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Old 06-04-2004, 08:12 PM
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Very good article, I liked 3 points of view very much.
But, ... I don't know why you all are so impressed with it. IMO this device is barely usables as *thinking a bit* anything. Can you use it as a PPC for PIM managment? Barely (I want to see somebody having this in his/her Pocket). Usable as an regular PC/notebook? Don't think so: unusable keyboard for serious typing and mouse for serious "pointing" (OK, I can carry around external ones, but where's the portability then? - in that price it is not problem to buy a REAL PC/notebook), display - too low resolution for anything serious AND the screen is such small that you cannot even see that-NONserious-things. Batery life - 2 hours. Do you really think? Have you ever seen a batery in notebook? It is almost the same size as a OQO itself. I don't think that this can have some-suprisingly-small-and-powerful battery inside.
The last question: what is it assumed to be - a handheld? (NO, too big); a notebook? (NO way, no way!). I think it belongs in whole new category: at-least-in-3-hands-held. WinXP is OK, but really as usable as running Win95 under Bochs in Pocket PC (who tried, knows what I'm talking about :wink: ).
Does anybody of you really plan to buy this THING? And what about buying combo notebook & PPC at almost same price and MUCH higher performance and usability?
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