http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/ Engadget Comments for Video: OQO model 2+ MID gets unboxed, previewed http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/
works fine with vista but it needs more ram (only 1GB) and an atom cpu (via is crap and slow).

oqo 2+ seems the perfect replacement.]]>Jan 20th 2009 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/
I agree about the need to remove that Atom sticker. What is it with Intel demanding that perfectly good looking devices be ruined due to their sticker fetish.]]>Jan 20th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 21st 2009 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Engadget posted this a year ago....now already forgot?

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/10/intel-explains-mid-vs-umpc/]]>Jan 20th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/
"“OQO is excited to work with Intel to deliver the highest performing Mobile Internet Device (MID) on the market today,” said Bob Rosin, senior vice president of sales and marketing at OQO."

http://www.oqo.com/news/press_releases/2009-01-07_mode2+_release.html]]>Jan 20th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Aluminum doesn't shine much...]]>Jan 20th 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/OQO offers a 9000mAh battery as an extra, maybe they should pack those standard. Four(on)/Seven(off) hours on one battery would be fine, but a the given price I would not want to pay extra for that.
I just noticed the wretched thing doesn't come with FireWire, darn. At least they managed three USB ports on the dock.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not dissing the machine. In fact, despite all the cloud business, I like to have my data with me, and as a longtime Newton user I am a sucker for fully capable ultraportables. But the device has to be truly mobile in terms of battery life.]]>Jan 20th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/
I just loaded OS X on mine. Performance was shitty. No surprise.]]>Jan 20th 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/
You wouldn't want a MID that runs full Windows and uses desktop apps. You want a mobile interface optimized for small screens and touch.]]>Jan 20th 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/
I think this is a leap in the right direction. Maybe in a couple years we'll start to see dedicated graphics chips and real processors put in these things, as well as better battery life. They already sound like they have plenty of application for business or school use, they just need to bridge that little gap to become truly consumer friendly.

Just a few little tweaks and in the next few years I'd be more surprised if we DON'T see something like this in Best Buy than if we do. Hell, I thought the Eee and netbooks were a trend with a small demographic just a few months ago, then they popped up in Best Buy.]]>Jan 20th 2009 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/Jan 20th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/
1) A post to this blog or another by a very upset buyer who had a very negative experience with OQO. He claimed he had a bad unit and the company was not very responsive. He had a website up that detailed the experience. Was he in the right? Who really knows

2) A review by a Australian reviewer (who has a webite and blog) who loved the unit but had to get a second (and maybe a third ?) because the unit kept crashing. I believe the cause was the fan burning out and the whole thing shutting down to thermal issues.

3) My conversation with the company a year or so ago with a rep who claimed there was a restocking charge for even a unit that wa malfunctioning.

All this said, I am still infatuated by the unit and would love to have one. The Thumb Typable keyboard really appeals to me.

Any opinions or experiences out there to help me decide to purchase one or not?]]>Jan 20th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/video-oqo-model-2-mid-gets-unboxed-previewed/

The Good:
-Runs programs like Photoshop CS & Office without a hitch...though with much more delay than most economy laptops
-1+ minute boot up and instant response from sleep
-Small form factor and light weight
-Fits in the pocket of my pants (and even jeans) without a case without difficulty.
-Beautiful screen with good native resolution and very good interpolated resolution.
-Batteries have a LED button that tells you with how much charge is left without turning on the computer (e.g., 3.5 out of 4 would mean about 85%)
-Back lit keyboard is great in dim lighting
-New Rev A. Sprint modem (i.e., EVDO) and Verizon Modem. This is the fastest wireless available
-Touch-sensitive scrolling on the screen (both left and right and up and down)

The Bad:
-It gets hot
-Watching movies on the device is possible but dark scenes are hard to make out detail and you occasionally get a stutter with playback.
-No integrated GPS (though a bluetooth GPS and software turns the device into a nice travel companion)
-No integrated holder or place for a Wacom stylus
-HDMI output does not carry an audio signal

The Ugly:
-The price. But, I guess best-in-class performance and form-factor demands a premium
-Fan noise. The fan is no worse than a laptop but do not have the expectation that this is a quiet device. There are fan settings to make it quieter but then it will get hot.
-Battery life could be a lot better (you will need the extended battery or 2 regular batteries for any sort of travel)
-Customer service is incompetent. I had to RMA 3 devices (without charge) because they never fixed the problem.
-You need the bumper-to-bumper 3 year warranty which add a couple hundred dollars.

The verdict:
I believe that this is the BEST device in this form factor on the market today. If you have the money. I have replaced my laptop (and to some extent, my desktop) with this device. I used to travel with a laptop and smart phone. Now I travel with a slim, regular phone and this device. By doing this, I have shed about 7-10lbs. in carry-on weight. Incidentally, I have never needed to take this device out of my carry-on bag for airport screeners so I get past security more quickly.

Recommended sites:
OQOtalk dot com is forum for all things OQO
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