Comments on: My Initial Impressions of the Foleo http://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/02/my-initial-impressions-of-the-foleo/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Final Demise of Palm — Keener Livinghttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/02/my-initial-impressions-of-the-foleo/#comment-20677 The Final Demise of Palm — Keener Living Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:28:59 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/02/my-initial-impressions-of-the-foleo/#comment-20677 [...] Lau, over at Gear Diary, gives his initial impressions of the Palm Foleo. The bottom line: it’s a dud because it missed out on key design requirements, such as not [...] [...] Lau, over at Gear Diary, gives his initial impressions of the Palm Foleo. The bottom line: it’s a dud because it missed out on key design requirements, such as not [...]

]]> By: raleigh1208http://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/02/my-initial-impressions-of-the-foleo/#comment-20309 raleigh1208 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:38:52 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/02/my-initial-impressions-of-the-foleo/#comment-20309 Thanks for the review. When I read about the Foleo I had the same reaction as I did to the iPhone--interesting start but I really want to see the second generation model when they have all the bugs out. The advantage of the Foleo is simplicity. I like your checklist approach, and my checklist was similar to yours. I agree that calendar and contacts sync is needed. While the Feleo won't replace, and is not intended to replace, a laptop, I can picture when I would use it. For example, when I go on vaction, or short personal trips, I often bring along my laptop bag to use to check emails and the web. I could do it with my Treo, but the small screen is the downside. The Foleo could easily replace my laptop for those trips. Thanks for the review. When I read about the Foleo I had the same reaction as I did to the iPhone–interesting start but I really want to see the second generation model when they have all the bugs out. The advantage of the Foleo is simplicity. I like your checklist approach, and my checklist was similar to yours. I agree that calendar and contacts sync is needed. While the Feleo won’t replace, and is not intended to replace, a laptop, I can picture when I would use it. For example, when I go on vaction, or short personal trips, I often bring along my laptop bag to use to check emails and the web. I could do it with my Treo, but the small screen is the downside. The Foleo could easily replace my laptop for those trips.

]]> By: TrvlngDrewhttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/02/my-initial-impressions-of-the-foleo/#comment-20095 TrvlngDrew Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:57:08 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/02/my-initial-impressions-of-the-foleo/#comment-20095 Hi Stan, Thanks for taking a needs based approach to the Foleo, different premise and certainly the one we all do if even in a subconscious mehtod. I will sit down and make up my own list in ListPro and see how that goes. I'm a little concerned that the Foleo is going to end up on the shelf for me as I travel weekly and bi-monthly internationally and have to carry a notebook and a smartphone. The Foleo is between the two and can't replace either end. Interesting concept though.. It is sort of reminiscent of the Nokia Tablet but at least it has separate connectivity via WiFi. Let's see what happens, will buy one on EBay in a few months at a substantial discount! :-) Hi Stan, Thanks for taking a needs based approach to the Foleo, different premise and certainly the one we all do if even in a subconscious mehtod. I will sit down and make up my own list in ListPro and see how that goes. I’m a little concerned that the Foleo is going to end up on the shelf for me as I travel weekly and bi-monthly internationally and have to carry a notebook and a smartphone. The Foleo is between the two and can’t replace either end. Interesting concept though.. It is sort of reminiscent of the Nokia Tablet but at least it has separate connectivity via WiFi. Let’s see what happens, will buy one on EBay in a few months at a substantial discount! :-)

