A Real Pocket PC
from the very-cool dept
Okay, I'm sold. I want an OQO. It's a device about the size of a handheld PDA, but which is a complete computer. It runs on a Transmeta chip, uses the same hard drive as the new iPod (10gig), has firewire, USB, bluetooth, and WiFi. It costs $1,000. The best part is that you can get different "docking stations" with it that turn it into whatever you want. It's basically a computer that changes size to deal with whatever your situation is. There's a desktop docking station that makes it useable as a desktop machine. There's also a laptop docking station, where you just slide it into a laptop shell. Or you can just use it on its own. A computer for every situation. Of course, there are still questions of quality, but I've spoken to people about similar ideas in the past - and this is the first time I've seen a product come close to what I really want.
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heh...
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stole my idea
The other big need for something like these is good encryption - if a lot of people are carrying their computers around and using them on public devices, they better have some good security.
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Other Full-powered Handhelds
Check out a few others:
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/tiqit83/index.html
another full-powered handheld
http://www.khyber.com/index.php has a very interesting product that is essentially a smart phone with an attachable clamshell screen/keyboard accessory.
Xybernaut, the wearable computer company owns several patents on an idea that should allow you to swap processors, storage, inputs and outputs in block-like modules. http://www.xybernaut.com/newxybernaut/company/intellect/patents.htm
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Re: Other Full-powered Handhelds
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IBM project
MetaFilter had a thread on this a while back too.
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sallam
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