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17: The Palm Foleo

4/22/2021

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A phone. An email terminal. A web-browsing portable companion. A phone. An email terminal. A web-browsing portable companion. A phone. An email terminal. A web-browsing portable companion. A phone. An email terminal. A web-browsing portable companion. Are you getting it? These are not three devices. It's two devices, and we're calling them your Palm phone and Foleo.

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