Simplicity put Palm's Pilot on the map. Is Palm's Foleo 'PC'

Much the same way Steve Jobs was Apple's Prodigal Son, returning to the company and reinvigorating it with the sorts of innovations that put it on the map in the first place, Palm founder Jeff Hawkins has apparently returned to his roots in hopes of sparking a revival at his legacy that's based on the same principle that garnered Palm the attention it got in the early 90s: simplicity. The first result is Palm's $499 Foleo which is due out later this summer.

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[matthewcolenbrander]

I HAVE THE PALM PILOT

everyones like omg the iphone has touch

but the palm pilot had it years before

[CaptianComment]

I remember I used to be the happiest kid when my dad would let me play with his palm pilot... that sounds so wrong.

[korwinblue]

Folio requires a companion phone to get it's full use. It lives on as the TouchPad.

[dice1331]

another steal from apple.. when steve saw this he was like "its like picasso said good artist copy..great artist steals..lets make a touch product..and wait! lets make it a phone! and call it..hmmmm..i know! lets call it iphone!"

[thehalflifedude]

Is it ironic that i saw a ad for the iphone 4 before the video itself played?

[iruleforevs]

iPhones are the most FAIL phones of the entire history of human kind. Apple just make their products look pretty, to cover up their utter lack of funcionality. iPhones FAIL! Palm is the best mobile device company.

[iruleforevs]

iPhones are the most FAIL phones of the entire history of human kind. Apple just make their products look pretty, to cover up their utter lack of funcionality. iPhones FAIL! Palm is the best mobile device company.

[ebutuoy9000]

the foleo , great idea , now if they can just make it smaller , uhhhhh, hmmmm just the like palm pilot used to be

[kikicreamify]

@matthewcolenbrander I have every palm pilot. Even a color palm screen with wirless antenna that flipped up, lol!

I even have a very sleek palm pilot that looks like a blackberry, but no phone.

[jonnyboy8000]

Palm saw the future but it didn,t see  the netbook

[SuperBoi45]

no multitasking?? Guess it never caught on.