Topic: OQO Inc.

OQO Model 02: The Biggest Little Computer Around

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 12:35 PM

There are plenty of ultra-mobile computers on the market, and most of them are beleaguered little gizmos: half the size of a laptop, but also half the speed, half the storage, half a keyboard, and in short, half-assed. In that ...READ»

PORTABLE COMPUTING | 1 comment

Meet the Smartbook: For Everything Your Smartphone and Netbook Can't Do

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 63
Mon Jun 8, 2009 at 11:11 AM

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the future of mobile computing: The Smartbook. In the same way that a netbook filled a previously unknown need by being something between a laptop and a smartphone, a Smartbook device is halfway ...READ»

XP SMARTBOOK | 7 comments

xpPhone Smartbook Is Real, Set for Global Release

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 57
Thu Sep 17, 2009 at 8:14 AM

Back in June we reported on what could be considered as the first real smartbook device--a hybrid smartphone/netbook machine that could be the next big thing in mobile computing. Now it looks like the xpPhone's ready for the ...READ»

SMARTBOOKS | Comment

Freescale's Concept Designs Push Netbooks Further

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 51
Wed Jun 10, 2009 at 11:47 AM

Earlier this week, Freescale demonstrated a smartbook mash-up that's bound for shop shelves later this year. But Freescale isn't stopping there: The company has crafted several concepts for how these netbook-like devices might look ...READ»

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Technology: The Cool-Stuff Roundup of CES

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 35
Mon Jan 7, 2008 at 5:08 PM

Nerds everywhere are lapping up the news coming out of the annual Consumer Electronics Show, and, being a nerd, I've been hard at work consuming it all. Permit me tasteless puns as I regurgitate the news of the coolest gadgets until ...READ»

3G | Comment

Samsung Introduces Two "New" UMPCs

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 31
Mon Jul 28, 2008 at 1:35 PM

The Q1 is Samsung's [SEO:005930] tepidly-received attempt at an ultra mobile computer, and it's apparently slated for a much-needed revision next year. But before that happens, the Korean electronics giant is trying to get the ...READ»

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Two Mobile Should-Haves For Road Warriors

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 25
Thu Jun 5, 2008 at 7:05 PM

I don't normally consider myself a road warrior, but when my 92-year-old grandmother suggested I get an air miles card, I began to reevaluate. She's right -- I've been out of town almost every week for the last several months, ...READ»