It’s Murphy’s law… Saturday I sold my OQO Model 01+, just in time for the start of CES. Sunday I kept an eye on my favorite gadget blogs, and all was quiet until I was away from the San Francisco bubble, away from my computer (without my old OQO)!
Yes people, the OQO Model 02 was announced while I was enjoying fried bananas at a friend’s birthday party, with no computer in sight. By the time I was able to use a computer to order my new OQO, pictures and video were already available. Oh well :)
It was well worth the wait – the Model 02 addresses many of the criticisms of the Model 01+:
- Faster processor (1.2 or 1.5 GHz VIA C7M ULV)
- Faster memory (533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM)
- Better graphics (VIA VX700)
- Better screen (6x brighter)
- Better thermal management
- Backlit keyboard
- WiFi a/b/g
- Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
- Optional: more memory (up to 1 GB)
- Optional: larger hard drive (up to 60 GB)
It also features some interesting new features:
- TouchScrollers (TM) (horizontal and vertical touch-sensitive scroll-surfaces on screen bezel)
- Zoom buttons
- HDMI output
- Optional built-in EVDO (through Sprint, unfortunately for me)
- Optional docking station (with dual-layer DVD+-RW/CD-RW or DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive)
So what’s missing, then?
- No IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
- No built-in digital pen storage
- 0.7″ wider and 0.1″ thicker (yet 0.1″ shorter)
- No optional built-in HSDPA (through Cingular)
So there you have it… I’ll be doing a full review of the OQO Model 02 as soon as I’ve got my hands on it!
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January 8, 2007 at 8:36 am |
I wonder how many places back in the order queue did your not having computer access place you.
Probably not too bad I hope.
January 8, 2007 at 8:38 am |
Can you find out about high rez interpolation ?
Are the high rez interpolation settings 1024X600 and 1280X720 ?
How does 1280X720 look insofar as quality of the fonts, etc. ?
Does touchscreen work in interpolation modes ?
January 8, 2007 at 9:41 am |
cant wait to see your report. i am almost sold on this device but will wait to see what will work with linux. i hope the evdo sprint capability works using ubuntu. that would seal the deal!
January 21, 2007 at 2:34 am |
If its the display that does it, it won’t be able to take advantage of the fact fonts are using vectors instead of pixels, therefore 1 pixel just becomes 0.7 and it will look like scaled text from MS Paint :( Hopefully its clever :)
Yeh Linux would be the thing for me, Ubuntu packages would be a total deal clincher for me. I know on 01 they did actually work with the community to do some stuff for Linux, no “official” support but that’s fine.
March 16, 2007 at 9:26 pm |
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