Will you buy a Palm Foleo?

[chris]

Please post your reponses and vote on the poll.

[chris]

For my mobile lifestyle, I just cannot see a place for the Folio. I love my Powerbook (wish it was a new MacBook Pro, but that's besides the point) and the capabilities. For email on the go, the Treo does the job. When I travel, I would never leave without my Mac or Treo. I can't see me leaving either and for me personally, I wouldn't add another device to my laptop bag (unless of course it was an iPhone.) After seeing the initial leak, I had high hopes that we might see a new Treo to go along with the Foleo announcement.

-Chris

[beerbelly44]

A companion piece? I use the Treo 700p because it combines the features of a palm with the features of a cell phone. It would be pointless to carry an external device to expand on those functions because it defeats the purpose of the Treo, that it's a portable intergrated device

[benjie]

I rarely go to the office. My reports are handled via email normally via the Treo during the night and after getting home, a closing email is done. The closing email could just as easily be done on the Treo if I were willing to type an extended email on its keyboard, but I am not.

I have on occasion taken my 17" laptop to work with me; however, it is not the lightest dude in the world. I definitely am interested in trying it when it comes out. I am not happy that it will not run the Palm apps straight out of the box...

Ben

[SiriuslyTreo]

It is a little early for me to make a concrete decision on the Foleo BUT, if it I was able to load Delorme GPS soft and connect a GPS antenna to it then i would be all over it. I have been looking for a small computer that is relatively cheap (the foleo is much less than I expect to spend) and safe to mount in my car while traveling.

Google maps is great and so are the other programs out there but I can't plot 500 plus waypoints.

Time will tell though.

[birddog]

I answered "No", but I'm just not sure yet.

As 3G phones change the way we use our laptops/smartphones -- I see this as an attractive, lightweight alternative to a laptop. But I am not ready to give up the laptop, which means that the Foleo is a $500 luxury for when I think all I will want to do is connectivity stuff.

But who knows, with a 3G phone and the Foleo, I may not need to keep data with me (on a laptop) if I can access it very quickly remotely.

If I can use Word, Excel and some other applications (remotely, if that is good enough, but even if I can access files stored on the phone or in flash) I might consider giving up the laptop. On the other hand, If I get to the point that I can blow $500 on a toy -- very possibly.

The Foleo will not succeed as a third device, people already carry too much. If it succeeds, it will be as a lightweight replacement for the laptop. I might own both, but I will never carry both.

[aaalone]

I will not buy Foleo. What's the purpose of using the smartphone? The answer is simple..... convenience and small size that can handle simple PC works, like checking important emails, web browsing, work schedule...etc ! Palmphone....that's enough.

Will you guy carry Foleo when shopping? ...... My wife will kill me if she sees me have a PC on-hand !!

[billingsworld]

Not a chance. $500? Why? Did they do ANY research on this? Is this a release of a new product for the sake of a release?

- It's $500 - hello? I can buy a full laptop for that kind of money. I carry a 700wx and an HP tabletpc tc1100. If I didn't have the tablet, I would just be carrying something else.

- It's not small enough

- If it included EVDO and GSM radio's (like the new world blackberry) and I could use a bluetooth headset, than we would be set. I have been looking hard a OQO Model 2 or a Flybook.

- You are trying to make the smartphone the core of my world? Are you kidding me? Not going to happen.

The only people I could see using this, thing, are people who are web dependent, have oodles of money to spend on a data plan (remember, I am from Canada and data plans are $100 for 200MB / month) and have no use for a fat client.

[be7]

No, I will not buy one.

I love my Treo 650, and would love to get a next-gen Linux-kernal-based PalmOS-interfaced Treo with a better camera, more internal storage, internal antenna, and Wi-Fi features. And, I still want bluetooth, infrared, and speakerphone, thank you.

I travel to work locally, and periodically travel internationally, with both a 17" notebook (heavy!) and my Treo which includes service for international calls and data. I can take my Treo anywhere--the park, to children's soccer games, out to eat, biking, etc.

I do not need a third device in the middle. To me it seems like this is not a step backward, not a step forward, but a step to the side. My only hope is that they are going to follow up this announcement with the Linux-Treo and all the other features I mentioned. Please?

[ragtopcaddy]

I think a lot of the posters have completely missed the point. With >4gb of storage, and tons of software, the Treo has come of age. The only reason I lug around a laptop is for the ease of doing things, many of which I may technically be able to do on my Treo, but are more comfortable to do on a laptop. I can imagine getting to my hotel room on vacation or business, and working on a Word doc, or viewing a video, or responding to email, or visiting a website, and easily being able to edit, view the entire doc/video on an extremely lightweight and visible Foleo. If this product delivers this capability, then for most uses, I can leave the laptop behind.

I originally bought the Treo instead of a laptop, for portability considerations. Many of my most desired applications I found I could execute on the Treo. One must assume faster CPUs and more storage. As long as the Treo continues on that trajectory, the Foleo could replace the laptop as a lightweight alternative.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of an application I need on a laptop that doesn't have a counterpart on the Treo. As time goes by, Treo applications will likely be adapted for optimal effect on a Foleo.

If all that is in fact the case. I'd certainly opt for a Foleo. But, the price would have to be more like $250-350.