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Studio717 · 05-31-2007, 08:39 PM

I still have all my Palms, back to the III. I use my current Zire 72 AND T|X a lot, so at least for me, I find Palms useful in the present if not the future.

My problem with the Foleo is that I don't yet know what it does. Surely they aren't asking folks to pay out $500 just to read their email on a wide screen?

Is it like Alphasmart's Dana? Can it be modded out? Can I use it as a flash laptop (in the sense of, say, word processing or reading PDFs)?

Just from reading the gadget blogs and the Palm site, I still have no idea of its potential. The details are just too fuzzy for me to make any kind of pronouncement about it.

Until those and many more questions are answered and more details emerge, I don't think I have a clue as to whether Palm will still be around or not.

05-31-2007, 08:39 PM	#17
Studio717 Addict Posts: 208 Karma: 575 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: California Device: Various Kindles, iPhone, iPad, Galaxy 10.1	I still have all my Palms, back to the III. I use my current Zire 72 AND T\|X a lot, so at least for me, I find Palms useful in the present if not the future. My problem with the Foleo is that I don't yet know what it does. Surely they aren't asking folks to pay out $500 just to read their email on a wide screen? Is it like Alphasmart's Dana? Can it be modded out? Can I use it as a flash laptop (in the sense of, say, word processing or reading PDFs)? Just from reading the gadget blogs and the Palm site, I still have no idea of its potential. The details are just too fuzzy for me to make any kind of pronouncement about it. Until those and many more questions are answered and more details emerge, I don't think I have a clue as to whether Palm will still be around or not.