> Oqo has announced previous versions of this > product several times, none have ever made > it to market.
didn't OQO just announce it *once* before? at WinHEC 2002? this does not seem unusual to me. also, it seems to me that the design has changed for the better. there is now a keyboard, hidden by an upgraded screen -- 5", rather than the old 4", and 800x480, rather than the old 640x480.
i think OQO is pushing the technical limit here with this device. i look forward to a new paradigm in computing. no more distinctions between portable and desk tops. whether it is OQO or another company this is the future. it seems to me that OQO is ahead of the game.
could they fit a cell phone in there as well? how about voip over the builtin 802.11b?
i say we throw all those shrink wraped CD's into the boston harbor! no more taxation without representation!
i have heard first hand that linux runs without a hitch on the device. the only complication seems to be the odd screen size for X11. but it does run in VGA mode. i am sure that is not too complicated to fix. the person i talked to said they had more trouble installing linux on a dell server than the OQO device.
> The only real change I noticed from the > original spec was a 20Gb HD, vs 10Gb in the first.
maybe that is all *you* noticed but i noticed that that new one is *thinner* than the original. *wider* than the original. has a *higher resolution screen* than the original. and, more important, has a keyboard under the screen. version 1.0 had *no* keyboard.
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> Oqo has announced previous versions of this
> product several times, none have ever made
> it to market.
didn't OQO just announce it *once* before? at WinHEC 2002? this does not seem unusual to me. also, it seems to me that the design has changed for the better. there is now a keyboard, hidden by an upgraded screen -- 5", rather than the old 4", and 800x480, rather than the old 640x480.
i think OQO is pushing the technical limit here with this device. i look forward to a new paradigm in computing. no more distinctions between portable and desk tops. whether it is OQO or another company this is the future. it seems to me that OQO is ahead of the game.
could they fit a cell phone in there as well? how about voip over the builtin 802.11b?
i say we throw all those shrink wraped CD's into the boston harbor! no more taxation without representation!
i have heard first hand that linux runs without a hitch on the device. the only complication seems to be the odd screen size for X11. but it does run in VGA mode. i am sure that is not too complicated to fix. the person i talked to said they had more trouble installing linux on a dell server than the OQO device.
> The only real change I noticed from the
> original spec was a 20Gb HD, vs 10Gb in the first.
maybe that is all *you* noticed but i noticed that that new one is *thinner* than the original. *wider* than the original. has a *higher resolution screen* than the original. and, more important, has a keyboard under the screen. version 1.0 had *no* keyboard.