From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Wrt displays etc....

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2494029776.html

"Palm has used Linux to build a "new class" of mobile
device. The Foleo aims to expand the email, Internet, and productivity
application capabilities of mobile phones such as the Palm Treo, by adding
a full-size keyboard and a larger screen.

Very few details about the Foleo are known at this point. Opera, which
supplied its Opera 9 browser for the device, has confirmed the Foleo to be
based on Linux. For its part, Palm has published a few photos and brief
videos of the device, while promising to release more details tomorrow.

In one video, Palm Founder Jeff Hawkins said Palm plans to ship a complete
line Foleo devices supporting a wide variety of mobile phones. He predicts
that the Foleo will be more successful than Palm's original Palm Pilot,
which he designed, and more successful than its current Treo smartphones,
which he helped design.

Hawkins emphasized that initial Foleo models will be focused on expanding
the email capabilities of Palm's Treo smartphones. A physical button on the
device opens an email client that keeps itself synchronized with the email
client on the user's smartphone. Similar capabilities for office documents
are also planned.

Hawkins also proudly touted the Foleo's instant on and off capabilities,
saying, "Press a button, it's on. Press it again, it's off. There are
no other modes."

Given its advanced power management, and use of Opera's Opera 9 for Devices
browser, it's no surpise that the Foleo is based on an ARM processor. Palm
would not say which one, however. One possibility is Intel's Xscale
processors, which Palm uses in Treo smartphones. Another is Freescale's
ARM11-based i.MX31, which recently gained an Opera 9 port.

The Foleo weighs 2.4 pounds, according to reports, and sports a
"full-size" keyboard with an 18mm keypitch, as speculated in ISO
standards, Hawkins said. Navigation is done via a TrackPoint nub in the
keyboard, while a roller wheel below the keyboard offers fast scrolling.

The Foleo's bright 10.2-inch color screen has a resolution of 1024x600,
while the device's video out port runs at 1024x768 (SXGA) resolution, to
accommodate standard projectors during PowerPoint presentations.

Palm has not stipulated the amounts of flash and RAM in the final Foleo
design; however, some reports have speculated it will have 256MB of RAM.
User storage will be expandable via a CompactFlash slot beneath the
battery, as well as via a removable SD card. I/O includes USB, Bluetooth,
and Wifi.

Claimed battery life is five hours, "even while using WiFi the entire
time," according to PCMagazine coverage available here. "


Adam

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