The Palm Foleo was a subnotebook with Linux operating system, announced by Palm Inc. on May 30, 2007 [http://investor.palm.com/pressdetail.cfm?ReleaseID=246403 Palm - Company - Investor Relations ], and cancelled on September 4, 2007, that was intended as a companion device for all brands of smartphones, though it only supported Windows Mobile or Palm OS-based Palm Treos. It was supposed to include 256 MB of flash memory and support an "Instant-On" feature, allowing an immediate boot-up with all applications intact in the past state. Jeff Hawkins' comments at D5 seemed to imply that this was possible because of a Linux OS and Flash-storage. (video)
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The Official Palm Blog: A Message to Palm Customers, Partners and ...
As many of you are aware, we are in the process of building our next generation ... Palm kills the Foleo - for now from TiVo Lovers Blog ...blog.palm.com/palm/2007/09/a-message-to-pa.htmlFoleoCentral
The news, opinions & review blog about the Palm Foleo Mobile Companion ... This blog aims to provide you with regular updates on new Palm Foleo-related ...foleocentral.blogspot.com/foleo Blog posts | ZDNet
White papers, case studies, technical articles, and blog posts relating to foleo ... Blog posts 2007-05-30. Correction (with additional information) to my post ...search.zdnet.com/index.php?t=1&s=0&o=0&q=foleoThe Official Palm Blog: Talking the Palm Foleo With Jeff Hawkins
There's been a range of questions and comments on this blog (and many others) since we announced the Palm Foleo a couple of weeks ago - everything from "what is the ...blog.palm.com/palm/2007/06/theres_been_a_r.htmlThe Handheld Librarian: Six Apart to support Palm Foleo (Blog Herald)
... services available on the Foleo, users can keep blog and journal entries up to ... Six Apart to support Palm Foleo (Blog Herald) Palm Foleo: Sneak Peek ...handheldlib.blogspot.com/2007/08/six-apart-to-support-palm-f...The Palm Foleo was a subnotebook with Linux operating system, announced by Palm Inc. on May 30, 2007 [http://investor.palm.com/pressdetail.cfm?ReleaseID=246403 Palm - Company - Investor Relations ], and cancelled on September 4, 2007, that was intended as a companion device for all brands of smartphones, though it only supported Windows Mobile or Palm OS-based Palm Treos. It was supposed to include 256 MB of flash memory and support an "Instant-On" feature, allowing an immediate boot-up with all applications intact in the past state. Jeff Hawkins' comments at D5 seemed to imply that this was possible because of a Linux OS and Flash-storage. (video)
Its features included wireless connections through Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Integrated software includes an E-Mail client which Palm claims could sync with the Treo E-Mail client, the Opera web browser and the Documents To Go office suite, although as the version is 1.001 (current Palm OS version 10.0) when viewed under "System Info Details", this indicates DTG was not a Palm OS application running under an emulation layer. The E-Mail client would not be able to pass through the Wi-Fi connection. The only way this e-mail reader/composer/replier program was able to retrieve/send e-mail was through synchronization with a supported smartphone such as Palm's Treo , although the Foleo itself could use other programs to access email through wifi.
According to Palm Inc., the Foleo was supposed to be available in the summer of 2007 at a price of $499 after an introductory $100 rebate. However, as of September 4, 2007, all development has been cancelled for the Foleo. Palm's CEO, Ed Colligan, announced that he wishes to focus on Palm's core product instead.
Size and Weight
268×169×24 mm (10.55×6.65×0.94 in). Weighs 1.133 kg (2.4 lbs).
Software
The Foleo was initially reported to run a modified Linux kernel. The kernel was reported as being version 2.6.14-rmk1-pxa1-intc2 ("rmk1" indicates this is the ARM architectural version, "pxa1" indicates it is of the PXA family of Intel/Marvell Technology Group XScale processors, "inct2" is possibly an IRQ handler). On August 7, 2007, Palm announced that it had chosen Wind River Systems to help it customize the standard Linux kernel to make it more suitable for this device.
The device used a custom-built widget framework called HxUI, which is based on the LiTE toolbox over the DirectFB graphics subsystem. HxUI uses XML to describe its interfaces. Bundled Applications included the Opera web browser (Supports Flash and Ajax, but not Flash video), an E-mail application, a PDF viewer, and DocumentsToGo to handle Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents.
