Palm Foleo coming back as a netbook?

May 2nd, 2009

Palm canceled its much criticized Foleo back in 2007. But the reason was not that the product idea was bad. Palm wanted to focus all their energies on their new platform i.e. WebOS. The picture looks very clear now with the old Palm OS being discontinued, there was no point in developing the Foleo which would have been outdated by now. So in comes the idea: Foleo II – The Netbook!

Since Sept 2007, when Palm canceled the original Foleo the netbook market has emerged very strongly. Almost everyone is making a new low cost laptop and its selling like hot cakes. It is believed that the Palm WebOS is verymuch capable of running a mini notebook type device just like the iPhone OS 3.0 and the Google backed Android.

According to Trip Chowdhry, an analyst with Global Equities Research, three former Apple iPod guys are working on the new Foleo and it might be priced in the range of $399. Now that would be a great companion to the Palm Pre and a netbook killer if they manage to pump in WiFi and a few more things. All the best Palm

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Palm FOLEO Canceled!

September 5th, 2007

Just when it was said that the Palm Foleo is about to be launched, they actually canceled it!

“I have decided to cancel the Foleo mobile companion product in its current configuration and focus all of our energies on delivering our next generation platform and the first smartphones that will bring this platform to market.” – Palm CEO Ed Colligan said on the Official Palm Blog.

He also mentions a Foleo II which will be based on their new platform and believe that Foleo still have a good market.

Back here in India at OnlyGizmos there are 3 Treo users all using the same old Treo 650 and waiting for a worthy upgrade. Wishing Palm ALL THE BEST. Hope you offer us something good soon.

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