The price is going to have to come down.
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of srivaths srinivasan Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] The Foleo has some real competition That is the direction the competition will be headed. This is just the first of many, I don't see how the Foleo can compete against this onslaught of h/w manufacturers. On 6/7/07, Lio <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:ldouglas%40gmail.com> com> wrote: > > FWIW the Asus EEE costs $200 and runs Linux > http://www.reghardw <http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/06/asus_shows_wee_eee_pc/> are.co.uk/2007/06/06/asus_shows_wee_eee_pc/ > > On 6/6/07, Roger Prokic <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:rprokic%40mac.com> com <rprokic%40mac.com>> wrote: > > I don't want a portable computer with Windows Vista. I want a Foleo. > > Something easy to turn on, navigate around, do work, and turn off.... > And > > that easily connects with my Treo. > > > > I think Palm has a hit on their hands. > > > > Jeff Hawkins may be right and show us sales comparable to the early days > of > > Palm... > > --- > > 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 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:20:36 -0700 Dave Leifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:leifer%40dslextreme.com> com<leifer%40dslextreme.com> > > > > wrote: > > >On Tuesday 05 June 2007 09:41 pm, Jason wrote: > > >> A full, mini laptop PC with 512MB or more of RAM, XP or Vista > > >> and unspecified storage that's *lighter* than the Foleo for > > >> $600: > > >> > > >> http://blog. <http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/06/nanobook.html> wired.com/gadgets/2007/06/nanobook.html > > >> > > >> Tell me again why anyone would buy a Foleo other than linux > > >> weenies like me who hate all things Microsoft? ;-) > > >> > > >Jason, > > > > > >- 10" display vs. 7". Need to see the displays side-by-side. > > >Plus the keyboards. > > > > > >- Unspecified storage device -- flash? micro hard disk? How > > >much does it take to have an "embedded" version of XP or Vista? > > >Most UMPCs have 40+GB disks and battery life isn't that good. > > > > > >- Don't trust the battery estimate as much as Palm's > > > > > >+ Hopefully it has video capabilities unlike the Foleo. > > > > > >+ It too will likely run Linux since the small VIA chips are > > >pretty Linux friendly. (I hope.) > > > > > >Disclaimer: I don't own a UMPC. > > > > > >Fellow Linux Weenie, > > >Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > ============================== > War Eagle > > -- Srivaths Srinivasan "Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Aaye" [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
