Shortest Lived IT Products
By siliconindia
Palm Foleo
Palm announced its subnotebook computer Foleo in May 2007. The Foleo was supposed to be a competitor to smartphones and ran on Linux. Foleo had a wireless access via Bluetooth and WI-Fi, included an e-mail client capable of syncing with tge Treo E-mail client, had an Opera web browser and the Documents to Go office suite. The Foleo was criticized for not being able to gain a market share, it was not pocketable, and was not fully functional either. Palm cancelled the development for Foleo in September 2007 and announced to return to its core products—smartphones and handheld devices.