Palm to Unveil Foleo – the Mystery “3rd category” Smarthphone
Palm’s Foleo smartphone will be launched soon by Jeff Hawkins, founder of Palm, at the “D: All Things Digital” conference. Though it won’t reveal all the details about what the device will be.
The mystery “3rd category” device, namely Palm Foleo smartphone companion provides a full size keyboard and larger screen display to view and edit documents and emails.
Foleo features fast navigation, a compact and elegant design, and a battery that lasts up to five hours of use. Foleo is built on an open Linux-based platform. The device has no built-in network connectivity, but relies on its host smartphone.
Jeff Hawkins, founder of Palm and the visionary behind the Foleo’s concept quotes, “Foleo is the most exciting product I have ever worked on. Smartphones will be the most prevalent personal computers on the planet, ultimately able to do everything that desktop computers can do. However, there are times when people need a large screen and full-size keyboard. As smartphones get smaller, this need increases. The Foleo completes the picture creating a mobile-computing system that sets a new standard in simplicity.”
Just to assume what the mystery phone would be like, it can be similiar to Linux-based smartphone that Palm CEO Ed Colligan has promised to release before the end of 2007. There is even a possibility of the Treo smartphone or an improved performance compared to Palm’s current Treo by running the Palm OS on top of a Linux kernel.
Ed Colligan, President of Palm adds “As we did with the PalmPilot more than a decade ago, and more recently with the Treo smartphone, Palm is driving innovation and capitalizing on emerging opportunities in mobile computing, a market full of potential. The Palm Foleo represents our first product in a new line of solutions that will redefine how people work while away from their desks. It starts today with a focus on wireless email, and we expect the Foleo to grow in features and expand its capabilities as the platform grows.”
Palm has collaborated with DataViz and Opera Software, for demonstrating with ease which applications can be ported to the Palm Foleo. Palm expects to win customers by offering them more options with its Treo smartphone leaving behind their rivals like Research in Motion’s BlackBerry, Motorola’s Q, and Samsung’s BlackJack. The full coverage of the device is expected to be disclosed soon.
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