Palm is making such "curious" decisions. I can get a laptop for less than the Foleo and you still need a smartphone. No DVDs for long flights, no music, hmmm.<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/31/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Champion</b> <<a href="mailto:dchampion@visionary.com">dchampion@visionary.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Nathan C. Smith wrote:<br>> Did anyone catch this?<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.palm.com/us/products/mobilecompanion/foleo/index.html">
http://www.palm.com/us/products/mobilecompanion/foleo/index.html</a><br>><br>><br>> Reminds me of some old machines - IBM thinkpad, and Psion before that. I<br>> wonder if it will ever catch on?<br>><br>> -Nate
<br><br>IMHO they won't take off. You can get a real laptop (Dell X1, the little<br>Sony Vaio, the little MacBook) that's pretty much the same size, that<br>runs a real OS and real apps.<br><br>I think the little clamshell "Electronic Dictionary" market that's big
<br>in Asia now is a better solution to what Palm is trying to do.<br><br>-dc<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Cialug mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Cialug@cialug.org">Cialug@cialug.org</a><br><a href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug">
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