Palm’s new secret device unveiled: the Foleo

Earlier, during the wake of the D: All Things Digital conference held in Carlsbad, California today, mobile device mogul Palm, Inc. and its co-founder Jeff Hawkins announced that they were going to reveal a new secret device that was either going to redefine the concept of mobile computing or introduce a “new category of mobile devices” available in the world today. Either way you see fit, Palm definitely pushed the envelope an inch further.

 

That product codenamed the “Hawk,” has been revealed far earlier than expected, after a press release accidentally leaked the info through its own news feed. Enter the smartphone: a computing device that is frequently eyed as the next desktop computer, but perfectly fits in your pocket.

Enter the Foleo: a sub-notebook device powered by Linux that hooks up (figuratively) to your smartphone, giving you all the aesthetics for computing, while providing all the convenience of mobility and Palm’s new secret device.

The techie world of gadgets and gizmos is driven by size and portability, but Palm foresaw that contributing to the mobility of devices is fraught by two weaknesses that oppose miniaturization. 

As things get smaller, people still want a manageable size of the device’s screen and a roomy viewable area, while having an input interface that’s more comfortable to a mobile computing consumer.

Palm introduced the Foleo as a filler to that grey line between mobility and computing experience, offering a solution to syncing emails, providing wireless web surfing and image browsing on a laptop that couldn’t be bigger than an average-sized paperback notebook.

The Foleo stays connected to your smartphone through a Bluetooth connection, allowing it to quickly extract emails sent to your smartphone, while using the phone’s own Internet access for a unique mobile surfing experience. The perfectly laid-out keyboard and 10-inch diagonal-wide screen allows for an easy viewing experience, while allowing you to reply to emails or browse the Web right where you are, at that very moment.

Earlier, during the wake of the D: All Things Digital conference held in Carlsbad, California today, mobile device mogul Palm, Inc. and its co-founder Jeff Hawkins announced that they were going to reveal a new secret device that was either going to redefine the concept of mobile computing or introduce a “new category of mobile devices” available in the world today. Either way you see fit, Palm definitely pushed the envelope an inch further.

 

That product codenamed the “Hawk,” has been revealed far earlier than expected, after a press release accidentally leaked the info through its own news feed. Enter the smartphone: a computing device that is frequently eyed as the next desktop computer, but perfectly fits in your pocket.

Enter the Foleo: a sub-notebook device powered by Linux that hooks up (figuratively) to your smartphone, giving you all the aesthetics for computing, while providing all the convenience of mobility and Palm’s new secret device.

The techie world of gadgets and gizmos is driven by size and portability, but Palm foresaw that contributing to the mobility of devices is fraught by two weaknesses that oppose miniaturization. 

As things get smaller, people still want a manageable size of the device’s screen and a roomy viewable area, while having an input interface that’s more comfortable to a mobile computing consumer.

Palm introduced the Foleo as a filler to that grey line between mobility and computing experience, offering a solution to syncing emails, providing wireless web surfing and image browsing on a laptop that couldn’t be bigger than an average-sized paperback notebook.

The Foleo stays connected to your smartphone through a Bluetooth connection, allowing it to quickly extract emails sent to your smartphone, while using the phone’s own Internet access for a unique mobile surfing experience. The perfectly laid-out keyboard and 10-inch diagonal-wide screen allows for an easy viewing experience, while allowing you to reply to emails or browse the Web right where you are, at that very moment.