Palm introduce Foleo, the mobile companion

The Foleo mobile companion turns on and off instantly and features fast navigation, a compact design at only 2.5 pounds, and a battery that lasts up to 5 hours of use. Its applications include email, full-screen web browser, and editors or viewers for common business documents such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files. The Foleo stays synchronized via Bluetooth wireless technology and uses the smartphone’s radio or the Foleo’s built-in Wi-Fi radio for general Internet connectivity.

Foleo mobile companions work with Palm’s Treo smartphones (Palm OS and Windows Mobile versions). However, Palm believes that most smartphones based on Windows Mobile should work with little or no modification. Smartphones based on operating systems from Research in Motion, Apple, and Symbian likely can be supported with a modest software effort. The Foleo’s synchronization architecture is open, and Palm expects to work with third-party developers to support as many smartphones as possible.

New Opera Mini™ Beta Version Available

Opera Software is starting a beta program for the next version of its Opera Mini web browser. The current version of this Java application is often used by those with Palm OS-based devices as a replacement for the built-in Blazer browser, but it can also run on many types of smartphones.

This company believes that enhanced navigation is the next step in the evolution of mobile web browsing. That's exactly what Opera's developers are exploring in the next version of Opera Mini, code-named Dimension.





How to Participate

Anyone who is interested can sign up to test the beta version of Dimension by submitting their email address on Opera Software's web site.

Approved testers will be notified by email at a later stage where to download the beta, and asked to submit their opinions on it via an online form.

The current version, Opera Mini 2.0, is a free download, and presumably the next version will be, too.

Palm Unveils Garnet-Based Treo 755p

Brighthand reports: Palm has just taken the wraps off a new smartphone, the Treo 755p. This device runs the Garnet OS (formerly Palm OS Garnet), and will be available soon from Sprint in the U.S.

Those interested in this model should be pleased to learn that it will offer support for the 3G cellular-wireless networking standard EV-DO.

In addition, it will be the first Treo to ship with built-in support for Microsoft's push email system.

"The Treo 755p is a stylish and powerful device ideal for business professionals looking for the power to do more while on the go,” said Danny Bowman, vice president of customer equipment for Sprint. "Building upon the success of the Treo 700p, we've added enhancements such as Mobile Voice Control, a new IM application and Sprint TV in the ROM for mobile entertainment and news.”

More About the Treo 755p

This smartphone will use the same general form-factor as two other recent Palm models, the Treo 680 and Treo 750. This means it will have a tablet shape with a QWERTY keyboard below a 320-by-320-pixel touchscreen.

The 755p will run Garnet OS 5.4.9 on a 312 MHz XScale processor. It will offer users 62.8 MB of internal storage, and a miniSD slot for additional storage.

Naturally, in addition to being a CDMA phone this device will be a fully-functional PDA. It will be able to keeping track of the user's address book and calendar, and even include Documents To Go, a suite of applications that allows users to open and edit Microsoft Office documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

But it won't be just about business. This Treo will include a 1.3 megapixel camera with image and video support, and come with software for playing MP3s and videos.

Users of this device will be able to use a Bluetooth headset to make hands-free phone calls.