12-21-2004, 05:00 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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Tom's Hardware Reviews the Newly Non-Vaporous OQO
"The OQO computer has finally arrived after existing as vaporware for several years. This small computer, about the size of your average PDA, runs a full version of WindowsXP Home or Professional. A one-gigahertz Transmeta processor and 20-GB hard-drive give users more power than a PDA, but less than a laptop. So does the OQO fulfill a value-add need that laptops and PDA don't offer?"
This is a great, unbiased article with lots of good photos. For your edification, I'll break down a few of the more salient points for you. Price: $1999 - expensive. Battery: 4000 mAh battery good for ~2.5 hours. Boot time: 1 min, 7 secs cold boot, 28 secs from hibernation mode (but take off some time from the battery life if this feature is used). Extra Battery Price: $149 - yeah, pretty high. USB 1.1: Slow, AND it can't handle some older USB HDD drives due to a lack of power to the port.
To be fair, I did see some positives; I like how they've done the keyboard, a five inch screen is always nice, and the docking cable is very well done. Unfortunately, I think the most telling thing about the review is what Tom's considered to be the positives, namely that it was nice for PowerPoint presentations and wardriving/walking. :roll: Personally, I don't see what this thing can do that a Pocket PC can't, and at a much lower price point to boot. Take a look at the article and let us know what YOU think.
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12-21-2004, 05:14 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 181
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Hmm... this could be a true desktop replacement if the battery life was higher and it booted faster... :wink: I'll stick to my IBM T41 and X30 for now... 
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12-21-2004, 05:17 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 125
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I would love to do some e-reading with it!
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12-21-2004, 06:08 AM
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2000 Posts And This is All I Get?
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,017
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$2000 ? Bye bye OQO.
I'd rather buy an ECS g556e laptop + XDA3.
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12-21-2004, 06:18 AM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 5,616
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Seriously though, who would buy one of these? If you can afford one, you can afford a decent (sub)notebook and a PDA. And if you're the hardcore gadget type, you already know better than to buy one.
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12-21-2004, 06:24 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 12,959
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OQO... Hmm, *next please*. The feature set does not warrant the shelling out of $2000 in my opinion. There are many more affordable pocketable solutions out there.
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12-21-2004, 06:51 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,725
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Darius Wey
OQO... Hmm, *next please*. The feature set does not warrant the shelling out of $2000 in my opinion. There are many more affordable pocketable solutions out there.
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Completely agree. You can even get a decent Tablet PC for that price. And the boot time isn't impressive at all, so I see no reason to go with the OQO over a Tablet PC/laptop plus PDA.
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12-21-2004, 07:04 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 794
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lol the OQO sucks. I was hoping for conviencing in a pocket...but it's not. Well...if they can improve the next model by improving the size and battery life, it would sound better. But I don't think anyone agrees to the $1.9K.
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12-21-2004, 07:06 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 794
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Originally Posted by HTK
I would love to do some e-reading with it!
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! lol, you will only be doing it for 2 hrs, unless you want to carry around a ac adapter
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12-21-2004, 07:28 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 51
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OQO
I have a Tablet and a PDA. (ACER C300 and HP IPAQ 6315)
I would love to have the OQO instead of the Tablet because I carry it around all day long. The price doesn't quite match the need though.
Does it have bluetooth?
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