The computer industry and mobile-phone makers need new gadgets to get customers excited enough to open up their wallets.
1. Palm (which gave us GRiDPad, one of the first tablet computers; PalmPilot, the first hit personal digital assistant; and the Treo smartphone) has launched Foleo, an ultracompact computer as an alternative to carrying a larger, conventional laptop.
2. It offers a nearly full-size keyboard, a 10-inch display, and comes with a selection of applications including a word processor and spreadsheet. But it may be most useful when people also carry smartphones, like Treos or BlackBerrys, and transfer e-mail to Foleo.
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