800mhz ultra-portable PC hits market
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--part1_1ac.d3fc3d.29edccf4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit http://www.oqo.com http://www.microsoft.com/winhec/overview.asp http://news.com.com/2100-1040-883861.html?legacy=cnet& tag=pt.msnbc.feed..ne_9721695 Start-up shrinks PC to palm size By Michael Kanellos Staff Writer, CNET News.com April 16, 2002, 9:45 AM PT First there was the pocket calculator. Then there was the pocket organizer. And if start-up OQO gets its way, the next big thing will be the pocket PC. The Seattle-based company is showing off a full-fledged "ultra personal" computer this week at Microsoft's WinHEC 2002 conference. The computer is slightly thicker but roughly the same size as handhelds currently coming out from Palm or Hewlett-Packard. The major difference is that the OQO device, which will come out in the second half of the year for around $1,000, is a complete Windows XP computer. Along with Windows, it will come with a 5800 Crusoe processor from Transmeta, a 10GB hard drive, 256MB of memory, connection ports for FireWire and USB (universal serial bus), and wireless networking connections through either WiFi or Bluetooth. The screen measures just four inches in diameter, roughly the same size as those on a Palm, but the company will also sell docking stations so that it can be used like a normal desktop or laptop. The device measures 3 inches by 5 inches, is 0.9-inches thick and weighs about half a pound. "We see this as 'This is your only computer,'" said Colin Hunter, executive vice president of OQO. "It isn't a PDA (personal digital assistant). With this device you can dock it in and it is your PC." Ultra-portable PCs will become more popular than PDAs because they can do more, said Dave Ditzel, chief technology officer of Transmeta. Plus, it also gets rid of the data synchronization problem because everything moves to one device. "You can do full Web browsing with Internet Explorer. You can't do that on a PDA," he said. The Crusoe processor inside the OQO, he noted, runs at 800MHz and contains 512KB of cache, a data reservoir for quick data access. Current handheld processors max out at 206MHz and have much smaller caches. continued http://news.com.com/2100-1040-883861.html?legacy=cnet& tag=pt.msnbc.feed..ne_9721695 My best, Dr. David Feeney [email protected] Director of Digital Education, http://foxonline.temple.edu FOX School of Business & Management, http://sbm.temple.edu Temple University, http://www.temple.edu 300 Speakman Hall 215-204-2727 office 215-204-5698 fax --part1_1ac.d3fc3d.29edccf4_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">http://www.oqo.com<BR> http://www.microsoft.com/winhec/overview.asp<BR> http://news.com.com/2100-1040-883861.html?legacy=cnet&tag=pt.msnbc.feed..ne_9721695<BR> <BR> Start-up shrinks PC to palm size <BR> <BR> By Michael Kanellos <BR> Staff Writer, CNET News.com<BR> April 16, 2002, 9:45 AM PT<BR> <BR> First there was the pocket calculator. Then there was the pocket organizer. And if start-up OQO gets its way, the next big thing will be the pocket PC. <BR> <BR> The Seattle-based company is showing off a full-fledged "ultra personal" computer this week at Microsoft's WinHEC 2002 conference. The computer is slightly thicker but roughly the same size as handhelds currently coming out from Palm or Hewlett-Packard. <BR> <BR> The major difference is that the OQO device, which will come out in the second half of the year for around $1,000, is a complete Windows XP computer. Along with Windows, it will come with a 5800 Crusoe processor from Transmeta, a 10GB hard drive, 256MB of memory, connection ports for FireWire and USB (universal serial bus), and wireless networking connections through either WiFi or Bluetooth. <BR> <BR> The screen measures just four inches in diameter, roughly the same size as those on a Palm, but the company will also sell docking stations so that it can be used like a normal desktop or laptop. The device measures 3 inches by 5 inches, is 0.9-inches thick and weighs about half a pound. <BR> <BR> "We see this as 'This is your only computer,'" said Colin Hunter, executive vice president of OQO. "It isn't a PDA (personal digital assistant). With this device you can dock it in and it is your PC."<BR> <BR> Ultra-portable PCs will become more popular than PDAs because they can do more, said Dave Ditzel, chief technology officer of Transmeta. Plus, it also gets rid of the data synchronization problem because everything moves to one device. "You can do full Web browsing with Internet Explorer. You can't do that on a PDA," he said. The Crusoe processor inside the OQO, he noted, runs at 800MHz and contains 512KB of cache, a data reservoir for quick data access. Current handheld processors max out at 206MHz and have much smaller caches. <BR> <BR> continued http://news.com.com/2100-1040-883861.html?legacy=cnet&tag=pt.msnbc.feed..ne_9721695<BR> <BR> My best,<BR> <BR> Dr. David Feeney<BR> [email protected]<BR> Director of Digital Education, http://foxonline.temple.edu<BR> FOX School of Business & Management, http://sbm.temple.edu<BR> Temple University, http://www.temple.edu<BR> 300 Speakman Hall<BR> 215-204-2727 office<BR> 215-204-5698 fax<BR> <BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_1ac.d3fc3d.29edccf4_boundary--