Palm Intros Foleo ‘Mobile Companion’
Palm Inc. today announced the Foleo, a “mobile companion” designed to work with a Treo.
The Foleo has a 10-inch screen and “full-sized” keyboard for answering e-mail received on your Treo, viewing attachments, surfing websites using the Treo’s Internet connection and viewing photos taken with the Treo.
The device communicates with the Treo via Bluetooth and can use either the phone for an Internet connection or its own built-in WiFi receiver. It’s got Dataviz Documents-to-Go built in, so you can edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents that you receive as attachments via your Treo Versamail account or via other e-mail such as Gmail and Yahoo! mail.
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Steve Job’s Car
I just learned something interesting that I didn’t know before. (Hence the use of the word “learn.”) Steve Jobs drives a car with no license plate. Wow. He’s cool. (Really…he kinda is.)
The rumor is (at least, what I’ve read in a Flickr mouseover) that people steal his license plates. Still, it’s very interesting that, for some reason, he’s allowed to go around without them. Do all California cops have the memo? Or does he get stopped a lot and not care?
Update: According to “Dave,” a commenter on AutoBlog, “California has permitted him to drive without a plate and instead with a bar code where the plate should be because his plate has been stolen too many times.”
ModBook: Interesting, But Niche Only
I hadn’t thought about the ModBook for a while, until I saw the recent news that the professionally altered MacBook is now on a late June timeframe for release and they’ll be using the latest update of MacBooks as a basis for the ModBook. The ModBook is exactly what it sounds like — the company, Axiotron, takes MacBooks apart, “mods” them with a touch-sensitive screen married to the bottom casting of the MacBook, and then Other World Computing sells the tablets at, presumably, a profit.
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It Depends on the Meaning of the Word “Seen”
When I first saw the AppleInsider headline Apple seen unloading new MacBook Pros and possibly iMacs at WWDC, I thought, you know…that Apple had been “seen” “unloading” “new MacBook Pros.” It didn’t register for a second that WWDC (the Apple World Wide Developers Conference) was still weeks away and, hence, it would be difficult to “unload” things at it quite yet.
I just read that and the words bypassed my reasoning center and went straight to a the “pundit cortex” of my brain, releasing a jolt of serotonin.
Stupid, happy me.
Anyway, looks like an interesting piece — it’s worth noting how much later than the average product lifespan Apple has gone with both the MacBook Pro and the iMac; according to the story, the iMac gets an update, on average, every 168 days and it’s already been 257. It does seem like iPhone focus is setting back Macs a bit.
Most interesting about the story — speculation that we’ll see how Mac OS X Leopard will incorporate Windows compatibility/dual-boot functionality. Will Leopard run Windows apps in a window? And, if so…is the Mac doomed? (Answer: No. Probably to both questions.)
A Ton Of Mac Refurbs Appear on Apple Store
I’m getting a little obsessive in my searching for a MacBook now that the updates have come through and I’m convinced I’ll find the right price on a used or refurbed black MacBook. Why black? (1.) I like it. (2.) I’m very concerned about the discoloration of the white MacBooks, which means I’m wary of buying one use that doesn’t have a Core 2 Duo processor. Also, for some reason, the white MacBook just feels a bit *cheaper* to me than the black MacBook.
Having said all that, I was a bit blown away this morning by the Refurbished Macs page at the Apple Store, which is sporting a ton of MacBook Pros as well as some white MacBook options. So, now there’s a $849 white MacBook 1.83Ghz Core 2 Duo model base model, or a very attractive $999 white MacBook 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo with 1GB or RAM and a SuperDrive. Plus…and I don’t think this has always been the case…these refurb Maccs are covered by a one-year limited warranty these days (it seems like they used to be 90 days). Tempting…very tempting…
Also of interest…how many PowerBook G4 models Apple still offers as refurbs. $1099 for a 12-inch PowerBook G4. If there’s anything maddening when you’re shopping for used Macs it’s how much value they retain if you take care of them. Of course, that’s a plus, too!
Update: Refurb Apple TV…$249. Very tempting…now I just need an HDTV…
Update 2: …and they’re gone. Within 24 hours. Impressive!
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