Tag archive: Foleo

Back in May, Palm announced it was developing a LInux-based, palmtop companion product for its smartphones called the Foleo. The basic idea was to provide the capabilities of a laptop computer—along with a big screen and QWERTY keyboard—that leveraged a Palm smartphone's connectivity and application suite. Today in a lengthy post on the company blog, Palm CEO Ed Colligan officially closed the book on the Foleo,… Read More

Think of it as a creative, natural move – Palm has just launched its own laptop, the Foleo, to link with the company’s Treo smartphone using aBluetooth connection.   The Foleo is mostly intended for editing email and documents on the Treo through Windows Mobile or the Palm OS. But theFoleo itself will run Linux.   In an interesting reversal, the laptop is seen as an adjunct to the phone, and at 2.5 pounds, and with a 10.2… Read More