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The Foleo?

Thursday 31 May 2007 at 10:09 pm 10" laptop. Runs Linux.


(image borrowed from the below, who "borrowed" it from palm. bandwidth not borrowed, however)
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5 hours battery life. Runs Linux. 1024x600 screen. Bluetooth and WiFi. Headphone socket, SD and CF sockets. Looking good so far...

Costs US$499!? That's good for a normal laptop, but hang on, this thing is a PDA with a big screen and keyboard... a little overpriced? Given the specs, maybe not.

And no touchscreen? As if you can't flip the screen round, and use it as a tablet. Considering it's from Palm, that qualifies for a real WTF.

And it's got one of those pointer things that are on the keyboard. No way. Trackpad all the way for me, considering I can use one as well as I can use a mouse (lots of practice = perfectly natural :) ).

Interesting device. But I think I'd be happier with a N800, or a Zaurus.

I might revisit linux on my palm at some point in the future, it's gotten significantly better since last time I used it. Suspend now works, so you can power it off and on, and there's a bluetooth driver. Wifi drivers are in development somewhere else, that will be awesome, when the unit's fully functional.

Wonder when I can get the sound out working (it's supposed to work. Haven't been able to make it behave yet)...

Because overall, the TX is a great unit. Running Linux on it would expand the possibilities dramatically.

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