I opened the presentation case, removed the computer from its protective Styrofoam housing and hefted the little thing, feeling for the first time its full weight: 14 ounces (418 g) with battery. For a moment it didn't even matter to me if the thing worked or not. What nice design! There was a stylus, meaning the device had some sort of tablet capability. Then I started fiddling with the unit and realized that the case was split horizontally into two pieces. The top piece rolled smoothly upward as if on ball bearings exposing a keyboard with a mouse joystick and a set of clearly marked left and right mouse buttons.
The world's smallest portable Windows XP computer at 4.9" x .9" x 3.4" (12.5 cm x 2.3 cm x 8.4 cm)
As I dreamily messed around with the keyboard, I snapped back into reality, remembering that my main task was to determine whether this small hunk of magnesium alloy covered components was up to the tasks implied by its Windows XP operating system.
Type of Mobile Computer Weight (Pounds) with standard battery Size (Width & Depth Inches)
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Less than 2.5 Fits in standard size pocket
Ultra Lightweight Laptop 2.5 or less Does not fit in standard size pocket
Lightweight Laptop 2.6 to 4 NA
Standard Laptop 4.1 to 6.5 or less 13 x 11
Notebook Over 6.5 Over 13 x 11
Eyeing the mobile computer classification table above, by size and weight the OQO is a PDA. The photo below certainly supports this conclusion. Fujitsu's very small 2.21 lb (1000 g) P1510D tablet PC looks like a hulking notebook computer under the Model 01+. The OQO doesn't give up much in size to Dell's Axim X50v PDA, though its weigh is over twice that of the.39 lb (177 g) Axim
[h2]Features: Stuffed To The Max[/h2]
The following table details the wealth of features OQO managed to include in its tiny Model 01+. I'll discuss many of these features right after you peruse the table.
Manufacturer OQO
Model Model 01+
URL https://www.oqo.com
Dimensions & Weight
Width x Height x Depth 4.9" x 0.9" x 3.4" (depth is 5" with the keyboard exposed)
12.5 cm x 2.3 cm x 8.64 cm (depth is 12.7 cm with the keyboard exposed)
Unit & Battery 0.92 lb / 418 g
Battery .31 lb / 134 g
Charger & Power Cord 0.69 lb / 312 g
Total (Computer, Charger & Power Cord) 1.61 lb / 730 g
AC Adapter & Battery
Battery I Capacity Li-Polymer 2 cells (3.7 V, 4000 mAh, 14.8 Wh)
Battery II Capacity Optional: Li-Polymer 4 cells (3.7 V, 8000 mAh, 29.6 Wh)
AC adapter 12 W
Pointing Device(s) Joystick
Display and Graphics Controller
Display Size 5" (12.7 cm)
Display Resolution 800x400 internal native or up to 1280 x 1024 internal virtual; 1280 x 1024 external
Graphics controller Silicon Motion SM720 Lynx3DM+
System
BIOS Insyde Technology Inc. v.1.02 (10/28/05)
CPU Transmeta Crusoe TM5800
(1.00 GHz, 512 kB L2-Cache, FSB NA CPU and Northbridge combined)
Northbridge Transmeta Crusoe Integrated (into CPU)
Southbridge ULi/ALi M1533/1535/1543
Memory 512 MB 266 MHz DDR (soldered to motherboard)
Hard Drive
Manufacturer & Model Toshiba MK3006GAL (1.8" / 4.57 cm)
Size 30 GB
Performance (P-ATA / 4200 rpm / cache 2 MB/ av. seek 15 ms)
Other Drives
Manufacturer & Model none
Speed DVD/+-R/+-RW/RAM/+DL na
Speed CD/R/RW na
Floppy Drive none
Hard drive bay none
Connectors B=Back side, F=Front, L=Left side, R=Right Side
PS2 Mouse/Keyboard none / none
USB 2.0 1x (F); 1x (Docking Cable)
IEEE1394/Firewire 1x (L); 1x (Docking Cable)
Serial COM Port none
Parallel LPT Port none
Microphone yes
IR port none
Bluetooth yes
VGA / DVI out 1x (Docking Cable) / none
Video In / Out none
AC Power Yes (F)
PC-Card / PCIe-Card Slots none
LAN 1x OQO 10/100 Docking Cable Ethernet Adapter
WLAN OQO WiFi Radio 802.11/b only (internal USB device)
Wireless WAN none
Audio Connectors 1x Headphone (R); 1x Audio Out (Docking Cable)
Audio Chip ALi Audio Wave (Acer Laboratories Inc.)
Modem/Model none
Card-Reader: none
Fingerprint Security Sensor none
Manufacturer's Docking Socket yes (proprietary connector)
Software
OS Windows XP Home, Professional or Tablet PC Edition
