[Cialug] OT: Palm: everything old is new again?

[Jim Asbille]

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.

On 5/31/07, David Champion <dchampion at visionary.com> wrote:
>
> Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> > Did anyone catch this?
> >
> > http://www.palm.com/us/products/mobilecompanion/foleo/index.html
> >
> >
> > Reminds me of some old machines - IBM thinkpad, and Psion before
> that.  I
> > wonder if it will ever catch on?
> >
> > -Nate
>
> IMHO they won't take off. You can get a real laptop (Dell X1, the little
> Sony Vaio, the little MacBook) that's pretty much the same size, that
> runs a real OS and real apps.
>
> I think the little clamshell "Electronic Dictionary" market that's big
> in Asia now is a better solution to what Palm is trying to do.
>
> -dc
>
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