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Foleo News, Hawkins Interviews & Possible Release Date Posted By: Kris Keilhack on Thursday, July 12, 2007 9:06:26 AM
4 ?) V+ K/ e" g7 R7 Y% u After a few quiet weeks, Palm's corporate blog has been updatedwith two embedded YouTube videos. The short videos (approx. 4 minutestotal runtime) contain footage of Jeff Hawkins going into additionaldetail about the inspiration behind the Foleo and why the Foleo'sinstantaneous response will lead to a more pleasing user experience. ' U- W! l q! M2 [
The blog post, dated July 11th, concludes with a few links to notableFoleo stories from around the web, including Brighthand's hands-onarticle and a ZDNet interview with the Foleo product manager givinganother hands-on tour of the product.
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" {. }* f2 N9 m3 ~ In additional Foleo news, Brighthand has posteda news item from an anonymous tipster revealing a possible release datefor the product of August 22nd. The Foleo will enjoy a period ofinitial exclusivity through Palm's retail stores, kiosks, and web site before spreading to mass retail merchants such as Best Buy in November.
' m9 E9 a8 w4 H% [/ n `! n, sPalm continuesto maintain a reasonable presence in U.S. "brick and mortar" retailoutlets despite a stale and static line of PDAs that have not beenupdated in nearly two years. Perhaps the arrival of the Foleo is goingto coincide with a renewed push by Palm through its existing retaildistribution network and partners -- something many of its competitorsin the smartphone sector cannot tout. , ^0 N. e5 ?/ t1 C* l: Z
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