OQO

OQO, Inc.

Former type	Private
Industry	Electronics
Fate	Acquired by Audiotone
Founded	2000
Defunct	2009
Headquarters	San Francisco, California
Key people	Andrew Popell, Founder Jory Bell, Founder Jonathan Betts-LaCroix, Founder Nick Merz, Founder Robert Ford, Founder Michael Prichard, Founder
Products	Subnotebook computers
Revenue	0
Number of employees	0
Website	http://www.oqo.com/ (archive)

OQO was a U.S. computer hardware company that was notable for manufacture of handheld computers. Its systems possess the functionality of a tablet PC in a size slightly larger than a personal digital assistant (PDA). According to Guinness World Records, the "OQO" was the smallest full-powered, full-featured personal computer in 2005. The company's first version of subnotebook computer is the OQO model 01. Recently, it has been compared with the Ultra Mobile PC platform, although it was introduced before the UMPC took flight.

OQO was reported to have stopped production in April 2009 because of financial difficulties. The company's web site indicates that OQO ceased operations entirely as of April 2009.

The original OQO model 01 was announced several years before prototypes were even seen, leading many people to call it vaporware until it was finally released in the fall of 2004. The computer shipped with Windows XP installed (Home Edition or Professional, but the Tablet PC Edition was not available until the model 01+ was released) and featured a 1 GHz Transmeta Crusoe processor, 20 GB hard drive, and 256 MB of RAM. It included USB 1.1, FireWire 400, a headphone port, and a built-in microphone, integrated 802.11b wireless radio, as well as Bluetooth. The OQO uses an Wacom electromagnetic induction-type pen stylus with a magnetic field sensitive 800x480 resolution transflective screen. Retail shipments began on October 14, 2004. Its size is 4.9 in by 3.4 in by 0.9 in and it weighs 0.9 lbs.