Comments on: Palm Foleo, meh. http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/ escape colon w q Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:41:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Treo/Foleo v. iPhone/iTunes | #comments http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-2317 Treo/Foleo v. iPhone/iTunes | #comments Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:39:19 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-2317 [...] anyway, Palm’s got this whole Foleo thing happening (I know I’ve talked a lot about the Foleo before) where they’re touting the Foleo as this revolutionary new [...] [...] anyway, Palm’s got this whole Foleo thing happening (I know I’ve talked a lot about the Foleo before) where they’re touting the Foleo as this revolutionary new [...]

]]> By: Palm loves buttons! | #comments http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1952 Palm loves buttons! | #comments Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:38:11 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1952 [...] At least that’s what I thought at first, but then I realized, that no, that’s not why - actually it seems to be that at Palm they firmly believe that buttons = innovation! That blog post was the first hint, but then Hawkins delivered the proof with the Foleo. It’s the only thing that makes sense - he hyped that thing and pauses to talk about how awesome the extra buttons they added to the Foleo are! Sure it’s underpowered and can’t really do everything a laptop can and isn’t particularly lighter than other laptops - but they’ve added some buttons and a scroll wheel! [...] [...] At least that’s what I thought at first, but then I realized, that no, that’s not why - actually it seems to be that at Palm they firmly believe that buttons = innovation! That blog post was the first hint, but then Hawkins delivered the proof with the Foleo. It’s the only thing that makes sense - he hyped that thing and pauses to talk about how awesome the extra buttons they added to the Foleo are! Sure it’s underpowered and can’t really do everything a laptop can and isn’t particularly lighter than other laptops - but they’ve added some buttons and a scroll wheel! [...]

]]> By: Microsoft’s Surface | #comments http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1807 Microsoft’s Surface | #comments Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:04:52 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1807 [...] in all the hubbub over the Foleo, I didn’t say anything about Microsoft’s Surface - their multitouch tabletop computer. [...] [...] in all the hubbub over the Foleo, I didn’t say anything about Microsoft’s Surface - their multitouch tabletop computer. [...]

]]> By: On Palm | #comments http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1791 On Palm | #comments Thu, 31 May 2007 15:18:50 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1791 [...] with the big announcement of the Foleo yesterday I spent some time thinking about Palm. This is a company that I really loved and backed [...] [...] with the big announcement of the Foleo yesterday I spent some time thinking about Palm. This is a company that I really loved and backed [...]

]]> By: felix http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1783 felix Wed, 30 May 2007 20:54:07 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1783 Ben, yeah at least the hackers won't have to have the thing that they all do where they vie to see who can load linux on random equipment first. :) Howie, yeah, man... it's disappointing. The Clio was cooler than this one, too. So really, it's worse than a 1990's palmtop. Ben, yeah at least the hackers won’t have to have the thing that they all do where they vie to see who can load linux on random equipment first. :)

Howie, yeah, man… it’s disappointing. The Clio was cooler than this one, too. So really, it’s worse than a 1990’s palmtop.

]]> By: howie http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1782 howie Wed, 30 May 2007 20:45:23 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1782 "Palm officially out of ideas, debuts 1990s palmtop concept" http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070530-palm-officially-out-of-ideas-debuts-1990s-palmtop-concept.html ouch. “Palm officially out of ideas, debuts 1990s palmtop concept”

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070530-palm-officially-out-of-ideas-debuts-1990s-palmtop-concept.html

ouch.

]]> By: Ben http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1781 Ben Wed, 30 May 2007 20:01:58 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1781 The price is ok, but also remember that you also have to be a Treo owner (at least for now) to fully use the thing. So slap on another $200+ minimum if you wimp out and switch cell providers or something. However, the damn thing can't view video well. VIEW VIDEO. You can't be a semi-competent laptop in this day and age and drag yer ass when viewing freakin' VIDEOS. At best it's just another toy for hackers to try to figure out how many different ways they can hack the thing. Any way you look at it the audience for this thing is gonna be small. Palm needed something to appeal to the masses and this definitely ain't it. The price is ok, but also remember that you also have to be a Treo owner (at least for now) to fully use the thing. So slap on another $200+ minimum if you wimp out and switch cell providers or something.

However, the damn thing can’t view video well. VIEW VIDEO. You can’t be a semi-competent laptop in this day and age and drag yer ass when viewing freakin’ VIDEOS.

At best it’s just another toy for hackers to try to figure out how many different ways they can hack the thing. Any way you look at it the audience for this thing is gonna be small. Palm needed something to appeal to the masses and this definitely ain’t it.

]]> By: felix http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1780 felix Wed, 30 May 2007 19:28:01 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1780 Yeah, my 650 is frustrating more and more these days. What with the slowness and the inability to do more than 1 thing at a time. If the Helio Ocean was a GSM phone there's a pretty good chance I'd switch to it, although, it probably doesn't support ssh which would be a tragedy. Sadly, I think I'm stuck on this phone till iPhone G2 arrives. I don't see anything on the other makers that will offer good functionality, yet. Yeah, my 650 is frustrating more and more these days. What with the slowness and the inability to do more than 1 thing at a time. If the Helio Ocean was a GSM phone there’s a pretty good chance I’d switch to it, although, it probably doesn’t support ssh which would be a tragedy. Sadly, I think I’m stuck on this phone till iPhone G2 arrives. I don’t see anything on the other makers that will offer good functionality, yet.

]]> By: Ben http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1779 Ben Wed, 30 May 2007 19:24:42 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/30/palm-foleo-meh/#comment-1779 I would seriously consider finally dropping my Treo if only there was something else that appealed to me. The iPhone is nice and all but I can wait for iPhone 2. I was even considering the Treo 680, but not for $400. Maybe it's time to go back to Sony-Ericsson for the time being. I would seriously consider finally dropping my Treo if only there was something else that appealed to me. The iPhone is nice and all but I can wait for iPhone 2. I was even considering the Treo 680, but not for $400. Maybe it’s time to go back to Sony-Ericsson for the time being.

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