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Now this sounds really interesting. My first PDA was a Palm III, which I bought in 1998. A year later I upgraded it to a Palm V. With the Palm V I could connect to my cell phone through infrared and update AvantGo. Man, that was advanced! Did you ever own a Palm? What do you miss the most?

“Jeff Hawkins, founder of Palm Inc. will host a live video webcast today, May 30, to describe a new category of mobile device. The webcast will follow the announcement of this new product at the D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, California.

Hawkins will discuss Palm’s vision for this new category and demonstrate the new product’s capabilities, followed by a Q&A session.

Update: The gadget Hawkins will annouce is a thingy with the codename: “Hawk”, with the real name “Foleo”. It is not a laptop or a smartphone, neither Tungsten nor Treo. It is a smartphone companion. Foleo has a full QWERTY keyboard and a large LCD. It pairs with your smartphone through Bluetooth. It will be the first device to feature Palm’s new Linux-based OS. It can run applications independently from your smartphone. CrunchGear has the full story on Palm’s Foleo.

Palm Webcast Details:

For media, industry and financial analysts only.

Wed., May 30, 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time

The live webcast can be accessed using the following link: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=39613

Call-in number: 866.682.6100 or 201.499.0416

A replay will be available using the link above at approximately 3 p.m. Pacific on May 30.

Broadcast Video and Other Materials:

Video and photographs will be available from several sources, including the following:

Palm’s Multimedia Library (www.palm.com/MultimediaLibrary). Pre-registration is required to access broadcast-quality video and stills.

Business Wire (www.businesswire.com)

Virtual Press Office (www.vpoinc.com)”