]]> By: reidmehttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/02/my-initial-impressions-of-the-foleo/#comment-20053 reidme Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:16:54 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/02/my-initial-impressions-of-the-foleo/#comment-20053 There's been somewhat of a knee-jerk dismissal of the Foleo from some camps, but Palm contributed to that reaction by excessively hyping the revolutionary nature of the announcement. Most of Palm's products are more evolutionary than revolutionary, and the Foleo is no exception. What I like best about Palm's products is that they do a lot of thinking about how the product will actually be used and pare things down to do the essentials really well. The opposite approach (and the one usually favored by Microsoft) is to throw in every feature you can think of and let the consumer figure out how to best use it. This has it's advantages too, but you sometimes end up with a product that's optimized for no one. That said, I was surprised that the Foleo doesn't sync contacts, calendar, tasks, and memos right out of the box. I'd really like to have the equivalent of Palm Desktop running on the Foleo to sync PIM data and install/backup apps. Then you wouldn't need to sync with a PC. (Although I guess that could be a problem if you lost your gear bag that contained both your Treo and your Foleo!) I totally agree with you on the importance of instant on-off and OS efficiency in a device like this. I'm really looking forward to the Foleo, and judging by the initial reaction it has received it may not be too hard to get one when it first comes out. :-) There’s been somewhat of a knee-jerk dismissal of the Foleo from some camps, but Palm contributed to that reaction by excessively hyping the revolutionary nature of the announcement. Most of Palm’s products are more evolutionary than revolutionary, and the Foleo is no exception. What I like best about Palm’s products is that they do a lot of thinking about how the product will actually be used and pare things down to do the essentials really well. The opposite approach (and the one usually favored by Microsoft) is to throw in every feature you can think of and let the consumer figure out how to best use it. This has it’s advantages too, but you sometimes end up with a product that’s optimized for no one.

That said, I was surprised that the Foleo doesn’t sync contacts, calendar, tasks, and memos right out of the box. I’d really like to have the equivalent of Palm Desktop running on the Foleo to sync PIM data and install/backup apps. Then you wouldn’t need to sync with a PC. (Although I guess that could be a problem if you lost your gear bag that contained both your Treo and your Foleo!)

I totally agree with you on the importance of instant on-off and OS efficiency in a device like this. I’m really looking forward to the Foleo, and judging by the initial reaction it has received it may not be too hard to get one when it first comes out. :-)

]]> By: GFhttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/02/my-initial-impressions-of-the-foleo/#comment-20046 GF Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:45:16 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/02/my-initial-impressions-of-the-foleo/#comment-20046 Hi Stan, Thanks for your objective comments. I think the Contact will be come together with the device because people need the email address in the Contact to send an email. I am using WM PDA, laptop and computer. I found that most of the time I use my pda to check the calendar. Of course, it would be great to have it. I think this is the reason why they don't include the calendar. The same logic applies to Instant messenger. The Foleo is a mobile companion, it implies that we only use it when needed. Therefore you don't need worry about battery as you won't connect between two devices permanently. I will continue to use my Treo to do everything as usual. I will use the Foleo to do the following: 1. When I want to compose a long email; 2. When I want to edit a long document or large excel (I seldom use powerpoint); 3. When I want to read pdf document (really pain to read PDF in a small device); 4. When I want to visit a website which is not designed for mobile device and access webmail. My only concerns are as follows: 1. Whether it can read Asian languages, such as Chinese, Japanese etc; 2. Whether the functionality of the brower is similar to IE6 or above. Thanks. Hi Stan, Thanks for your objective comments.

I think the Contact will be come together with the device because people need the email address in the Contact to send an email.

I am using WM PDA, laptop and computer. I found that most of the time I use my pda to check the calendar. Of course, it would be great to have it. I think this is the reason why they don’t include the calendar. The same logic applies to Instant messenger.

The Foleo is a mobile companion, it implies that we only use it when needed. Therefore you don’t need worry about battery as you won’t connect between two devices permanently. I will continue to use my Treo to do everything as usual. I will use the Foleo to do the following:

1. When I want to compose a long email;
2. When I want to edit a long document or large excel (I seldom use powerpoint);
3. When I want to read pdf document (really pain to read PDF in a small device);
4. When I want to visit a website which is not designed for mobile device and access webmail.

My only concerns are as follows:

1. Whether it can read Asian languages, such as Chinese, Japanese etc;
2. Whether the functionality of the brower is similar to IE6 or above.

Thanks.

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