Information on the Palm Foleo, dubbed a “Smartphone companion” is coming out. The Palm Foleo is a product that appears to be aimed at people interested in a device that falls somewhere between a Palmtop and a Laptop. It offers a “full sized keyboard” and a large screen while keeping the size and weight down. It weighs a light 2.5 pounds, partly thanks to using only solid state technology. There is no bulky components with moving parts, such as a a hard drive. The charger is compared to a Cellphone size, not a Laptop brick. The battery provides up to 5 hours of “usable time”.

The utility of the Palm Foleo is designed around email, and the contact information can be synced with a Smartphone. Email is certainly an area that a fill sized keyboard would come in handy. Communication is accomplished through the built-in Wi-Fi, or connection through a Smartphone when outside a Wi-Fi zone.

The Palm Foleo operating system is based on Linux, which seems to making more and more headway into computers and devices these days. It should be available for around $500.

Source: Crave