Based on the hints he's already supplied,
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Originally Posted by Brian
In a recent interview of Jeff Hawkins by Janet Rae-Dupree, technology editor for the San Jose Business Journal, Jeff Hawkins spoke about a secret third business that Palm is working on:
... I'll give you a couple clues. I always think of mobile computing as personal computing. This long-term vision has led us through everything -- first the organizers and now through the smart phone space. It's like everything a personal computer is. Continue down that path. What are the implications of a world where everyone has a super high-speed Internet connection in their pocket and many gigabytes of storage, super-fast processors, audio, visual and multimedia? What are the consequences of that? How will that change computing when you have all that stuff available to you all the time? I try to think into the future. That's how we come up with new products. So I'm not going to tell you what it is, but it's following the consequences of mobile computing. |
I'd say he's working on a handheld multi-media platform with wifi, BT and most likely phone capabilities (only way to provide "always on/connected capability) that is powerful enough to display streaming video. In other words, the ability to do everything you now do with a PC connected to the internet, just pocket-sized. This would provide a very capable hardware platform that Numenta could build on.
Just a thought.