Tiqit handheld not dead
Sometimes a handheld comes out of left field and sort of blindsides you - the Tiqit is one of those. It's been so long since we'd heard anything about it that we'd figured they'd just quietly faded away, something which isn't totally unheard of for a startup. But not so! The Tiqit is alive and well, sort of. Like the OQO, it's a handheld computer that runs on Windows XP (though it'll also run Linux and Unix), but has a pathetically slow CPU (just 300MHz, or slower than most regular PDAs these days). Yeah, it has a full 56-key keyboard and a mouse stick with left/right buttons, but it's awfully thick and heavy, weighing in at a hefty 1.25 pounds. If we're lucky the next version will be slimmer, trimmer, and sport some built-in WiFi; assuming that the Tiqit survives long enough to see a second edition.
