The device is marketed mainly on its symbiosis with the Treo smartphone. This is the main point we first have to explore. Is it really that good and useful?
I did not dig for information yet but what computing power does it have? Does it use a mouse?
I don't need most of what actual notebooks offer, I'm no gamer so low horsepower is good.
I like the size of it so far. What features I'd like to see in such a device are:
Flash based computing ie. no more mechanical hard drives.(Too fragile for mobility)
Eink display with video colo(u)r. (I know it's too far off!)
No more MS dictatorship and exclusivity.(Unix is good here
) ( BTW Is one here at the mercy of a closed Palm dictatorship?)
Touch screen with full sensitivity.
And the ability to fold as a tablet.
Actually! What I'm describing is an Iliad with colo(u)r, the clamshell keyboarded shape of this device, with better reliability, and full media support.( video, JPEG, web and basic input) Now is that too much to ask?
It might not be much as it is but this device is an other choice away from the classical mold of the PC world. Is Palm trying to be an other Mac type rebel?