The Foleo is not for the everyday phone user, the Centro is more closely intended to give those regular phone users an easiler way of doing the things that they can barely do without it:
Sms - yes they can do it but by repeatly pressing keys to form words email - Yes but in a terrible view more and don't even try to reply with more than "Ok" Attachments - email attachment are read, plus they can create documents Pictures - Yes, Palm adds more and better management of your picture, while the quality doesn't improve by much. The can send video & picture mail through carrier and their own email Games - way more usable games and better games avaiable in the Centro Surf the Web - as much as we want to compare Apple to Treo's browsing, the browsing that is the real joke is the one done on a normal phone. Palm browsing is very usualable for a phone user. Directions & Maps - Yeah some phones have Google Maps but the screen on the Centro no doubt will be as good (a little smaller) as a Treo 755p The Centro for a normal user is like somebody turned on the light and they can see the mobile world for the first time. Oh yeah, if they want to they can spend $500 and use this phone as the Internet connection for their Foleo too. Thanks, I'll see you on the web! Carl W. Brooks http://www.Palmloyal.com Palm Podcasts, Daily News, Software, Hardware, Mobile Email Services and More! -----Original Message----- From: Lio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, Aug 26, 2007 6:04 pm Subject: Re: [Treo] Palm Responds to Engadget To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [email protected] I understand, but pretty much everyone falls into that category and there are tons of ways to accomplish that without the Foleo. The question is - what makes the Foleo the no-doubt-about it solution? When we haven't even seen the thing? All that you have there is marketing nonsense that anyone could say about any product in the space. But how does it address the everyday cellphone user? On 26 Aug 2007 14:57:00 -0400, Carl W. Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Lio wrote, 'if that's the case, what is the Foleo all about? That > certainly won't appeal to the people in the middle - pricewise or > featurewise.' > > According to the prediction on the future of mobile/wireless computing by > Martin Cooper, the CEO of ArrayComm Inc1, 'The future of mobile/wireless > computing over the next 10 years will include the replacement of tethered > Internet connections with the freedom of mobility -- high-speed wireless > Internet capabilities will soon become a staple for every worker, just as > cellular phones are part of our lives today.' > > The UMTS forum (UMTS 2005) forecasted that the total global number of mobile > voice subscribers will range from 1.7 to 2.6 billion in 2010 and mobile data > network subscribers would reach between 600 and 800 million for the same > year. > > More recently, many of the biggest cities and counties have begun to provide > free access to wireless broadband Internet from Internet-accessible mobile > devices such as laptops, palmtops, PDAs, mobile phones, and game consoles. > In sum, prospects for the wireless Internet and m-commerce are promising, as > many experts foresee that in the near future the number of Internet access > through mobile devices will increase enormously.' > > Even though mobile Internet and wireless Internet, are used interchangeably, > they are different. The Palm Foleo hopes to allow you the ability to use > both so that you can take advantage of both. The Foleo used the wireless > Internet via, Wi-Fi, from the fixed points and the Treo Broadband mobile > Internet when you are roaming free. > > Mobile users obtain 'mobile value' created through the use of mobile > Internet applications (Anckar and D'Incau 2002). Palm has tons of experience > in developing and empowering developers to make mobile applications. With > the increased spread of mobile Internet use and a larger screen and > keyboard, Palm is looking to become a key player in what people do with > their mobile devices. > > While the Foleo device is not designed to replace a laptop, it is designed > for the people that either use them today or desire to use them. > > Those who currently use them today, wish they had > - a lighter package, > - longer battery, > - the ability to to turn it on instantly and instanly resume where > they last left off > - a device that won't get so hot you could fry an egg on it, > - access to their email (both personal & corporate) > - access to create, modify and send documents that those at remot
