Personally, I think a product like this fills a great void, and also set the stage for things to come. As mobie processors increase is speed and power, a device like this becomes MORE relevant. A KVM for the phone is exactly what this is. Sure Windows Mobile needs to mature for something like this to really be great, but it will as devices themselves become more powerful. Let's not forget that this device has no 'real' OS or processor, and there's nothing to keep this from working with PalmOS or even an Android phone, given the right drivers.
As a mobile manager, I love the idea of pulling out something like this when I need to take a few notes or look up something on the web. I've already got the phone with me, and I really don't need to fire up the laptop.
I think that Palm's direction, putting a separate OS on the Foleo, was the mistake, not the concept, and the price point of the Foleo and the Redfly is a bit high, but I'm willing to pay to be an early adopter.
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Personally, I think a product like this fills a great void, and also set the stage for things to come. As mobie processors increase is speed and power, a device like this becomes MORE relevant. A KVM for the phone is exactly what this is. Sure Windows Mobile needs to mature for something like this to really be great, but it will as devices themselves become more powerful. Let's not forget that this device has no 'real' OS or processor, and there's nothing to keep this from working with PalmOS or even an Android phone, given the right drivers.
As a mobile manager, I love the idea of pulling out something like this when I need to take a few notes or look up something on the web. I've already got the phone with me, and I really don't need to fire up the laptop.
I think that Palm's direction, putting a separate OS on the Foleo, was the mistake, not the concept, and the price point of the Foleo and the Redfly is a bit high, but I'm willing to pay to be an early adopter.