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Wednesday, July 28, 2004

OQO Ultra Personal Computer

OQO Handheld ComputerJared just sent me a link to one of the coolest gadgets I've seen in quite some time.  The OQO Ultra Personal Computer is what I've been fantasizing about for year.  Take the core elements of any computer (the hard drive, the memory, the motherboard, etc) and cram them into a tiny little package.  Then you can take that package anywhere and just plug it into different peripherals depending on how you want to work.  That is the basic premise behind the OQO UPC.

The real beauty of the idea behind it is that it eliminates 3 machines (my desktop PC, my laptop PC and my PDA).  I am all about elimination of devices.  Especially since all three of those machines have copies of my calendar, contacts, and some form or another of my email.  Why have all this redundant info?  I just want it all in one place.  Very cool.  Be sure to watch the video.

My next question is, of course, how much will it cost and when can I get one?