Analyst Says Palm Will Resurrect the Foleo with webOS

Many moons ago Palm had a product that it hoped would take the tech world by storm. It was called the Palm Foleo, and the goal was to create a smart phone accessory that looked like today’s netbooks and allowed you to interact with your phone on a full size keyboard. Palm pulled the plug on it in September 2007, but it may be digging up the grave.

According to Barron’s Online, an analyst with Global Equities Research claims Palm plans to bring back the Foleo as a $399 netbook zombie running Palm webOS.

The article claims the netbook could use Qualcomm’s GOBI chip, which lets users subscribe to broadband data plans across carriers no matter whether the network is EV-DO or HSPA. The device is said to have been designed by ex-apple employees.

The whole idea sounds enticing, especially since it sounds like Palm understands we don’t need a bulky smart phone accessory. Let’s just hope it runs better than the first netbook we’ve seen running Android.