Comments on: Palm Foleo – Folded Up And Gone http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: What Will RIM Unveil Besides BlackBerry OS 6? http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179628 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:11:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179628 [...] a device will face challenges. A small part of me wonders if RIM will take an approach like that of Palm’s ill-fated Foleo, making a tablet that works directly with a BlackBerry handset in some [...]

]]> By: Palm’s New Focus | Metricz http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179627 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:51:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179627 [...] Om Malik has a good write up here. [...]

]]> By: The Sound of One Palm Flopping - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179626 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:56:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179626 [...] course, is in the midst of a turnaround, and Wall Street is well acquainted with its problems – the fizzle that was Foleo, the sore need for a revamped platform for its devices, the sale of a quarter of the company to [...]

]]> By: September 6, 2007 | Keku.com [alpha] http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179625 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:03:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179625 [...] If you’ve never heard of the Foleo, it’s not your fault. [...]

]]> By: Christopher Mims http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179624 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:06:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179624 Don’t know why anyone would be heartbroken about the death of this device. Here’s its replacement (one of many) — and it only costs $300.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC

Cheap subnotebooks with flash drives will be ubiquitous. And thank god… I’m tired of carrying 8 pounds of hardware in my shoulder bag.

The foleo could have been a nice entry in this field if it had simply been a subnotebook, instead of having positively goofy requirements that you also own a Treo. It could have been the greatest linux-based subnotebook to date. Oh well.

]]> By: Ian Andrew Bell http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179623 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:03:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179623 I’ve started calling it the “Folly-O”.

:)

]]> By: ian andrew bell » Blog Archive » Palm Kills the FOLEO http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179622 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:43:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179622 [...] Om reported yesterday, Palm killed the FOLEO.  Great!  It was a still-born project from the start, as I pointed out [...]

]]> By: Bye bye Palm Foleo auf maol symbolisch http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179621 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:07:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179621 [...] Palm Foleo – Folded Up And Gone, O’Reilleys Radar in Palm Kills Foleo Shortly Before the Market Would Have und auch [...]

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179620 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:16:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179620 I agree with R. The problem with this device is a conceptual one — why do I need a companion to a PDA that isn’t full featured enough to replace the laptop I already have? While there are many uses for something in between a PDA/Smartphone and a laptop, they are more along the lines of a standalone device that is used for leisure pursuits. Between a laptop and PDA I have most work situations covered. Something like a Folio would be more for if I want a little thing to move around the house or even take on vacation that lets me do e-mail/IM/web browsing at the spur of the moment.

]]> By: Max http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179619 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:41:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179619 “It was in jest that I wrote then: Foleo, more like fold-up-and-go!”

Om, “Faileo” would have been a better choice. Feel free to use it if you like it. Another possibility: “OhmeNO!”

You do have to wonder what’s going on over at Palm that induces them to trumpet this creation and then pull it less than three months later. Is Palm really behind our Iraq “policy”?

]]> By: Tom Hundt http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179618 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:06:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179618 It’s the connectivity that’s hard. Building devices to use it is trivial. Palm ought to stick to their knitting: palm-tops.

]]> By: R http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179617 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:48:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179617 The Foleo was hardly diskless – the hardware spec included a built-in Compact Flash card (up to 16 GB currently) and SD Card (8GB or so currently). This is quite respectable storage for a mini-laptop, and it doesn’t need continuous connectivity at all – unlike an iPhone, you can simply sync your email or use the Web as needed, and use offline apps installed on the device.

However, Palm positioned the Foleo as a smartphone companion, which leads to this misunderstanding and was a mistake. It should have been sold as a lightweight, simple mini-laptop with the instant-on and simplicity of a PDA.

]]> By: Palm needs new management http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179616 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:46:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179616 Bunch of Faileos! Instead of growing markets for Treo they focused on something useless.

Elevation/Palm needs to replace Palm’s biz dev & marketing VPs.

]]> By: Palm Foleo - dead on arrival | last100 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179615 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:23:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179615 [...] makes more sense — such as composing emails, editing a spreadsheet, or using web apps. To which Foleo critics replied: “that’s why we have [...]

]]> By: Metricz | Drive Success http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179614 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:55:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179614 Palm’s New Focus

Ed Colligan, Palm’s CEO posted this message on the company’s official blog yesterday, regarding their decision to cancel the release of their Foleo product in its current form, and focus on their next generation platform.
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]]> By: Coleman Foley http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179613 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:52:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/foleo-is-dead/#comment-179613 What about Google Gears? That would allow you to use web apps at any time.

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