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

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I dunno... seems to me they would better off increasing the cpu power of
the phone, and then sell you a keyboard/display/dvd dock type of thing.
Maybe add some flash memory to do it or something. The perfect size dock
would an 8.5x11 clamshell thing about .5 inch thick. If the dock had all
these things and was $100-$150, then that would be the way to go.

Leave all the brains in the phone and put the other stuff in the dock.
Raise the price of the phone if you need to. Of course, this isn't
anything new, just no-one has done it very well yet.


:) Dave



On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 13:57, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
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> 	From: Jim Asbille [mailto:jim.asbille at gmail.com] 
> 	Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 1:48 PM
> 	To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> 	Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT: Palm: everything old is new again?
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> 	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.
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> On the other hand, the DVD player could be a black box with a DVD and a
> battery that interfaced with this.  In the right hands (Apple?) it could be
> very slick.  Tiny foleo for the interface and the computer in the backpack.
> To meet that price it will have to do a lot more.
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> I see Dave's point about a regular computer, but to get a regular computer
> that small - ultra portable - can be around $2000 and up.  If it does
> something totally innovative, and we wonder how we ever got along without
> it, maybe it will catch on.  I can see Josh no longer bringing a laptop to
> Lug meetings.  ;)
> 
> -Nate
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