While Palm's latest device, the Foleo, is not receiving the best of remarks from the Palm community, Ed Hardy from Brighthand shares why he likes the device. I'm a bit neutral on the device myself. I can understand the need for the device as many times I had wished to have a larger keyboard and screen when using my Lifedrive. Since my Macbook, I'd rather carry it, then a Foleo. Still, I think it has potential if Palm would tweak it up a bit with more memory and some excellent software.
"A few weeks ago, Palm, Inc. unveiled the Foleo, the first product in its new "Mobile Companion" category.
This won't be a handheld, smartphone, or laptop. As its name suggests, it will be a special-purpose device intended to act in conjunction with a smartphone and not replacing it, letting people view the Web and their email on a larger screen and enter text with a full-size keyboard
Even though Palm doesn't want to admit it, it's not the first company to develop something like this. The first one I can think of that that attracted worldwide attention was the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, which was recently followed up by the N800.
Whether you call the device a Mobile Companion or an Internet Tablet, this is a class of devices that I believe has a great deal of potential."
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