Palm Cancels Foleo Project in Response to Customer Concern
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It may go down in history as a noble experiment that was wisely aborted just prior to perhaps going down in flames: Palm yesterday announced it has decided it won't be launching a little Linux laptop computer after all, devoting its entire marketing efforts instead to what many believe will be a smartphone called Centro to take on the RIM BlackBerry.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PalmSource, Inc. provider of Palm OS(R), a leading operating system powering next-generation mobile devices and smartphones, today announced its second
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Same design though? The wraps come off Palm's latest Euro-centric smartphone on Wednesday, and while speculation has centred on the notion the device might be the company's upcoming Centro product, Palm has claimed it isn't.â¦
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Caught in a fierce competitive market populated by BlackBerries, iPhones and other innovative devices, Palm announced this weekend that it will close most of its retail stores.
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Blog: The software maker has put a halt to an effort by a group of developers that wanted to build an operating system on top of an early test version of the Vista predecessor.
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Blog: Palm revealed earlier this year that it's working on its own Linux-based version of the venerable Palm OS, but it's not going to arrive until next year.
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Shipments of devices running the Palm OS have declined sharply, researcher says.
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(InfoWorld) - The official Palm blog has added an audio interview with Palm's founder in what appears to be a new attempt to justify theÂ recently announced Foleo. The Foleo, which works with a smartphone, is in a category of its own and has largely puzzled the market. It is the size of a small laptop with a full keyboard and a 10-inch display but no hard drive and will cost $499 after a $100 rebate. Palm hasn't revealed details of the processor but says it's too slow to nicely display video. The Foleo is designed to be used in conjunction with a smartphone which it connects to via Bluetooth. The Palm blog says that it is making available the audio interview with Palm founder Jeff Hawkins in an attempt to answer some of the many questions people have about the Foleo, though the blog entry admits that the interview "barely scratches the surface of everything out there." The Foleo is not a laptop and doesn't pretend to be one, Hawkins says in the segment. "It's not a product for everyone," he says. But for Treo users who travel a lot and would prefer not to lug their heavier laptops with them, the Foleo could meet their needs, he said. The Foleo would be perfect, for instance, for use on a plane, where laptops often are too big for the tray table. The Foleo is "so light and small" that users will carry it around with them the same way they carry their Treos around everywhere, he said. Smartphone users who heavily rely on the phone for e-mail and other online functions would want to use the Foleo when they occasionally need a bigger screen or need to type a lot, he said. Hawkins' renewed explanations, which sound similar to descriptions of the Foleo offered at the launch in late May, may not satisfy some early critics. "The limited functionality offered by the Foleo pales in comparison with far more capable, heavier, and not much more expensive notebooks," wrote Todd Kort, a Gartner analyst, in a report published a few days after the Foleo introduction. The Foleo would be more attractive if it had personal information management software, instant messaging, VoIP, a faster processor, and a better battery, Kort said. Kort was so unimpressed with the functionality of the Foleo that he recommends customers instead considerÂ buying an external keyboard that costs around $80, weighs just 300 grams, and "meets much of the same user needs as the Foleo." Comments on the Palm blog reveal mixed feelings from customers. Some say that they're excited to try out the Foleo, while others are clearly still confused about why it's necessary. One reader wrote: "As ever, the most critical question remains unanswered: Why?"
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Sub-sub-notebook that's Palm Pilot for the 21st Century? Computex First Palm's Foleo, now Asus' Eee PC. Different names, but the concept's much the same: a highly compact laptop that focuses on mobile internet access rather than heavy duty personal computing.â¦
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A delay in the release of its newest Treo device prompted the first drop in sales at Palm Inc. in more than three years.
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Eric Benhamou will resign as chairman of PalmSource Inc. on Oct. 28, the company announced Friday. The company said it expects he will continue in his role as chairman of sister company PalmOne Inc.
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Siemens corruption scandal broadens The â¬20bn merger of the Nokia and Siemens networks businesses will be postponed by a couple of months as a result of the broadening corruption scandal at Siemens.â¦
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Vodafone will launch it tomorrow Palm's new Euro-centric smartphone, due to be announced tomorrow, is indeed based on the design that's been doing the rounds of the rumour sites since June. It will be released by Vodafone, under the Treo 500v moniker.â¦
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Palm Inc.'s death knell has been rung over and over &#151; on Wall Street, in headlines, and by a growing number of discontented fans.
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The controversial Eolas Technologies patent looks like it is about to be rescinded by the US Patent Office. The office has confirmed that it has rejected all of the 10 patent claims that it re-examined.
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Centro due this month Palm is to bring its Palm OS-based Centro smartphone to Europe, the company announced today.â¦
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Blog: The company "inadvertently" removes extended warranty choices for Linux PCs, but they'll be back Tuesday.