[Cialug] OT: Palm: everything old is new again?

[David Champion]

Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> Did anyone catch this?
> 
> http://www.palm.com/us/products/mobilecompanion/foleo/index.html
> 
> 
> Reminds me of some old machines - IBM thinkpad, and Psion before that.  I
> wonder if it will ever catch on?
> 
> -Nate

IMHO they won't take off. You can get a real laptop (Dell X1, the little
Sony Vaio, the little MacBook) that's pretty much the same size, that
runs a real OS and real apps.

I think the little clamshell "Electronic Dictionary" market that's big
in Asia now is a better solution to what Palm is trying to do.

-dc