Palm Unveils New Laptop-Like Gadget

Wed May 30, 2007 9:18 PM EDT

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Evan Mix

So, basically, it's a $599 way to avoid the really annoying Palm Pilot keyboard?

Now that I write that out, it actually sounds like it might be worth it...

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#1 - Wed May 30, 2007 10:10 PM EDT

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Kyle Baxter

I don't get the point of this thing. It is too big and too under-featured to be a mobile, small laptop, but too big to carry around in addition to your mobile phone. Am I missing something here?

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#2 - Wed May 30, 2007 10:50 PM EDT

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Evan Mix

No, I think you pretty much nailed it.

Although in the under-featured category, it might be worth separately mentioning the lack of a hard drive. I wonder if you can connect an external drive to it?

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#2.1 - Wed May 30, 2007 10:58 PM EDT

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Wileycount

what would really be slick is a pen based convertible tablet of the same form factor, roughly the size of a moleskine notebook (the large one), and why not with screens on both sides, to allow for a proper reading experience? I would love for the idea that hawkins seems to be espousing, of a powerful mobile platform with the interface expanded to usable, but still portable, size.

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#3 - Wed May 30, 2007 11:02 PM EDT

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macemoneta

Wow, Palm has really lost its way.

At this price point, it's competing with considerably more full-featured 12.1" notebooks. The size differential is well worth the additional functionality.

What were they thinking?

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#4 - Thu May 31, 2007 12:04 AM EDT

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wmcneil

Hey, wait!

I'm already moving my docs, pdf's, et cetera online where they are always accessible and backed up constantly. I also hate all the administation of a Windows machine and the idiotic networking nonsense I have to wade through to (duh!) connect my laptop to my desktop everytime I want to grab a file.

F*** Microsoft. I've wasted too much time of my life fiddling with their annoyances and inanities. I'm moving everything onto the web.

Palm also been on my dump list since my T5 stopped working after a year and a half!

I'm skeptical, but Hawkins was the instigator of everything that was good with Palm at the beginning, so I'll cut him some major slack and will check this out.

Keyboards rule! (to hell with that silly little mousey thing).

Best to all...
W.

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#5 - Thu May 31, 2007 5:08 PM EDT

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