• more about #foleo more comments →
    dry-roasted-peanuts: Oh, I am also still waiting for this: And, if I cannot get my atomic car, can I at least get my society full of jetpacks and dirigibles? more »
    dry-roasted-peanuts: I'm still waiting for my SNES CD drive... more »
    admoseremic: Starcraft:Ghost remains at the top of the list for me. more »
    Monty: A Mac compatible sounded like a pretty fantastic idea to me, up until the point that Pystar released their first product. So, I guess you are damned ... more »
    switchblade saints: Here: [www.instructables.com] yeah, not as sweet but its a start. more »
  • #vaporware

    Vaporware - How Machines Will Always Disappoint Us

    There's a principle in psychology that says promising something and then taking it away is a bigger disappointment than not knowing about it in the first place. Vaporware is the epitome of this for gadgetheads. More »
  • #concept

    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]
  • #lgtouch

    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 »
  • #imateshell

    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]
  • #breaking

    Palm Cans Foleo (For Now)

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

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

  • #nonlaptops

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

  • #foleo

    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]
  • #rumor

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

    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! More »
  • #foiledorforeal

    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 »
  • #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
  • #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 »
  • #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 »
  • #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 »