Pro Foleo

Palm has responded to the Internet buzz once again, this time denying the rumour that the Foleo would be delayed until possibly October. Macworld has the update from Palm today:

“As stated on May 30, U.S. availability for the Palm Foleo mobile companion will begin this summer. We will let you know if this changes,” said Jim Christensen, Palm’s director of communications.

The report then goes on cite analyst Jack Gold, who argues that a small delay in the Foleo ship date wouldn't hurt Palm too badly:

“I’d be more concerned if their new phones were late; then we’d be talking about tens of millions of dollars. But at best it’s [Foleo’s] going to be a slow burn for them; this thing’s not going to take off,” said Gold.

Reminds me of what all the analysts were saying about Nintendo's DS and Wii machines. Nintendo laughed that one all the way to the bank.