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Palm Cancels Foleo

Thank god! I thought that thing would fail...just didn't know it would fail before it even got out of the gates...
 
ermmm MACrumors?

at best this is page 2...

what on earth? why is this front page? theres too much rubbish on the MR front page, if theres no news then dont just put rubbish on..
 
zap2 said:
Wow....Palms got balls!!

I'm very impressed with Palm........to show they listen to the core users.
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More like they listen to their bottom line. It was obvious when it came out that the Folio was a 1998 answer to a 1994 question. No one took it seriously, and at $500, it doesn't supplement enough of my usage to justify buying it. My T|X does enough of what I need it to do until a price drop on the iPhone makes it a more practical buy.

It's such a shame that the company changed hands, split, re-merged, but never reemerged with any kind of vision. It feels eerily similar to Apple's days of being lost in the wilderness.
 
SMART MOVE! It was soo obvious that absolutely nobody wanted this thing!
PALM is saving lot's of money by doing this
 
The foleo was a bad idea from the start i think, it just doesn't have a place. I have a cell phone to call people, and i have a laptop to do everything i need to do on a computer, i dont' need a product that sits in the middle.
 
ladbroke said:
More like they listen to their bottom line. It was obvious when it came out that the Folio was a 1998 answer to a 1994 question. No one took it seriously, and at $500, it doesn't supplement enough of my usage to justify buying it. My T|X does enough of what I need it to do until a price drop on the iPhone makes it a more practical buy.

It's such a shame that the company changed hands, split, re-merged, but never reemerged with any kind of vision. It feels eerily similar to Apple's days of being lost in the wilderness.
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+1

It does not take balls to see you stepped in a pile of #$$% and now want to get out of it.

Just common sense, which although seemingly rare at the company, there is still a scintilla of at Palm.
 
That's a bit of a poor idea 😱

Granted if they threw every feature under the sun into a 10" LCD display with onscreen controls. Basically a slab of screen with a little computer inside, then it might be okay.

I'd rather see this functionality in the OQO.
 
Wow

Funniest thing I have read all day.

That said, smart (if not Palm's only) move.

Seriously, where does Palm go from here?
Let's play Palm CEO - what do you do?
I'm scratching my head...
 
thecritix said:
at best this is page 2...

what on earth? why is this front page? theres too much rubbish on the MR front page, if theres no news then dont just put rubbish on..
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Didn't you get the memo? Macrumors sold out. Tho I forgot the last thing they advertised...some other iPhone competitor IIRC.
 
Palm Cancels Foleo

Daring Fireball said:
Palm Cancels Foleo
Everyone knew this thing was a turd except for Palm. Well, it looks like they’ve figured it out — but only after (a) announcing it; (b) blowing millions on developing it; and (c) its original ship date. The sooner you realize a mistake the better, but at this point it’s hard not to see the company as a joke. Credit, though, to Palm CEO Ed Colligan for making the announcement in his own voice on the company weblog, rather than hiding behind a mealy-mouthed press release.

An even better joke is the name of this site.
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Gruber has a way of lambasting like no other. Love that guy.

http://daringfireball.net/
 

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ladbroke said:
More like they listen to their bottom line..
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And who makes that bottom line what it is?


The Core users.


Personal I was thinking about getting one of these...replace my aging iBook with it. I only use Pages, Internet on it...but the lack of a trackpad, plus it not syncing with the iPhone.
 
terrible customer service

Palm customer service was second worst only to AOL IMO. Dealing with them was like dealing with the crew of the titanic trying to keep everyone from rushing the lifeboats before the ship goes down. They have no practical solution to their problem. Their OS is outdated and offering the pathetic windows mobile treo isn't going to save them IMO.
 
zap2 said:
And who makes that bottom line what it is?


The Core users.


Personal I was thinking about getting one of these...replace my aging iBook with it. I only use Pages, Internet on it...but the lack of a trackpad, plus it not syncing with the iPhone.
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Cue the 12" MacBook Pro micro
 
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motulist said:
The Foleo was such a bad idea from its very conception that it makes me wonder how the person who came up with the idea didn't get fired on the spot just for suggesting such an awful product.
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And I did get fired for such an awful idea. Damn you Apple products!!!!😀😀
 
I'm disappointed. Less choice is always bad for the consumer. Just because this wasn't a well-received product initially does not mean it would always be a bad product.
 
thecritix said:
at best this is page 2...

what on earth? why is this front page? theres too much rubbish on the MR front page, if theres no news then dont just put rubbish on..
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Who does the iPhone compete with?

