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Laptop as phone accessory

Palm has released a laptop that’s just a smartphone accessory. Is there going to be a market for a product this bizarre?

1 Eamon // May 31, 2007 at 4:16 am

No.

Damn you, Palm. You broke my heart.
2 acm // May 31, 2007 at 2:07 pm

I suspect there might be, at that price — I think there actually are lots of people who use their computers only for Internet browsing and email, and if this is an ultralight, quick-entry internet tool, there will be takers, whether or not they already own a Palm.

now, whether it will be enough interest to sustain a product line, I have no idea. but I paid three times that for a tablet that I use 75% of the time as an Internet device, and then I have no keyboard…