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PDA and Subnotebook Killer?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the see,-size-does-matter dept.

Purdah writes "I found this site with a description of a new type of palm sixed PC. It runs windows and would be great for mobile uses like music and movies (says it can store 3 movies). Extracts below are from the official website: complete Windows XP wireless handheld computer, cradle to dock with a keyboard and monitor, transforming the OQO to a full feature desktop machine, media player mode with enough memory for 1000 songs or three feature length movies, optimization for cool running and miserly power consumption" Looks a little vaporous to me, as well as thick. But there's an awful lot of potential if they get it right.

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  1. Six by cybermace5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "a palm sixed computer"

    The person who typed this needs a BIGGER keyboard, not a smaller one!

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  2. How many more times can we post this? by sweetooth · · Score: 5, Insightful

    http://slashdot.org/articles/02/04/16/1732252.shtm l?tid=137

  3. wallet sized? by kaas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quote from their web page: "ubiquitous personal computing in a wallet sized device". Is this referring to wallet size before or after you buy the thing?

  4. No vaporware here by AnimalSnf · · Score: 5, Informative

    This company orignally announced this product a couple of months ago. A write-up on it and some pretty pictures can be found here and here. What is really cool is that the company was started by people from Transmeta and notebook designers for Apple and IBM. Their plans are to release this thing by Christmas, and with that kind of background I highly doubt they are just blowing smoke up the public's ass.

  5. Specs by Mr_Silver · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Looks a little vaporous to me, as well as thick

    Well ignoring the first part, lets get some perspective on this:

    The OQO is:

    • 0.1" higher than the 10 gig iPod
    • 0.5" wider than the 10 gig iPod
    • 0.06" thicker than the 10 gig iPod
    A little thick ? Christ, you have a 256 meg product with a 10 gig HD running up to 1 gigahertz and you're a little worried about it being a paltry 0.15cm wider than an iPod!!??

    My only concern is the battery life? What do you reckon? 45 minutes tops?

    And of course the insane price this will be.

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  6. A Review at Linuxdevices.Com by Real+World+Stuff · · Score: 5, Informative

    Found here yesterday.

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