May 31, 2007
Palm Foleo Mobile Companion
While most of the commentary about Palm’s newly announced Foleo Mobile Companion appears to be negative, I think the device will be a welcomed addition. While a full blown notebook provides greater flexibility and functionality, I’d love to also have a cheaper device I can take with me to Starbucks or the back yard for taking notes, etc.
Features reportedly include:
- 1.3 kg / 2.5 lb
- 10″ 1024×600 display with video out connector
- 256 meg memory (expandable)
- 5 hour battery with instant on capability
- Opera Web browser (wonder whether it will run flash, java, etc.?)
- Linux OS
- wifi and bluetooth connectivity (wonder if it will support WPA/WEP or how sensitive the wifi antenna/receiver is)
- ability to edit Word documents (using Documents to Go and with a PDF viewer)
- SD slot, USB port and headphone jack
- expected price US$499 after a US$100 rebate
Too bad Palm didn’t think to include a microphone input (at least none of the reviews mention it). It would have been great to have had the flexibility to add VOIP.
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