[whydidnt]

Originally Posted by Typhoon

Isn't the OQO's resolution 800 x 400?

It's actually 800 x 480, and works fine. They tweaked the OS so that it doesn't complain about the lower resolution. I have an old 36" monitor that is limited to 640 x 480 resolution and XP runs on it pretty good too. It just complains about low resolution every time I boot it. I had to hook the computer up to a higher res monitor when installing XP, but since then, it works fine.

[whydidnt]

Originally Posted by Typhoon

Isn't the OQO's resolution 800 x 400?

It's actually 800 x 480, and works fine. They tweaked the OS so that it doesn't complain about the lower resolution. I have an old 36" monitor that is limited to 640 x 480 resolution and XP runs on it pretty good too. It just complains about low resolution every time I boot it. I had to hook the computer up to a higher res monitor when installing XP, but since then, it works fine.

[dbman]

They should remove the keyboard or have it slide out of the unit in the landscape mode only. This would make it much more portable. The way it is setup now makes no sense to me. It would mean that you would have to rotate the machine to enter a URL. Personally, I would work in landscape mode most of the time.

[Typhoon]

Originally Posted by dbman

They should remove the keyboard or have it slide out of the unit in the landscape mode only. This would make it much more portable. The way it is setup now makes no sense to me. It would mean that you would have to rotate the machine to enter a URL. Personally, I would work in landscape mode most of the time.

lol If you take a look at the bottom of the device, behind the keyboard maybe where they are sticking the battery.

[IpaqMan2]

Originally Posted by mr_Ray

I get the feeling that Windiws Mobile will in 5 or so years time be starting to move towards being a phone OS, with the main Windows OS moving down as low as today's PDA size devices. Another 5 and the transition will be complete.

Remember, this is just a concept device. OEMs playing around with the form factor and a few years of advance, building on the real world 'practice run' OQO, introduction and adoption of Microsoft's resolution independent interface... as much as I love my PPC I see them gradually being phased out. The draw of having a pocketable 'real' computer is going to be very very strong.


I also just realised - this is probably the only chance we have of a Pocket PC with a proper close application ability.

I agree with you here....
in the next 5 to 8 years, we will have either "pocketable" (or somewhat close to) computers running full blown desktop OS'es like in the picture and Windows Mobile platform will be little more the a super cool smartphone OS or we are going to see Windows Mobile / Windows CE become a super powerful platform that will grow beyond handheld phones and the basic PDA form factorand functions taking on real laptop and tablet mobile computing abilities with real software to take advantage of it's use (not like the crippleware we see today that still requires to be sync'ed to a desktop PC to get your data into the real world).

I believe one of the two out comes will happen. The business world is pushng harder and harder for smaller pocketable computers that can essecentially be their desktop on the go, while Windows Mobile is trying to find it's acceptance amongs mobile phones, even though Windows CE is powerful enough to be it's own desktop OS - it Just depends where Microsoft will push the future.

[Typhoon]

I guess the "DualCor" posts are jokes?

[Warwick]

I would like to see this in a HPC form factor, then I might think about trading in my J820.

[eriqcook]

I believe this would only appeal to specific vertical markets such as hospitals, etc (like the Handheld PCs). Nobody in the real world would buy a device like this to carry around and use regularly.

[Nurhisham Hussein]

Actually, I would love a full scale OS on something this size - right now the only thing stopping me getting a Vaio U or an OQO or a Toshi Libretto is the price of these babies.

[Typhoon]

Originally Posted by hishamh

Actually, I would love a full scale OS on something this size - right now the only thing stopping me getting a Vaio U or an OQO or a Toshi Libretto is the price of these babies.

yea, it's too expensive