OQO Ultra-Portable Impresses At CES

Posted by simoniker on Monday January 12, 2004 @10:16AM from the oh-the-anticipation dept.

carpoolio writes "One of the most-talked about gadgets at CES last week was the OQO ultra personal computer (uPC). TechTV gave it a Best Mobile Device award, and deservedly so. It's a fully functional PC that fits in your pocket. Running on a 1 GHz Transmeta Crusoe processor, the uPC packs a 20 GB hard drive, 256 MB of RAM, and has a color screen that slides up to reveal the keyboard. The price? Sub-$2,000. Photos available on OQO's Web site. Similar devices have come and gone in recent years, but this one really looks nice." OQO seems to be slowly migrating from vaporware to a release date - a CNET News article notes that "OQO said Thursday that it will begin selling the device in the second half of 2004."

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Hmm... by inertia187 · 2004-01-12 10:16 · Score: 4, Funny

We must have skipped vPC (very personal computer) and hPC (hyper personal computer). I'd still be interested in a sPC (semi-personal computer). Just don't show me the aPC (anti-personal computer).

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1. Re:Hmm... by dustmote · 2004-01-12 10:18 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Better than an anti-personnel computer. "Destroy all humans! Destroy all humans!" :)
  
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Is that an OQO in your pocket? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-12 10:18 · Score: 5, Funny

Oh, yes, it is. Nevermind.
aPC... by nweaver · 2004-01-12 10:18 · Score: 4, Funny

Isn't that called Windows XP?

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Re:Not a Good Server... by the_2nd_coming · 2004-01-12 10:24 · Score: 5, Funny

the server must be on an OQO :-)

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