@dpc:
Were you at the Grove tonight? Personally, I was disappointed the second time around -- not by the product, but at the inability to get any more information. Contrary to my last preview, where the staff was surprisingly relaxed about my use of Terminal, this time they were still cordial but much more guarded. As soon as a rep saw me type "ls /etc | grep X [to see if the UI layer ran over X11]," I was told, with a smile, "We're not going into Terminal this evening." As I expected, no one at Palm could directly affirm that X was on board (although I'm almost certain it is) or provide any details about widget toolkits. One of the cooler reps let me go in to test ssh, but other staff was hovering around, and after she told me that I might have to get out of Terminal quickly, I gave up. It didn't help that the turnout was much larger this time around, and the reps spend more time at the Foleos doing demos, so I had much less time to play with the units directly. No WiFi again, and only intermittent DUN on 2 of the 3 Foleos.
Anyway, it'll be interesting to hear what other's hands-on experience was like.
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