It’s about time Palm had the balls to commit this device to the scrapheap. The tech community the world over collectively took a dump on the Foleo when it was unveiled earlier this year, (BigBerries Palm Foleo post) but Palm played deaf, dumb and blind to it all. Thank goodness, Engadget wrote an open letter to Palm. Palm listened and yesterday took action.

Today Palm announced “the Palm Foleo, the world’s first smartphone companion product”. I don’t quite believe / agree with what they’re positioning it as, because it looks like a regular laptop to me. And so far, most folks on the web have the same perception. Continue →

Speculation swirled about for a few hours, but many sites got the scoop that the big latenight unveiling was going to be the Mirosoft Surface. To sum it up without hyperbole, the Microsoft Surface is a 30-inch tabletop with object recognition and a multi-touch, multi-user interface that will allow users to interact, create and consume digital and real-world content. Continue →

I’m still waiting for somebody to say this is an elaborate hoax, but it seems to be that Commodore has grown tired of its old school image and is launching a series of gaming computers aimed at generation now. Continue →

Our friends at Nerd Approved have a few tidbits worth sharing. First the important stuff. Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate for $199.99 instead of the $399 $379.99 you’re used to seeing. That’s still not the $5 Windows Vista bargain price you’ll find in India or as good as bypassing Vista activation with Paradox’s solution but it’ll do. Continue →

Starting out the 2007 year, Nokia ramps up their tablet game. During CES 2007 the company unveiled a new member to the Nokia NSeries family, the Nokia N800 Internet tablet.

Much the same, yet much different from the previous Nokia tablet, the N770. The Nokia N800 should be considered an upgrade of the previous model, building on a solid foundation and expanding the successful platform. Continue →