PDA and Subnotebook Killer?

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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[cybermace5]

"a palm sixed computer"

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

Palm Sixed

[b00 3rn5]

a new type of palm sixed PC

Palm Sixed? I prefer Palm Sex.

Ultrapersonal?

[sllort]

Someone needs to put a leash on their PR people.

"Introducing the world's first ultrapersonal computer"

Computer: How are you today?
You: Fine.
Computer: I noticed that your morning bowel movement deviated from your mean by 170 grams. What happened last night?
You: Um, you know, I was out with this girl, and... hey, get out of my face!
Computer: Your face has 7,230 pores today.
You: Ahhhhhhhh!

Creepy.

wallet sized?

[kaas]

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?

Re:Fwoosh

[civilizedINTENSITY]

Thats because slashdotters *always* read the site before posting...

Re:cool.. how long..

[Mr. Jaggers]

As soon as it's released... at least according to mizz Anjel Van Slyke. Yeh, I asked them just that question (the last time this story was posted on Slashdot... *snicker* ;) and actually got a pretty prompt response, one evening turnaround on my email. I think that's pretty good, considering the media hype they generated that month... maybe the issue was one they felt needed addressing anyway:

From: me

To: their info email address
Subject: Oqo Ultrapersonal

Are there any plans to offer driver support for a linux based operating system?
Transmeta had done a lot of the legwork and a crusoe compatible linux
kernel is
available. Production quality firewire, usb, 802.11b, and Bluetooth driver
support is also available, so peripherals wouldn't be a problem.

This sort of thing would be very handy for the networking professional on-the-
go for setting up and configuring institutional LAN's.

It's just something to consider.

Thanks, and I await a response!

fast forward 18 hrs...

From: Anjel Van Slyke

To: by way of OQO information desk
Subject: Re: Oqo Ultrapersonal

As full feature, full power personal computer that fits in your pocket, the
OQO will support a Linux based operating system. The current operating
system is WindowsXP.

Thanks for your interest.

Anjel Van Slyke
OQO
www.oqo.com

Aww... how nice of her! Of course, then she forgets that she responded to me and three hours later I get:

As a full feature, full power computer the OQO is capable of supporting

other operating systems including Linux.

Thanks for your interest and we will definitely take your comments into
consideration.

Anjel Van Slyke
OQO
www.oqo.com

Hmm... well, okay.

The ultimate workcover tool

[Anonymous Coward]

This is great. Everyone knows that XP sucks unless you have a fast chip. And fast chips run hot. Hard drives run hot. The case is aluminium which should conduct the excess heat really well; straight into my hand. Scalding could replace RSI as the number one computer related OHS claim. On maybe the warmth will encourage the holding hald to grow large over time and create a subrace of PocketXP mutants.

Or more likely, the thing will just overheat and self destruct in a few months. A day after the end of the waranty sounds about right :>