The OQO "Ultra-Personal Computer" is pretty damn cool.

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Fausto

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Saw this little widget on TechTV last night. A full-on WinXP computer that's roughly 3"x5"X0.9".

cNet article

OQO Site

Full Specs

[*]1GHz Transmeta Crusoe? TM5800 series processor
[*]20GB hard drive (shock-mounted)
[*]256MB DDR RAM
[*]800 x 480 W-VGA 5" transflective display (indoor / outdoor readable)
[*]Thumb keyboard with mouse buttons and TrackStik?
[*]802.11b wireless
[*]Bluetooth?
[*]4-pin FireWire? (IEEE1394)
[*]USB 1.1
[*]3.5mm stereo headphone jack (supports stereo headphone or mono headset plus optional multimedia controller)
[*]Microphone
[*]Integrated pen-based digitizer with OQO digital pen
[*]Removable lithium polymer battery
[*]OQO docking cable includes
[*]3D accelerated 1280 x 1024 video output (VGA and LVDS)
[*]Serialized PCI
[*]Additional USB
[*]Additional FireWire (IEEE1394)
[*]Ethernet
[*]DC power
[*]Audio out

Additional features

[*]External antenna connector for 802.11b
[*]Active HDD protection instantly parks hard drive upon detecting freefall
[*]Thumbwheel allows for traditional scrolling as well as enhanced features for easy closed-mode navigation
[*]Screen slides on rack and pinion mechanism to reveal thumb-style keyboard
[*]Keyboard has smart-lock with LED indicators on shift, control, function and alt keys
[*]Ambient light sensor automatically adjusts backlight to appropriate level

Included accessories

[*]AC adaptor
[*]Docking cable
[*]Desktop tray
[*]OQO digital pen
 
sygyzy

sygyzy

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Haven't they done a bunch of variations on this? The EspressoPC they called it.
 
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Viper GTS

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Originally posted by: sygyzy
Haven't they done a bunch of variations on this? The EspressoPC they called it.
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No, this is significantly different.

They've been promising it for years, I'll believe it when I actually see it on sale.

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MrBond

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It's cool, but not $1000 cool. I'd rather go with an underpowered handheld and a superpowered PC for the same price
 
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kalster

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awsome gadget


1000 is a lot, i wid totally get it though if it was around 600-700 , the price of the most expensive PDA in the market now


ps: sorry for bumping an old thread, just saw the video on their site and was overly impressed
 
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Now, imagine the future, your cell phone/wifi pda/PC/camera in a cell phone sized package with the connectivity of the OQO.
 
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all not that useful until wireless internet service becomes cheap. then it'll be killer.
 
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dolph

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like viper said, the oqo's been promised for years now. and the idea is that it's supposed to be your primary computer (hence the docking station), but you can pick it up and take it with you, eliminating the need for a pda. i'd really like to know what's holding it up
 
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Looks pretty dam cool.

I when it will be out.

Koing
 
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loup garou

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They've been promising this sucker for awhile...
 
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Dunbar

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They said it was $2000 on TechTV, but I'm sure street prices will be much cheaper.
 
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cmdavid

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OQO computers will be available for purchase from the OQO web store in the fall of 2004
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thats what it says on the "store" link on their webpage...
seems pretty cool, not sure if its worth a 1000$ though...
 
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kalster

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Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Now, imagine the future, your cell phone/wifi pda/PC/camera in a cell phone sized package with the connectivity of the OQO.
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well even at this size using this as a phone wud be a pain

and it infact in the future computers become as small as today's sleekest phones they would be still too weird/uncomfortable to use

a phone shud be a diff device as it is now
 
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RGN

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Originally posted by: lnguyen
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Yeah, but how fast does it run Quake?? ;)
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It's a 1 gig processor...probably pretty damn well. ;)
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but its a 1Ghz Transmeta Crusoe.......
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My 533 Eden runs q3 at 640x480 at a decent rate. This thing would too.
 
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RGN

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Originally posted by: MrBond
It's cool, but not $1000 cool. I'd rather go with an underpowered handheld and a superpowered PC for the same price
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For a grand? I don't think so.
 
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