As Mr Gates did his keynote at CES ‘07 he waved about a lovely new device. Amidst the Windows Home Server and Vista goodness Bill showed off OQO’s latest update to their ultra mobile PC line. The OQO 02. Isn’t it pretty?
Moons ago I mused over getting an OQO 01. I signed up for details in their website before their first product came out. But I didn’t earn the galactic salary that was needed to buy one. The device is ‘Vista ready’ and the screenshots on the site show it running Vista.
There’s a nice hands on video over at Engadget. GigaOM has also recently covered the 02 too. But their take on the device is that the UMPC is all ready obsolete and OQO have missed their opportunity as companies like HTC have launched more powerful Windows Mobile devices in recent months. Devices such as the TyTn have proven to be extremely popular, sporting good battery life and always on mobile connectivity.
However, that said, I must…. resist….