Re: OQO as core (Re: wearable purchase questions)

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I've got a few sitting on my desk. They run a little hot (a loud fan
when you do something), but other than that are remarkably non-crappy.
The docking cable is unwieldy, though. The biggest irritation I've
come upon is that if you have a USB keyboard plugged in when the
machine turns on, Linux won't detect it. It's really small, though,
and I'm talking to them about how to run it without the screen
attached (the power button is on the screen...).

dan

On 7/30/05, Nathan Miller <> wrote:
> Hey all-
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> New to this list but not to an obsession with wearables.  I got excited t=
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> other day when I stumbled on this little number.  The unit seems to me to=
 be
> the perfect core for a wearable, though it takes the fun out of designing
> your own.  First, the beltclip part:  4.9" x 3.4" x 0.9"; 14 oz.  Now the=
 PC
> part:  1GHz Transmeta Crusoe, 20G HD, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB, Firewire.  I=
t's
> got a 5" color display (W-VGA) but a docking cable that outputs VGA up to
> 1280 X 1024 which could feed into an HMD.   It's a bit expensive at $1999
> ($2300 with extra battery & beltclip case), and the advertised battery li=
fe
> is terrible, but I'm sorely tempted...
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> I'm sure I'm not the first person on this list to run across OQO.  Anyone
> have any thoughts about its serviceability as a wearable core?
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> Best,
> Nathan
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