The Foleo: Version I, II and ?

My estimate of what is going on with Palm, related to the Foleo hardware is that:

It wasn't ready for shipment due to missing software features and they rushed it to compete with netbooks.

That caused it to suck miserably since it was missing several key features like personal information managment, IM, video playback and guess what else PalmOS compatibility.
PalmOS software compatibility... on a Palm device.  Wow.
And no PIM?  Come on Palm, this is what got you IN the market.

That combined with the estimate that they had 18 months of capital left before going bottom up.

The Palm software brand was already getting stink all over it when they split hardware and software and WiMo was making it's way into the Palm's world in the Treo hardware line.

They needed to repackage all their goodness under a new name/brand/flavor before they really did get into a rut they couldn't get out of.

When their software straightens out, read WebOS with a C toolkit and when/if it makes sense to put it back on the Foleo they will do so.


So, sit back and wait for Palm to get WebOS right, and for the netbook craze to mellow and you might just see a Foleo-esque device from Palm that had more than what you wanted before.