Jose_R.A.M
06-11-2007, 10:28 AM
Most probably the most unecessary creation in mobile history: Palm's "Smartphone companion". Designed like a laptop, acts like a laptop, size of an ultra portable laptop, but isn't a laptop....well it's a crippled one at best. It's basically just a keyboard and a screen with a little bit extra processing power to do things like Word.
Seriously though, who would need this? If you do need a real smart phone companion that has a large screen and a full sized keyboard, well, why not just get a real laptop?
How would you change the Palm Foleo?
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/Jose_R-A-M/palm-foleo_643_jpg.jpg
As much as we respect and admire the man, we sure wouldn't want to be in Jeff Hawkins' shoes these days, what with the cool reaction his promised "breakthrough device" has been receiving in the media and among the army of amateur online pundits. But rather than wasting time knocking Jeff for the somewhat awkwardly-positioned Foleo, why don't we instead use our collective knowledge and preferences to help him make the F2 a product that we'd be comfortable dropping a few bucks on. For instance, what if Palm got rid of the redundant processor, OS, and radios, and simply offered consumers a dumb terminal in which to dock their Treos for under $200? Or what if they let that screen get its swivel on and added 'e-book reader' to the Foleo's list of features? And for heaven's sake, some proper video support please! Those are just our suggestions; what's yours?
From: Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/how-would-you-change-the-palm-foleo/)
Seriously though, who would need this? If you do need a real smart phone companion that has a large screen and a full sized keyboard, well, why not just get a real laptop?
How would you change the Palm Foleo?
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/Jose_R-A-M/palm-foleo_643_jpg.jpg
As much as we respect and admire the man, we sure wouldn't want to be in Jeff Hawkins' shoes these days, what with the cool reaction his promised "breakthrough device" has been receiving in the media and among the army of amateur online pundits. But rather than wasting time knocking Jeff for the somewhat awkwardly-positioned Foleo, why don't we instead use our collective knowledge and preferences to help him make the F2 a product that we'd be comfortable dropping a few bucks on. For instance, what if Palm got rid of the redundant processor, OS, and radios, and simply offered consumers a dumb terminal in which to dock their Treos for under $200? Or what if they let that screen get its swivel on and added 'e-book reader' to the Foleo's list of features? And for heaven's sake, some proper video support please! Those are just our suggestions; what's yours?
From: Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/how-would-you-change-the-palm-foleo/)