News Flash 6/3/2007:
- New iPhone Ads Now Available on Apple.com!
- Apple iPhone release date is June 29th, and new video of iPhone ad!
Palm just wrapped up their webcast where they talked about their new Foleo. It looks like a laptop, but it’s more of a mobile email machine. I can honestly say after watching this, I want one.
Jeff Hawkins described a lot of the features about the Foleo, the biggest being a full standard keyboard and the instant-on feature. The Foleo only has two states: off, and on. You never have to wait to turn it on. The applications are always ready, everything is instant.
By now you’re thinking that this is cool and all, but what do you care, you came here to read about iPhone news. While talking about the different phones that the Foleo will work with, he said that it will work out of the box with all of the Treo line, and most Windows Mobile phones. He then mentioned that if Apple opens up their code to allow 3rd party applications, then they can make it work with the iPhone as well.
Now that Steve Jobs has said that they will in fact open up for 3rd party applications we will almost definitely be seeing these two working together. This device could really revolutionize the mobile computing industry, and what better phone for it to work with than the iPhone?
Neat, it sounds like the 2007 version of Apple’s eMate…
Palm is dead. I mean really dead. This company has the most backwards management I have ever witnessed. The products are behind the times, they are lacking any innovation. They belong right up there with Iomega. They once had a shot at it all but continued to release lackluster and irrelivant products which continue to disapoint their loyal minions. They should bury themselves.
There will not be any revolution in mobile computing until I can use a device for the entire work day. 5 hours of battery life doesn’t cut it. Speaking of Apple’s eMate, that beast ran almost 24 hours between charges. 10 years ago.
None of these companies have been able to figure this out. It’s the same design rationale that ships a UMPC with an Ethernet jack. It can’t be mobile if it’s wired. It can’t be mobile if it runs out of juice before the day is done.
If I can get a device that never needs to be plugged in except when I’m asleep, I’ll actually buy. Until then, these will all be niche products for people with money to burn.