Ultrapersonal Computing

Nic Name · 04-21-2002, 02:44 PM

I want OQO.

verbatim · 04-21-2002, 04:13 PM

Sign me up!

You cant buy these things yet, can you?

Nic Name · 04-21-2002, 07:54 PM

Later this year ...

Hubris Boy · 04-22-2002, 02:48 AM

DANGER! Incredibly annoying Flash site!

04-22-2002, 08:10 AM

Honestly, while I'm fascinated by the idea of having a full-fledged computer in my pocket, I don't think that the public is ready for it.

I'm thinking about buying a Sharp Zaurus (my boss has one and it's pretty slick), but not as a PDA - rather, as a computer in my pocket. I love the idea of that. Typing up emails on the metro or while I'm sitting somewhere wasting time and then sending them off when I get to an 802.11b network. Browsing the web from anywhere. Just having a small computer to play around with.

I don't think, however, that OQO can price this where it needs to be priced. They've said $1,000 - and it's surely worth that. But I don't think that most people are going to want to pay that kind of money for something so small. Sure, it's a computer. But it could get lost pretty easily. Hell, you could put it through the laundry without much trouble.

I don't see this gaining a market beyond businesspersons unless the price is lowered drastically.

Nic Name · 05-30-2002, 09:06 PM

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Colin Hunter displays the prototype model of tiny sized ultra-personal computer. Transmeta said its architecture of the next generation Crusoe 1000 will allow full Windows XP wireless computing. Photo: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP

l still want one!

But could we see the Rachel Hunter model?

BobbyK · 06-05-2002, 10:04 AM

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But could we see the Rachel Hunter model?

Nice one, Nic...

04-21-2002, 02:44 PM	#1
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Ultrapersonal Computing I want OQO. Last edited by Nic Name; 04-21-2002 at 02:57 PM.

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Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Later this year ...

04-22-2002, 08:10 AM	#5
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Honestly, while I'm fascinated by the idea of having a full-fledged computer in my pocket, I don't think that the public is ready for it. I'm thinking about buying a Sharp Zaurus (my boss has one and it's pretty slick), but not as a PDA - rather, as a computer in my pocket. I love the idea of that. Typing up emails on the metro or while I'm sitting somewhere wasting time and then sending them off when I get to an 802.11b network. Browsing the web from anywhere. Just having a small computer to play around with. I don't think, however, that OQO can price this where it needs to be priced. They've said $1,000 - and it's surely worth that. But I don't think that most people are going to want to pay that kind of money for something so small. Sure, it's a computer. But it could get lost pretty easily. Hell, you could put it through the laundry without much trouble. I don't see this gaining a market beyond businesspersons unless the price is lowered drastically.

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