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radleyp · 06-05-2007, 05:23 PM

Bob, I want to compliment you on your redesign of the Foleo: what you are describing is not what's there. It's what you see possibly developing, which is a very different thing. As others here have pointed out, we do not need a new hardware device like this to make use of web-based applications a la Google. I can already use those on my smartphone. And, as for the larger screen and the keyboard, my reaction is, "so what". There are promised pullout screens (of course, who knows when we will see those), so why is Hawkins now offering us just that, along with the need to carry a second device? That is something I simply don't understand: why not integrate the wireless into the device to begin with?

06-05-2007, 05:23 PM	#11
radleyp Evangelist Posts: 499 Karma: 20623 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Salem & NYC, NY Device: Kindle Global, iphone4, ipad	Bob, I want to compliment you on your redesign of the Foleo: what you are describing is not what's there. It's what you see possibly developing, which is a very different thing. As others here have pointed out, we do not need a new hardware device like this to make use of web-based applications a la Google. I can already use those on my smartphone. And, as for the larger screen and the keyboard, my reaction is, "so what". There are promised pullout screens (of course, who knows when we will see those), so why is Hawkins now offering us just that, along with the need to carry a second device? That is something I simply don't understand: why not integrate the wireless into the device to begin with? Last edited by radleyp; 06-05-2007 at 06:06 PM.