Foleo vs Asus Eee

A TreoCentral forum member, NuttyPro67, posted this comparison (edited for typos & brevity) between the Foleo and the Asus Eee -

...I am going to compare directly the capability of each device straight out of the box, regardless of what it may be capable of with a bit of modding or programming. Since the second generation of the Asus Eee won't be released soon, I will be taking specifications only from the Asus Eee PC 701. Also, since the Foleo is advertised as a companion to the Treo, any disadvantages that the Foleo has that the Treo makes up for will be noted. Also, as with the Foleo and Eee, any capabilities I cite will be ones that the Treo has out of the box with little or no additional hardware/software. The Wikipedia articles that I sourced from can be located here:

Asus Eee:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC

PalmOne Foleo:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foleo

Size and Weight:
You can view a very clear size comparison between the 2 devices at this link:
http://www.sizeasy.com/page/size_com...ePC-vs-CD-Case
Both devices are very compact and very similar in size. The Foleo is wider than the Eee but the Eee is thicker. Sizewise, they are basically the same. The Foleo is rather hefty at 1.113 kgs where the Asus Eee weighs only 0.89 kgs. Eee takes this one.
Eee: 1 Foleo: 0

Screen:
The Eee has a rather small 7" screen with an effective resolution of 800×480 pixels. The Foleo has a much larger screen at 10.2" with an effective resolution of 1024x600. Both devices are high color and both devices natively support VGA out at 1024x768. Foleo gets this one.
Eee: 1 Foleo: 1

Processing Power:
Alright I know Foleo fans are going to argue it's only a supplement to the Treo, but the Foleo is fully capable of running by itself, especially considering it has its own Wifi and Bluetooth, and with its built-in Linux and the high probability that third party developers are going to try to write programs for it, it's important to know how powerful the device is so you know what it can and can't do.

The Eee will ship with a 900 mhz Dothan class Pentium-M processor. All we know about the Foleo is it will sport a PXA class CPU, if Palm follows their current trend and powers it at 400 mhz that's still a far cry from the Pentium 900 mhz. Even if the PXA is clocked up to 614 mhz, the ARM architecture means that even at 614 mhz it could only stand toe to toe with nothing higher than a 150 mhz Pentium class CPU. With only a handheld class CPU inside, the Foleo is vastly underpowered for its size. Eee gets this easy.
Eee: 2 Foleo: 1

Memory:
The Foleo has 256 MB of flash memory, 128 MB is accessible by the user. Even with the Treo's memory added you only get a total of 256 MB. Now I know your going to argue about expansion with SD cards but both the Eee and the Foleo are capable of expansion. The Asus Eee wins this one beyond the shadow of a doubt with an impressive 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB of onboard solid state program memory.
Eee: 3 Foleo: 1

Connectivity:
Both devices sport Wifi, however, the Eee has a much faster wireless connection with 802.11g, where the Foleo only has 802.11b. Now the Foleo does have Bluetooth but the Eee has dial-up and Ethernet. Even the Treo doesn't have anything better than 802.11b and completely lacks any kind of wired connectivity. Now to a lot of people the Bluetooth connection capability is very important. While you could solve that with a Bluetooth dongle on the Eee, we are comparing out of box capability. So while the Foleo does lack the wired connectivity it makes up for that with Bluetooth. Considering these devices are aimed at the mobile professional, the lack of Bluetooth makes the Eee lose this one.
Eee: 3 Foleo: 2

Multimedia:
Well the Palm Treo is capable of videos and music as well as the Asus Eee. However, the Asus Eee has a 7" screen and a much more capable CPU. Not to mention the Asus Eee have much more storage memory which gives it much more opportunity for DivX movies right out of the package. Asus Eee wins this category.
Eee: 4 Foleo: 2

Battery:
Since both devices have not hit the shelves yet so we can only speculate whether they have removable battery packs. so we can only go off of the advertised battery life. The Asus Eee has an advertised battery life of 3 hours in normal mode. Now I'm not sure but I read in another article where there is a secondary, low power mode that only allows like web surfing which can extend the battery for up to 5 hours, but for now I'm going to assume that doesn't exist since I don't have an article to cite, so the Foleo wins with its stock 5 hour battery life.
Eee: 4 Foleo: 3

Boot Time:
The Asus Eee has a cold boot time of roughly 15 seconds. This is where it's at a disadvantage with its desktop class Operating System and components. The Foleo has an advertised instant on feature. We all know that this "Instant on" is the feature that handhelds have almost always had from the desktop equivalent of a stand by state.
Eee: 4 Foleo: 4

Capability/Usability:
Both devices have Linux running and both devices have a strong group of developers standing behind them already, however, while the Foleo is only capable of email, web, and some simple office applications, the Asus Eee has a rather impressive suite of programs straight out of the box like OpenOffice and Firefox. Any further doubt of the Asus Eee being more capable is removed when we start talking about the vastly more powerful CPU and the fact that it can run any already made x86 applications designed for Linux. But once again, out the of the box only features - Eee still takes it.

Now where the Eee is very much more powerful than the Foleo, the Foleo does have a larger screen which makes it much easier to use for many people. Still, you can't argue with native built the built in microphone, webcam, and dial up and eEthernet networking, plus the multimedia features all in that one device, rather than having to fiddle between your Foleo and Treo.
Eee: 5 Foleo: 4

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Complete comparison and NuttyPro67's conclusion are available here. It is post #127.