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Idea: Palm should push Foleo as a blogging tool!

Categories: Devices, Linux, Palm
By: , IntoMobile
Saturday, August 4th, 2007 at 6:11 AM

Just a few days ago I wrote about 4 things I would like to see in Palm Foleo. Then an idea popped to my mind – Palm should push Foleo to bloggers!

Nowadays, most of us have or can afford a laptop. However, even though I have a small laptop I would want an even smaller one without paying a hefty premium (who wouldn’t). In that sense, Palm’s “mobile companion” should fit nicely for blogging purposes only.

Palm Foleo

Basically, I think that most bloggers need some simple app for managing images (resize, crop and such things), and a browser with full AJAX support and tabbed browsing. When I write something, usually there are at least 3 tabs opened in a browser. If Palm could deliver this, I would be happy to jump on board.

The processor speed and available RAM is what matters the most. We don’t want to go back to old hardware, rather we need a dedicated blogging computer which could run on a slower processor, but is much lighter thus easier to carry around. And then… I can easily imagine Palm partnering with Six Apart, WordPress and possibly even Blogger. What a great marketing channel that would be for Palm. Damn with the corporate users — we are the ones which want more freedom! :)

Could Palm actually make this happen? What do you think?

About The Author

Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • Abhishta Paranjpe

    Imo, it makes more sense to simply get BT keyboard and blog from my smartphone, rather than spending 500$ on the foleo.
    And if you’re in the mood to rake out $$, 600$ will get you a nice dell with 1gb ram and a core2duo processor. Why would you waste money on a foleo?

  • LTM

    The foleo is a joke and will bomb just as magnificently as the “lifedrive” did for palm. What’s sad is someone at Palm thinks this is a good idea…. it should have never left the drawing board.

    Stick another nail in their coffin….

  • Leon

    It’s good for touch-typing intellectuals, along the line of the alphasmart dana — which unfortuneatly has bad internet access. I do blog a lot (it gives me more motivation to write when I think someone may be listening — even though noone really is) — and this is pretty much why I’m getting the foleo. The only thing I do on my laptop these days, is type and look at porn. I do wish that the foleo would have higher porn capabilities, but maybe that’s a good thing.