palm's track record on hardware why do you think the Foleo will be any better? - From my own experience my Dell C620 and D600 laptops took an absolute beating (I'm in a different city almost every week) without dying while I've never had a single Treo last more than 6-8 months without some kind of non-wear-related hardware failure: My 270's had 2 bad speaker wires, 1 bad screen; one 600 wouldn't hold a charge and the other had a speaker failure; I had to return my first 650 due to a bad keyboard and my 3-month old 680 just went into an unbreakable hotsync loop, so there's a new one on the way. I love the Treo's functionality and design but I have no longer have faith in the company's ability to deliver a stable, reliable system. My 680's battery life was miserable (even compared to a 650) and the system crashed and hung often. When I moved from the 650 to the 680 I did a fresh install and after a month of instability I tried a hard reset and selective installation of my apps but it didn't help. I just hope that the Foleo is a sneak preview of the upcoming Linux-based PalmOS. I don't particularly like Symbian and I hate WinCE so Palm's death would be very upsetting! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQCVAwUBRl7POqyvi1v8SpM5AQL2+AP/SzNMsBwcLrA8oGs30/zm24+fFcNJlUmC rVdoEm8FFK1qd0ArVDZN8pyUOmREyrpFsy8T9B0lJFMB8EJPpfhtTjxG1rFEEWou HwLuuXU/+J7EB5HN51GtUF+7oa32+YR2jF9HqX4le5MUGJxleJoOfoiHlYKmROKR IOBGTDcL26A= =jOLu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
