Over the past few months, Palm has consistently released bits and pieces of news on their new Palm Foleo Mobile Companion device.  However, we haven’t seen anything truly different or innovative in terms of the software offerings for the Foleo.

We have known all along that the Palm Foleo would be powered by Linux.  Palm just announced what specific flavour of Linux that would be.  For the Foleo, Palm has selected  Wind River as the “prefered Linux Platfom Provider“.  Palm selected Wind River Linux for its standard development and deployment environment that will help speed applications to market, while still meeting the requirements for a stable and robust open mobile platform.  Wind River is best known for their expertise in delivering embedded operating systems .

Palm also announced a third-party solution for remote access called LogMeIn.   LogMeIn provides secure connections between remote PCs over the web – enabling easy desktop remote control, data backup and file sharing. Adding this application to the Foleo gives users the ability to quickly and securely access files and network resources on their home or work computers when away.  There will be 2 versions of LogMeIn, a free version and a paid Pro version.

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