Palm Foleo

Palm announced on May 30th that they will be releasing a laptop. They claim it is a companion for your palm. It will be offered for only 499 and will run its own simplified OS. It will have limited functionality and its true purpose will be to assist your palm. I think do we really need another laptop? This is great idea but it should probably be packaged with the palm if it really wants to be seller. You will be able to do everything you are able to do on your phone basically. Release date has not been announced but you can join their mailing list.

MacBook Specs updated

Apple released upgraded specs for their Macbook Line up
echnical Specifications
Apple Remote
In the box

* MacBook
* Apple Remote
* 60W MagSafe Power Adapter, AC wall plug, and power cord
* Lithium-polymer battery
* Install/restore DVDs
* Printed and electronic documentation

Intel core 2 Duo
Processor and memory

* 2.0GHz or 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
* 4MB shared L2 cache running at full processor speed
* 667MHz frontside bus
* 1GB (two 512MB SO-DIMMs) of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300); two SO-DIMM slots support up to 2GB

Storage

* 80GB, 120GB, or 160GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard disk drive; optional 120GB or 160GB 5400-rpm drive or 200GB 4200-rpm drive1
* One of the following optical drives:
o 24x slot-loading Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
+ Reads DVDs at up to 8x speed
+ Writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed
+ Writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed
+ Reads CDs at up to 24x speed
o 8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
+ Writes DVD+R DL (double layer) discs at up to 4x speed
+ Writes DVD-R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x speed
+ Writes DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs at up to 4x speed
+ Reads DVDs at up to 8x speed
+ Writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed
+ Writes CD-RW discs at up to 10x speed
+ Reads CDs at up to 24x speed
Battery and power

* 55-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery (with integrated charge indicator LEDs) providing up to 6 hours of battery life
* 60W MagSafe Power Adapter with cable management system
* MagSafe power adapter port

Display

* 13.3-inch (diagonal) glossy widescreen TFT display with support for millions of Graphics and video support

* Intel GMA 950 graphics processor with 64MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory (Can handle Windows Vista Areo)
* Extended desktop and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 1920 by 1200 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors
* iSightBuilt-in iSight camera
* Mini-DVI port
* DVI output using mini-DVI to DVI adapter (sold separately)
* VGA output using mini-DVI to VGA adapter (sold separately)
* Composite and S-video output using mini-DVI to video adapter (sold separately)

Communications
USB Modem

* Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
* Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification)4
* Built-in Bluetooth 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)
* Optional external Apple USB Modem

Audio

* Built-in stereo speakers
* Built-in omnidirectional microphone
* Combined optical digital audio input/audio line in (minijack)
* Combined optical digital audio output/headphone out (minijack)

Peripheral connections

* One FireWire 400 port (up to 400 Mbps)
* Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps)


So great machine but now only missing the software upgrade - Leopard, iLife 07