Endgadget readers trash the Palm Foleo
Here´s the announcement of the Palm Foleo in Endgadget. Pls read the comments. They are very negative. People seem to focus on only one thing, the price, which at $500 they find too high. And in that sense they are right. The right price maybe more like $390. But if the Foleo was available for $390, running on Linux the key advantage of the Foleo would stand up and that is that….it runs on Linux. There are many of us who think that the what kills laptops is Microsoft. When I use Mac, or Ubuntu, my laptops work very well. When I used Microsoft I go crazy waiting for laptops to turn on, turn off, suspension never works well, programs crash on me. So the key about the Palm Foleo is that it is NOT a Microsoft laptop. In any case what I want is an Ubuntu based flashed based, very thin, with long lasting batteries, less than 1kg laptop.
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Posted by iurgi - June 1, 2007 4:34 pm - #
I’m sure Ubuntu will work on the foleo very soon. Let’s see what architecture of CPU it uses, but sooner or later (probably sooner) it will be a ubuntu box
iurgi
Posted by JH - June 1, 2007 7:10 pm - #
Foleo is not going to be one of the three: Keys, Wallet and Cell.
Posted by Alberto Naranjo Galet - June 2, 2007 4:43 am - #
Martin you should go to D. I’m now, cool place.
Posted by Henrik - June 2, 2007 7:50 am - #
According to similar logic, Nokia n95 should’ve been thrashed in likewise fashion – but did it? No… How odd!
Posted by José M Alarcón - June 2, 2007 8:00 am - #
It seems that Palm has also realized that sometimes, 2 devices are better than one. Look at this article in allaboutsymbian.com
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/Semi-Convergence_Can_you_have_your_cake_and_eat_it_with_the_Nokia_N800.php
Posted by José M Alarcón - June 2, 2007 8:04 am - #
BTW Martin, why don’t you work with Nokia to give a free Fonera with each N800 sold? I am sure that the N800 buyers would be Fon enthusiasts as well
Posted by Jens - June 4, 2007 12:03 pm - #
I love that linux becomes more and more wide spread. Open Source is like digital democracy. But what I have to say in favor for Microsoft is that my notebook has all the drivers and a better battery running time than compared with e.g. ubuntu. I hope the linux community will catch up quickly.
Posted by steven - June 5, 2007 8:38 am - #
I like the article about the fonera on Engadget…
I thought this info was classified?
Posted by Martin Varsavsky - June 5, 2007 1:57 pm - #
Steven,
Which article?