OQO Price And Release Date Set

captainJam writes "After more than 2 years of development, the OQO is finally set to be released in October for a price tag of $1899. Initially the unit will only be sold through OQO's website. Those grumbling about the price should take into consideration that the OQO is by far the smallest and lightest XP capable handtop with a touchscreen, slide-out keyboard and Transflective display."

The size is nice, but

[Tibor the Hun]

Too bad it runs XP.

"Hey y'all, check out the 1900 bucks of spyware I gots!"

I for one....

[Anonymous Coward]

I, for one, welcome our smallest and lightest overlords yet.

Seven word review:

[Anonymous Coward]

Hardware: Tiny delight.
Operating System: Utter shite.

Overpriced?

[Anonymous Coward]

For that price, I can get like 20 junk computers and build a Beowulf cluster. I don't see the point in this.

The O-- what ?

[clarkie.mg]

The OGO [engadget.com], the OJO [engadget.com], the OKO [engadget.com] and the OQO ...

OhGOd !

Re:Overpriced?

[Chess_the_cat]

Can you fit a Beowulf cluster in your pocket?

I heard it ships with Duke Nukem installed...

[mrklin]

Kills two vaporwares with one product release!

Re:Overpriced?

[Anonymous Coward]

...or are you just pleased to see me?

Active hard drive protection that safely parks...

[Anonymous Coward]

> * Active hard drive protection that safely parks hard drive heads upon detecting freefall

*That* is freaking cool. The longer the fall, the more time it has to react, and the bigger the mess that it just avoided. There have been times that I've experienced that slow-motion "aww crap, this is gonna be expensive" feeling, and finally someone builds hardware that can protect itself in these case. Very nice.