i-mate to Introduce a “Foleo” for The Ultimate Series
Posted on: October 23, 2007
i-mate plans to create a “shell” that would feature a 1024x768 display (7 inch?), a keyboard and a battery that can last (up to) 80 hours, turning the Ultimate smart phones into a comfortably sized PDA powerful enough to do serious productivity work, yet much smaller and lighter than a laptop. If you need to, you can also remote control your home/office PC with Remote Desktop.
However, there’s a price to this. Expect the “shell” to cost around $300 in addition to the $600-$800 of the Smartphone itself. It’s a little expensive, but for someone who mainly does email and who really cares about portability, that might sound pretty good.
In short, that’s the Foleo done right. Unlike the Foleo, the i-mate “shell” doesn’t contain any processing units or memory – that’s why it will be much cheaper. (Related: Foleo cancelled)
Update 1/2/08: Take a look at the REDFLY, it's a mobile companion that works exactly like this.
Reader Comments
By john andrews , 17/03/08 10:01 AM (CommentID #563296)
IMATE SUCKS!!!!
LET IT GO DOWN THE DRAIN!!!!!
IT HAS FAILED TO RELEASE ULTIMATE SERIES PHONES :
IMATE SIMPLY CANNOT DELIVER.... LET IT CLOSE DOWN FOR GOOD!!!!!
By anonymous , 30/01/08 12:41 AM (CommentID #453420)
I wonder if they'll be showing it at 3GSM.
By Paul , 17/12/07 1:09 AM (CommentID #395986)
Similar question. But then we will already be happy when iMate actually releases the phone itself as the product has until now been more a proto-type for exhibitions then a real product that people can buy.
By rgraham , 02/11/07 1:34 PM (CommentID #351370)
What is the source of this information? I don't see anything about it in any i-mate press releases or other reports.
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