From: Hills, Brendan (brendan.hills_at_vignette.com)
Date: Wed Jul 24 2002 - 22:17:25 EDT
What about this one? Seems to have similar specs (though smaller HDD and
fewer ports), but also has a PDA-like touch screen.
Here is the blurb that they sent to me:
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Thank you for your interest in the OQO Ultra-Personal Computer. OQO is
pronounced "oh cue oh".
The OQO Ultra-Personal Computer is a full feature, full power Windows XP
computer that weighs 250 grams and fits in your pocket. The OQO will
function in three primary modes: a desktop PC when it is in its cradle, a
laptop PC when it is inserted into the laptop enclosure, and as an
ultra-portable, ultra-personal computer that you carry with you wherever
you go. The OQO allows an unprecedented combination of power, mobility, and
adaptability to task.
We are planning to have the OQO available for sale by the end of 2002 in
the U.S. and, hopefully, Asia and Europe as well. The product will be sold
via the OQO web site and through major international resellers. We are
currently in negotiations with resellers, and can not yet announce who will
be distributing the OQO in your region. We expect the price to be around
$1500.
Specifications that we have released at this time include the following:
Crusoe 0.13 micron TM5800 processor at up to 1GHz
10-20GB hard drive
256MB of memory
four inch high-resolution, super bright VGA color LCD with a maximum
resolution of 640 x 480 (a monitor attached to the OQO can go to 1280 x
1024).
specially designed Synaptics touchscreen
advanced lithium polymer battery (up to 8 hours running office
applications, a week on standby)
integrated 802.11b and Bluetooth wireless transceivers
4.1" x 2.9" x 0.9" / 105mm x 74mm x 22mm; less than 9oz. / 250 grams
SMI lynx 3dm8 graphics chip with 3D acceleration
firewire (1394) port
USB 1.1 port
audio out port
built-in high fidelity microphone
OQO will initially provide two docking mechanisms: a cradle that can be
connected to a large monitor and keyboard making the OQO into a desktop
computer; and a lapdock that transforms the OQO into a notebook computer.
These will include firewire, USB, audio, serial, PCI, VGA video, and power
connections.
Additional information as well as images of the OQO computer can be found
on our website http://www.oqo.com.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Webber [mailto:awebber_at_wwwebbers.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 3:47 AM
To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
Subject: OT: 2lb computer?
This is slightly off-topic, but I stumbled on this and wondered
what the experts here thought of it as an alternative to a
notebook. It doesn't have a display or keyboard, but as a way to
carry the system to/from various locations where there's a monitor
and keyboard available, it could be fun.
www.bixnet.com/peniii60sys.html
The site is kind of screwy, different links take you to different
versions at different prices, but it appears to be: 2lb, 1.3GHz
max, 512Mb RAM max, 1280x1024, DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo available,
"standard" notebook HD, includes USB, FireWire, serial, parallel,
RJ45, RJ11, keyboard, mouse, IR, VGA, TV-out ports.
Just wondered whether this was reasonable as a notebook
alternative, if monitor and keyboard were always available. Price
is about U$1200.
Thanks for opinions!
andrew [awebber_at_wwwebbers.com]
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