Palm's secret project lacks substance

by: Dan - posted: 5/30/2007 4:27:00 PM

Palm was all geeked up today to announce their latest secret project that was to revolutionize the future of mobile communications. What they delivered appears to be a laptop sized device called the 'Foleo' that is to be a companion piece (and bundled with) to the Treo. I distinctly remember people going to smartphones in order to leave the bulk of the desktop and laptop at the office. Now Palm wants you to lug it around anyway, just in case...While I am sure there is a place for this type of device, I would be shocked if it truly takes off and becomes anything more than a fad. Frankly, if I wanted to put my applications on a larger screen, wouldn't it make more sense to invest in a laptop running XP or Vista instead of Windows Mobile?

Microsoft announced a coffee-table computer. Palm announced a dumbed down laptop. Wonder who had the more innovative announcement?