I wouldn't be too concerned about the current lack of printing capability. Keep in mind this this is a device that's going to attract considerably more attention from the open source community than other Palm devices, which have primarly attracted proprietary shareware developers. The idea of having to pay for a printing utility on a Linux device is unlikely. If I wrote shareware, I certainly wouldn't waste my time writing something that will have an robust open source equivalent within months. The first Linux hacker who finds himself unable to print on the Foleo and finds that offensive will probably spend a week hacking CUPS, then releasing the code. I think we'll all be pleasantly surprised by the speed and volume of Free/Open Source ports and hacks for the Foleo in the next few months.
Also, the Foleo is an interim mobile device by design, not a workstation (hence the "not a laptop" qualifiers). In general use, would sync DTG on the Treo to the desktop, then print docs from the desktop.
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