OQO Ultra Portable PC Model 01+ w/ Windows XP Tablet
$799.99
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1 OQO Ultra Portable PC Model 01+ w/Windows XP Tablet PC 2005

finally, a woot i can blog to. some solid comparison pricing today for sure.
see all the comparison shopping links for this woot... if you dare... p.s... thanks for the support all... i love wooters.

I'm assuming these don't have any support for PCMCIA cards... as in my broadband access card which would make this thing worthwhile, right?

ohhhhhh I WANT ONE, BUT THE SCREEN IS SOOOO SMALL

These things are fantastic for anyone who travels outside of their living room. Does anybody know if this particular model can take a beating from the kids?

too much for my budget as well...

anything about this being ready for when Vista comes out?

link to the video demo!

I've been wanting one of these since they came out. Anyone have one?

THEY ARE SELLING FOR 550 USED ON EBAY SO 799 FOR NEW ISNT THAT BAD. STILL TOO MUCH FOR ME

Sounds great, but I've never heard of OQO.

802.11b ??? Wilma!

I wonder how well (read: painfully) this would run Vista...?

Why is this better than a PDA?

The tablet pc before tablet pc's were cool.

....but does it run Linux?

Does this thing have "stereo" sound when using headphones?

Cheapest Froogle has it for is 1,279, but seems more like a novelty item than anything. Not sure I really want to use a computer with a 5" screen...

intelmike1 wrote:802.11b ??? Wilma!

Thats what I'm saying... Thats it? if it were g, I might consider.. but not b.. Its 2007, not 2001 (Speaking of, WHERE'S MY N?!?)

belloc wrote:Why is this better than a PDA?

Because it's a whole PC, and runs everything that a full-size PC would, just about, instead of a limited subset of programs with 'similar' functionality.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=198

Mentions a model to be introduced next week at CES comes w/ cellular capabilities.

Some portable pricing info...

SecretPrices ... $1499

Froogle

There must be a market for these things because I've seen them popping up more and more at Best Buy, Circuit City, etc. But I'm not sure I really understand the purpose... They seem too big and expensive for a PDA and too small for a laptop. I'd rather spend the $700 or $800 on a laptop with the same specs and a 15" screen instead... If someone can explain it to me, go for it!

nice but the newer ones are better like the samsung sony and asus ones. sammy has a 7 inch screen same price on woot too. 800x600 not crappy x480 like this one

Apparently there has been some success running Linux on this thing...but, it is still to expensive for me...

Only UP to 3 hours of battery time...not so good... other comperable pcs have at least 4 hours +...

MAYBE for about half the price...
"Graphics: 3D accelerated with 8mb video RAM" sucks too...
I'll stick w/ my $10 PSP from Stootsi's Box of Fun!

evilmicrowizard wrote:Because it's a whole PC, and runs everything that a full-size PC would, just about, instead of a limited subset of programs with 'similar' functionality.

It will run Office? on a 5 inch screen? browse the internet on 5 inches??? Not sure I get it even if it does run my apps on a non x86 cpu.

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/12/06/oqo_model_02/

recent post about this item. seems like a fair price, but about to be replaced by a newer model?

"up to" 3 hours? 3 hours is bad enough, but you can cut that in half.

And "b" wifi?

Why wouldn't you get a PowerPC PDA instead, for half the price?

The company I work for has looked at these and a couple of other mini-type PC's and the main problem with the Transmeta-based systems has been that they were a little slow and produced a great deal of heat (which was a little suprising).

Can't deny the neato factor though...

This is an awesome price for this wonderful gadget. I would get one for myself if I had the money. If you travel quite a bit, the you'll seriously love this, esp. at this price.

xtremedrummer498 wrote:These things are fantastic for anyone who travels outside of their living room. Does anybody know if this particular model can take a beating from the kids?

Yes, just put $799.99 towards a vacation budget and you will survive a " beating from the kids."

belloc wrote:Why is this better than a PDA?

Because this thing gives you access to viruses and spyware, just like every other Windows box.

No thanks. Goodnight...

very cool, i'll get one when they are $200
right now, this cost more than the full size p4 ibm laptop i'm using...

manty2001 wrote:THEY ARE SELLING FOR 550 USED ON EBAY SO 799 FOR NEW ISNT THAT BAD. STILL TOO MUCH FOR ME

550???
non are selling for that price. Not even close
a used one is going for $900+ and it still have around 10 hours left
Ebay link

I've played with one of these for an extended period of time.

I don't know if I'd say its worth 800 bucks. It has a high novelty factor, sure, but it also has some annoyances; for one thing, the fan is a fairly noisy little thing, and its on almost constantly. It can also start to get worryingly warm after constant use.

I'm in two minds as to whether or not to recommend it. I guess you should ask yourself what you'd *really* be using it for. For me, it's proved useful -- I connected a GPS to it, and was able to use Street & Trips 2005 on it.

19th Worst Tech Product of All Time:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,125772-page,5/article.html

Some better pics and technical description to answer some of your questions:

http://dynamism.com/oqo/main.shtml?gclid=CJOY9cDOyIkCFQn7YgodaTzpRQ

opack wrote:

Thats what I'm saying... Thats it? if it were g, I might consider.. but not b.. Its 2007, not 2001 (Speaking of, WHERE'S MY N?!?)

Not even in final draft form yet?