By Fred J. Aun
TechNewsWorld
The Foleo, Palm’s latest offering, lands somewhere between a notebook and a smartphone. It isn’t quite an ultra-mobile PC, either. Palm calls it a “smartphone companion product.” It links to a smartphone via Bluetooth and provides a larger screen and keyboard as well as its own Web browser, Linux OS and WiFi radio. It can also handle common documents like Word, Excel and PDF files.
Many technology analysts and gadget lovers found themselves this week scratching their heads, rubbing their chins, squinting their eyes and exhibiting other signs of uncertainty about the need for, and future of, Palm’s (Nasdaq: PALM) Latest News about Palm latest device, the Foleo.
Billed by Palm as a “smartphone companion product,” the Foleo doesn’t come close to a full notebook computer in terms of power and functionality. However, because it has its own Linux Linux hosting solutions with 24×7x365 support – Visit HostMySite.com operating system Manage remotely with one interface — the HP ProLiant DL360 G5 server. and WiFi Get the facts on wireless solutions suited to your industry. Latest News about WiFi radio, the unit is clearly more than just a monitor and larger keyboard accessory for cell phones.
“The Foleo is setting itself up against a well-established product: the notebook,” NPD analyst Ross Rubin told TechNewsWorld. “How it does what it does, that’s different. But there is significant overlap.”
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