I thought this was a little ridiculous when it was first announced as well. The iPhone basically does all the Foleo does, and more!

Which is why they're canceling it, I'm sure.
 
This is good for Palm. Palm is a good company that has made decent products, although their ship is sinking fast. The new linux OS looks nice but its keeping with old interface methods, unlike the iPhone (which is why everyone loves iPhone). We'll see how it looks--and any competition is good for the whole market including Apple.

Fading from Windows Mobile is a good idea. Windows Mobile is way too bloated and unstable. Good to hear they're pushing away.

Foleo was a dumb idea and answered a problem nobody really had. Why he thought this was revolutionary is beyond me, but this move signals a good step in the right direction.

Steve
 
I used to love Palm and still would, regardless of the iPhone. The iPhone as mentioned so many times, is closed. Hacks or not, that's nowhere near the true openness of the Palm OS. Anyone that tries to argue that there's no need for 3rd party applications is either insane or just totally apple-brainwashed.

If the Palm OS came back with a vengeance, hence a total revamp, and kept its openness. I'd buy in a heartbeat over the iPhone. But.......

and a BIG BUT:
They MUST must make it sync with Macs natively. The crap that they've been pushing off with their (how many years old now?) Palm Sync programs is horrid. It barely has worked since OS X was released, which was and is a total shame.

So Palm please listen up.....
I think you still have a ton of users that would come back to your platform if you just did a few things right. And don't leave us Mac users in the dark. Make a true iSync conduit and keep it updated, not very hard for a company of your size.
 
And I have an iPhone that can do both😎.

ebouwman said:
The foleo was a bad idea from the start i think, it just doesn't have a place. I have a cell phone to call people, and i have a laptop to do everything i need to do on a computer, i dont' need a product that sits in the middle.
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lazyrighteye said:
Seriously, where does Palm go from here?
Let's play Palm CEO - what do you do?
I'm scratching my head...
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Not leave...thats what a bad CEO would do....Mr. Dell's famous quote about Apple in 1997?

Personal I would
Drop Windows Mobile...if Palm wants to get back to its old self, they can't be playing catch up....Windows Mobile is fine(not nearly as bad as XP or Vista), but Palm needs something to show they are different.

First I would have released Cobalt a while ago, but its too late. We need to ship Linux on our smartphones NOW! We need media support, play video, music and photo out of the BOX, right plug-ins for iTunes, Windows Media Player and popular media programs for Linux..all the big ones. Support for Mac OS X, XP and Vista and most of all Linux...if our platform is built from Linux, we need to support the desktop users, this brings in a large market that Neo 1973 is try to go after. Team with Opera and get Opera Mini as Palm's main browser...its promise already, and Palm can surly use it the right way.

We'd make 2 Smartphones(for now), simplify the line. 1 Treo

Treo 800p
Brand new Linux platform...with support for lots of older Palm OS app...emulation, until more dev start supporting the new Palm OS.
4Gb Flash Memory, with Micro SD slot.
Slim it down...lots!
High Rex Screen
Push email
Wi-Fi,BT for god sake! This isn't 2001
4MP Camera
Price- 349 2 new year agreement, 599 without

Centro-Replace the Treo 680p(good idea, entering the lower market, but bad job of doing it)
Micro SD slot
BT
Brand new Linux platform...with support for lots of older Palm OS app...emulation, until more dev start supporting the new Palm OS.
Touch Screen(something most low end smartphone lack)
Full Keyboard(one of the best thing Palm has done on the Treo)
1.3MP camera
Price it at 99 with 2 year service agreement, 249 with out.

Most important court developers! Reach out to them, get be excited to make apps for Palm. Start fighting back! Make deals with software companies...get support from Google(recently read a quote saying google won't support Palm because they are dead, or almost), YouTube, Facebook.


**Note, I'm digging this Palm stuff on Macrumors!
 
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