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OQO Shuts Down Repairs, Discontinues Phone Lines

Jason Chen — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:36:20 +0000

It’s not a surprise, but ailing UMPC company OQO has just stopped support service and closed down their phone lines, citing “financial constraints.” That’s pretty much the end of OQO. [OQOTalk via Engadget]

OQO Model 2+ Production Is Unlikely, Company Not Doing So Hot

Jason Chen — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:17:14 +0000

OQO’s pre-order cancellation and recent trouble lead us to believe that the company’s not doing so well, which SVP Bob Rosin confirms by saying that their Model 2+ production is “unlikely”. [BuildYourUMPC via BBG]

OQO Cancels All Pre-Orders, We Come to an Obvious Conclusion

John Herrman — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:05:30 +0000

Despite widespread speculation about the company’s health, OQO has been fairly coy about their financial situation. Now, they’ve cancelled all pre-orders for their upcoming Model 2+ UMPC. Sort of like a dying company might do!

The OQO drama began to unfold a few weeks back, when a combination of leadership changes, message board rumours and canceled pre-orders through a large European retailer led people to surmise that the San Francisco-based UMPC maker was on its way out. They then admitted that they were courting potential buyers, but left it at that.

And now this: Chippy, he of UMPCPortal fame, has received word that all pre-orders for the lauded Model 2+ have been cancelled, though he hasn’t heard from the company itself. With a shipping date set at May 22nd and the company in distress, a delay might have been expected, and even excused. But a cancellation? That sounds an awful lot like a death knell. [SlashGear]

Rumour: Handheld PC Maker OQO Not Long for This World

Dan Nosowitz — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:45:00 +0000

Despite their high prices and high return rates, we’ve always had a soft spot for OQO. But the recent resignation of a CEO, retailer problems, and messageboard rumblings don’t bode well for their future.

The next OQO, the Model 2+, had us drooling when it was announced… four months ago. It’s still yet to see a release, which means the years-old 02 is the most current model OQO has on the market.

OQO’s best-connected messageboard has reported that OQO is facing serious financial difficulty and that we’re unlikely to ever see the 2+ go into production. In addition, Dennis Moore, former CEO of OQO, resigned back in September 2008, so we’ve been hearing these warning bells for awhile.

Worse, European retail giant Expansys has cancelled pre-orders of the 2+, giving some vague excuse about “uncertainties” over the handheld PC as a response to customers.

It’s looking more and more like OQO is having some serious issues, which is a bad thing for us: Even if we couldn’t afford their toys, they always trod their own path, which sometimes feels like a rarity these days. [JK on the Run]

OQO Model 2+ Is +10 Awesome: OLED Touchscreen, Global 3G and Speed UP

Matt Buchanan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Not much left to divulge beyond what leaked already about the OQO Model 02+: It’s newly endowed with a stunning OLED touchscreen, global 3G and faster 1.86GHz Atom CPU. But! It’s only $US1500. And pics!

[OQO]

OQO Model 02+ to Launch at CES With OLED Screen, Atom Processor, Touch Technology

Adrian Covert — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:29:00 +0000

OQO will launch a revamped version of their Model 02 UMPC, dubbing it the Model 02+ and endowing it with an OLED display, embedded touchscreen, Worldwide 3G internet, and a 1.86 GHz Atom processor.

Referenced in an email by trade event organisers Pepcom, the Model 02+ will be announced at CES. Further details are pretty nonexistent, seeing as this was mentioned in passing, but it will apparently be twice as fast as the Model 02 and will be on display next week in Vegas. [OQO Talk]

OQO CEO Resigns, Might Not Mean Good News For the UMPC Maker

Jason Chen — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:15:00 +0000

Dennis Moore of OQO has just resigned as their CEO. It’s rarely good news when your CEO resigns and says he found a better opportunity elsewhere, but we’re hoping the startup continues to refine their UMPC into something everyone can get behind. [Dennis Moore Blog via Gotta Be Mobile]

OQO and Garmin Join Forces to Offer Model 02 GPS Unit

Adrian Covert — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:36:00 +0000

OQO fiends, you love your Model 02, right? Well the package just got sweeter as Garmin and OQO have collaborated on a GPS setup made especially for the OQO Model 02. It includes a USB GPS module, car mount, charger and interface software. But it costs US$237 and requires you already own a Model 02. Still, it looks pretty damn cool to me. [OQO via Boy Genius Report]

OQO Running OS X Leopard: The Smallest Mac in the World?

Gizmodo US Edition — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:04:18 +0000

Forget the Psystar business—this Hackintosh is much more interesting. A member of the OQOTalk forum has demonstrated his OQO running a hacked version of Leopard. It takes over two minutes to load but it looks like it’s all there, including such goodies as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB, power management and sound. Check out the video to see a (blurry) demo of it in action from the dual-boot startup, including showing coverflow working in Finder and a Dashboard launch.

Currently the video resolution is pinned at 800 x 480 and there’re difficulties with wwan, but work is continuing to overcome this.

Is this the smallest Mac in the world? Very probably, and pretty amusing given that OQO was founded by some ex-Apple employees. [OQOTalk]

OQO Going 64GB SSD and Sunlight Viewable Screen Version

Brian Lam — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:09:35 +0000

OQO Model 2 just got a 64GB SSD storage option and Sunlight viewable screen [Dynamism]