Foleo video tidbits
August 28th, 2007
Ben Combee, working hard to iron out the Foleo's software before launch, stopped by the TreoCentral discussion forums to give a little more information on the Foleo's video capabilities:
The Foleo hardware is capable of playback of several video formats as the Marathon 2700G chip accelerates the operations involved in H.263, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 video. It is possible to use the hardware to support a standalone video player like TCPMP…
As of the current system software build, Flash video isn't supported. We'd like to change that, but I can't promise anything yet.
It's interesting that the Foleo does have the grunt to handle video files. No YouTube, though. For those interested in the Foleo, that's probably not a deal breaker. Myself, I'll gladly trade Internet video for an instant-on device with great battery life. I can watch videos on my home workstation.
August 28th, 2007 at 5:38 am
I think the Foleo will be able to run (small) windowed video just fine. Treos with slower processors can do flash video through Kinoma at 320×320. I would expect the same thing with Foleo’s CPU.
August 28th, 2007 at 8:51 am
but.. but.. without YouTube for the Foleo, you wouldn’t be able to see that video of the Miss Teen South Carolina where she claims US AMERICANS don’t have enough maps!
Actually, it was kind of funny. But you’re right. I can wait until I get home for YouTube and iTunes TV episodes.
August 29th, 2007 at 3:09 am
Okay, I had to check out the Miss SC video on YouTube. I hadn’t seen it before.
Wow… Just wow.
August 30th, 2007 at 1:42 am
I for one could care less if the Foleo doesn’t do flash video. I’d rather have Combee be working on other things.
August 30th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
I think it hampers mobile professionals who follow the media. If we are unable to watch videos or short clips, then how can we report on them? Not all of reporting is text-based, you know, especially in our increasingly media culture.