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OQO
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| OQO, Inc. | |
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Key people | Andrew Popell, Chairman Jory Bell, CEO & Director Jonathan Betts-LaCroix, CTO Nick Merz, Lead Industrial Designer Michael Prichard, Lead Product Designer |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Products | Subnotebook computers |
| Revenue | N/A |
| Employees | 105 |
| Slogan | Anytime/Anywhere Productivity |
| Website | www.oqo.com |
OQO is the manufacturer of a subnotebook computer named the ultra Personal Computer (UPC). Its systems possess the functionality of a tablet PC in a form-factor slightly larger than a PDA. According to Guinness World Records, the "OQO" is the smallest full-powered, full-featured personal computer. The company's first version of subnotebook computer is the OQO model 01. Recently, it has been compared with the Ultra Mobile PC platform, although it was introduced before the UMPC took flight.
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The original OQO model 01 was announced several years before prototypes were even seen, leading many people to call it vaporware until it was finally released in the fall of 2004. The computer shipped with Windows XP installed (Home Edition or Professional, but the Tablet PC Edition was not available until the model 01+ was released) and featured a 1 GHz Transmeta processor, 20 GB hard drive, and 256 MB of RAM. It included USB 1.1, FireWire 400, a headphone port, and a built-in microphone, integrated 802.11b wireless radio, as well as Bluetooth. The OQO uses a magnetic stylus with a magnetically sensitive 800x480 transflective screen. Retail shipments began on October 14, 2004.
The OQO model 01+ was announced and released on September 27, 2005. Representing an incremental update to the model 01, the OQO model 01+ features a 30 GB hard drive, 512 MB of RAM, USB 2.0, and an internal speaker. It also adds support for portrait display mode (480x800) and has a redesigned screen bezel intended to improve the accuracy of its tablet. The OQO model 01+ runs on Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 was introduced on January 4, 2006, taking advantage of handwriting recognition and navigation.
- Main article: OQO Model 2
OQO announced a model 02 at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2007. An improvement over the model 01+, the model 02 is Windows Vista compatible and supports Verizon and Sprint's EV-DO connectivity The model 02 comes with a 1.2 GHz or a 1.5 GHz VIA C7-M processor, up to 1 GB of RAM and up to a 60 GB hard drive, has Bluetooth 2.0 and tri-mode WiFi (802.11a/b/g).