[Discuss] Palm Foleo, linux ultra-portable

[Brij Charan]

Dell has the 12" xps, 4.4lbs, 7hrs 45 mins of battery life.  and holds up to
4gb of ram (but it'll cost you), and core 2 duo.
its 1199 for fathers day (cad)
Tiny, but damn powerful for that size.

On 6/9/07, Steve Epp <steve.epp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Just a few months ago I was googling 'low-cost ultra-portable', but came
> up
> dry.  I did find the 'flybook' (http://www.flybook.biz), which has a HD
> and
> runs XP, but it costs over $3,000 CAN.  It's great to see this new
> breed  of
> mobile devices finding a place in the market.
>
> On 6/8/07, Ronald Schouten <ron at atomeo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I was pretty interested in it but the new eee pc from Asus has caught my
> > attention even more.
> >
> > Build the Hype Video:
> > http://event.asus.com/eeepc/
> >
> > Better Details
> > http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/eee-pc/
> >
> > On 08/06/07, George Farris <farrisg at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2007-08-06 at 20:42 -0700, Steve Epp wrote:
> > > > Check out Palm's to-be-lanched Foleo... a linux-powered,
> > ultra-portable
> > > > laptop.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.palm.com/ca/products/mobilecompanion/foleo/index.html
> > > >
> > > > Interesting idea.  Hopefully the Foleo will be able to run existing
> > > > open-source software.  Comments?
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > >
> > > Too bad that in Canada with Telus and Rogers this would cost, oh I
> don't
> > > know, something like your first born for every hour of surfing.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > George Farris
> > > farrisg at shaw.ca
> > >
> > >
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> Steve Epp
> Victoria,  BC
> spepp at telus dot net
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Brij Charan
Software Developer, Specializing in UI Development.