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iFolio Converts iPhone into Ultra-Light Laptop, So Light It Doesn't Exist

With visions of the MacBook Air hovering tantalizingly before us, one designer took a page from the now-dead Palm Foleo and has docked the iPhone into a really barebones 12" chassis—essentially nothing more than a screen, keyboard and USB ports. Willy Yonkers, its creator, thinks that if you kept it simple it could sell for as little as $150. Too bad it's a pipe dream, even if it looks a bit fugly. [Willy Yonkers via Yanko Design]

2:40 AM on Tue Jan 15 2008
By Kit Eaton
7,726 views, 24 comments

Latest by n/a: This is a great concept, connect to a Virtual Desktop and this makes the iPhone the Nirvana Smartphone (www.nirvanasmartphone.com) more »

windows mobile

Hands-on With Redfly's Windows Mobile Portable

We just got hands-on with the Redfly Mobile, the Palm Foleo-ish Windows Mobile UMPC that feeds off of the processing power (and user interface) of your WinMo phone. Here's what we think.

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11:38 PM on Sun Jan 6 2008
By Jason Chen
5,367 views, 13 comments

lg touch

LG Touch Design Combines iPhone and Palm Foleo

This design for the LG Touch seems interesting if just for the fact that they took a bunch of different technologies and shoved them into one piece of gear. The Touch looks like a Prada-ish phone on the outside, but takes the iPhone's touchscreen capabilities and combines them with a dockable base reminiscent of the now-cancelled Palm Foleo. There's even extra functionality like dual LCD displays on the edges and neon green connectors for the earbuds, remotes and headsets. It's definitely cool looking, but definitely unlikely to be made any time soon. [Yanko Design] More »

7:40 PM on Tue Oct 30 2007
By Jason Chen
14,674 views, 17 comments

Latest by jonb4more: absolutely sexy, but a bit frivalous. more »

i-mate shell

i-Mate Creating Palm Foleo-like UMPC With i-Mate Shell?

According to Ubergizmo, i-Mate's working on a Palm Foleo-like UMPC/PDA device that has a 1024x768 display, a built-in keyboard, an 80 (!) hour battery, and a price point of only $300. However, this shell is just a "shell" (like its name), and uses one of i-Mate's Windows Mobile Ultimate smartphones as a base/processor. That makes sense with the VGA and XVGA display out on the phones, and is slightly more reasonable than what the Foleo was trying to do. [UberGizmo]

2:29 PM on Tue Oct 23 2007
By Jason Chen
2,011 views, 7 comments

Latest by n/a: I was talking with my brother about this idea when iPhone rumors were coming about. Apple are you listening??? sjobs@apple.net will get his 100th e-mail from me. more »

breaking

Palm Cans Foleo (For Now)

We just got word that the controversial Palm Foleo has been canceled "in its current configuration." More »

5:15 PM on Tue Sep 4 2007
By Wilson Rothman
11,667 views, 38 comments

Despite reported bugs, Palm is denying that their Foleo UMPC-like device will be delayed. [MacWorld]

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The much anticipated Palm Foleo has been delayed due to sync-related software bugs. [Barrons]

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If Palm's mutant smartphone/laptop Foleo is your kind of bag, Brighthand gets its hand(s) on the previously unrevealed full spec list: the mystery processor is a 416 MHz Intel/Marvell PXA27x, and it packs 128MB of RAM with 256MB of non-volatile memory. [Brighthand]

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The Palm Foleo may be available as early as August 22nd at Palm retail and online stores. [The Boy Genuis Report]

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iron gadget

Palm Foleo vs. DIY Palm Pilot Notebook


This week Palm announced the Foleo, an ultraportable Smartphone companion laptop. The January 2007 issue of Make shows you how to take a hardcover book and turn it into an ultraportable laptop by embedding a Palm Pilot and keyboard. The designer, Allen Wong, even powered it with AAA batteries that last for days. How does the Foleo stack up against Wong's Palm Notebook? It's time for... Iron Gadget!
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Feature

9:16 PM on Fri Jun 1 2007
By Noah Robischon
16,778 views, 27 comments

foiled or fo' real?

Ultimate Launch Wrap-Up: Palm's New Foleo Does What Exactly?


OK, so the rumors weren't rumors, just little wispy truths that have been confirmed by one big announcement: Palm has indeed built some kind of crazy laptop-like friend for the Treo, called Foleo. Suffice it to say, the initial reaction has not been overwhelmingly positive. More »

Feature

5:30 PM on Wed May 30 2007
By Wilson Rothman
11,862 views, 47 comments

clips

Palm Foleo in Motion

Now that the Palm Foleo is official, you're probably wondering how it looks in motion. Here's a tiny video with Jeff Hawkins demoing the unit. – Jason Chen

2:41 PM on Wed May 30 2007
By Jason Chen
2,839 views, 19 comments

live

First Palm Foleo Hands On and Impressions

It would be redundant to step through the Foleo right after Hawkins gave us a feature tour, but I have held the hardware, and it is impressively light (physically and software wise). It looks like a fanless, or near fanless design, the screen is very nice, and the keyboard reminds me of a Toshiba Tecra (a favorable thing). It looks to be a very efficient machine. If you overlook all the crazy buttons for navigation. And I thought the Thinkpad num/trackpad with multiple buttons was bad. That's not simplicity in design. There is a dedicated email button, which is a nice touch, as well as an Apps button that goes to the Dataviz office docs, the photo viewer, web browser, etc. The menu is top left, like a mac/windows hybrid and is favorably clean. But that's what happens when your device has no apps. What does it take to compile software to run on the Foleo. More »

2:37 PM on Wed May 30 2007
By Brian Lam
3,588 views, 3 comments

Latest by zamafir: since 1998... yay it's the pre palm I days all over again! more »

top

Palm Foleo: A Laptop For Your Smartphone


All the details on Palm's new device, the Foleo, are out. They're calling it a "Smartphone companion product," it's got a 10-inch screen, full-size keyboard and built-in Wi-Fi. Edits on the Foleo automatically appear on a paired Smartphone, and data synchronizes with a dedicated button. Foleo runs on an open Linux-based platform, with an Opera browser—application developers are hereby granted permission to board! $499 with $100 introductory rebate, goes on sale this summer. Detailed specs and more after the jump... More »

2:35 PM on Wed May 30 2007
By Noah Robischon
21,828 views, 14 comments

Latest by rich70734: wow an accessory for your smartphone that costs twice as much as the phone. more »

rumor

Palm's Secret Weapon is a Smartphone Companion?

If this rumor is true (and we're still debating its validity), then Palm's new handheld, dubbed the Palm Foleo, is a "smartphone companion." More »

8:17 AM on Wed May 30 2007
By Louis Ramirez
6,295 views, 14 comments