Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Palm Foleo Revealed
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
That is dreadfully uninspiring but it may be liked by the business world which, until there's Office interfacing, the iPhone won't penetrate at all.
Sorry, harshed out there for a moment. First reaction for me is disappointment.
Hmmm. It's cheap but I can't see a market for this really.
It's cool
People will buy based on the price, become dissapointed and then purchase a MacBook! I have it allll figured out.
Before the, iphone I was in the maket for something like this. oh well. I am sure they will find some plam loving buyer's in some sort of investment buisness to buy this. It has a market.
That was pretty weak...
13 Days until WWDC. Apple could release a 300 lb laptop at this point and I would be more impressed than this thing.
How many gadgets are we expected to carry?
When I travel I bring:
Laptop
cell phone
iPOD
and Bose Headphones
Why would anyone want to add another laptop to the mix. Why is this on Macrumors?
That's awesome! So Apple IS releasing a notebook powered by a hunk of neutron star then? Exciting times!
I hope they are not betting the farm on this one...A phone should be a companion to a computer, not the other way around.
1.) Who would want to carry it around?
2.) Why not just get a sub-notebook?
3.) Can't even email from it (yet).
Even if Apple came up with this I think people would rightfully be complaining.
1.) Who would want to carry it around?
2.) Why not just get a sub-notebook?
3.) Can't even email from it (yet).
Even if Apple came up with this I think people would rightfully be complaining.
I agree. I was about to purchase a Nokia 770 before the iPhone announcement.
Some of this will come down to how well the iPhone will work for web browsing. I do like having a full wireless browser available anywhere I go. The iPhone promises this, but if Foleo provides a better experience it may be a good solution.
Again, this is not a mass-market device however.
arn
Hehe your comment reminds me of my old Amstrad NC200 that I used to take notes in college. Now those where the days
Actually you can email from it, and as I said earlier, it is substantially cheaper than a subnotebook. This thing is $499.
Most subnotebooks are in the $1500-$2200 range.
I can see this having some kind of appeal, but let's see if it's enough.
This is right up there with those keyboards they already make and nobody carries 'cause theyre too big. They want me to buy a 500 screen for my 300 phone? Why cant someone just put the damn phone in the laptop already? I would love the Sony Vaio UX IF it could accept calls.... whats the problem here? Seriously. I would kill for a big phone with an 8in screen and slide out keyboard running a real, uncrippled OS, no joke. Sony already has the ATT card in it, I dont understand, I really don't.
As was said earlier, it's too big or too underpowered. The only highlight I can see from this is the instant boot. That's really cool. Had they had built in wifi into this one it would have been a better product, obviously. I'm guessing they couldn't incorporate it and make it cheaper than a low end notebook.
It's too in the middle to survive. Spend $100 more and get a true laptop or spend $100 less and get a smart phone. They dropped the ball here. It's not looking good for Palm.
It's too in the middle to survive. Spend $100 more and get a true laptop or spend $100 less and get a smart phone. They dropped the ball here. It's not looking good for Palm.
Err, no it isn't. You apparentely missed the sarcasm anyways. Yesterday when it was announced that Palm was releasing something, all everyone said was "OMG IT'S GOING TO BE AN IPHONE RIPOFF!!!" And obviously, it isn't
Hehe your comment reminds me of my old Amstrad NC200 that I used to take notes in college. Now those where the days
Woah, I can honestly say that I've never seen one of those things before. So awesome and Battlestar Galactica! Do you still use it? I would break that thing out at coffee shops all the time.
Mark my words... this will be the most panned, hated, reviled and mocked gadget of 2007. And all of that derision will be completely warranted.
If you are interested in seeing a funny clip of the Foleo not working, help out with my question on my post here and I will post to youtube.
It's only like 2-3 pounds lighter than a macbook. Is that REALLY so much weight to be carrying around in a knapsack?
Hmm... Kinda seems like one of those "new" and "innovative" (notice the quotes) devices that tries to complement a billion other things and ends up bringing absolutely nothing new to the table...
Well, I'm on the frail side. And I used to carry books and notes and lunch and all kinds of crap. A few pounds doesn't sound like much, but it's like a few cans of beans man! You're right though, a sub notebook weighing in at about 3 or 4 lbs would be just fine.
Big.
Ugly.
Dated.
Limited.
Lame.
Palm has also announced their new corporate slogan today...
"Palm: Yesterday's Technology, Tomorrow!"
Ugly.
Dated.
Limited.
Lame.
Palm has also announced their new corporate slogan today...
"Palm: Yesterday's Technology, Tomorrow!"
thats the problem! there no place for it today.
It almost looks like this is running some form of palm OS so it probably can't handle the kinds of apps most people want to use, it looks like it doesn't even have a Disk drive or usb ports!
It just looks like useless crap to me.
Mmm, yeah. It runs Linux. If OpenOffice.org and Firefox can be adapted to work on it, it might not be half bad. It appears to run a looong time on a battery. It's light. It is kind of ugly.
Hopefully it at least has flash, whatever the enigmatic comment about no video means.