Features: Stuffed To The Max
- 1. Stylish Presentation, Beautiful Design
- 2. Classifying The OQO Model 01+
- 3. Features: Stuffed To The Max
- 4. Features: Stuffed To The Max, Continued
- 5. Using The OQO Model 01+: Build, Keyboard And Mouse
- 6. Using The OQO Model 01+: Buttons, Lights And Ports
- 7. Using The OQO Model 01+: Buttons, Lights And Ports, Continued
3. Features: Stuffed To The Max
The following table details the wealth of features OQO managed to include in its tiny Model 01+. I'll discuss many of these features right after you peruse the table.
| Manufacturer | OQO |
|---|---|
| Model | Model 01+ |
| URL | www.oqo.com |
| Dimensions & Weight | |
| Width x Height x Depth | 4.9" x 0.9" x 3.4" (depth is 5" with the keyboard exposed)
12.5 cm x 2.3 cm x 8.64 cm (depth is 12.7 cm with the keyboard exposed) |
| Unit & Battery | 0.92 lb / 418 g |
| Battery | .31 lb / 134 g |
| Charger & Power Cord | 0.69 lb / 312 g |
| Total (Computer, Charger & Power Cord) | 1.61 lb / 730 g |
| AC Adapter & Battery | |
| Battery I Capacity | Li-Polymer 2 cells (3.7 V, 4000 mAh, 14.8 Wh) |
| Battery II Capacity | Optional: Li-Polymer 4 cells (3.7 V, 8000 mAh, 29.6 Wh) |
| AC adapter | 12 W |
| Pointing Device(s) | Joystick |
| Display and Graphics Controller | |
| Display Size | 5" (12.7 cm) |
| Display Resolution | 800x400 internal native or up to 1280 x 1024 internal virtual; 1280 x 1024 external |
| Graphics controller | Silicon Motion SM720 Lynx3DM+ |
| System | |
| BIOS | Insyde Technology Inc. v.1.02 (10/28/05) |
| CPU | Transmeta Crusoe TM5800
(1.00 GHz, 512 kB L2-Cache, FSB NA CPU and Northbridge combined) |
| Northbridge | Transmeta Crusoe Integrated (into CPU) |
| Southbridge | ULi/ALi M1533/1535/1543 |
| Memory | 512 MB 266 MHz DDR (soldered to motherboard) |
| Hard Drive | |
| Manufacturer & Model | Toshiba MK3006GAL (1.8" / 4.57 cm) |
| Size | 30 GB |
| Performance | (P-ATA / 4200 rpm / cache 2 MB/ av. seek 15 ms) |
| Other Drives | |
| Manufacturer & Model | none |
| Speed DVD/+-R/+-RW/RAM/+DL | na |
| Speed CD/R/RW | na |
| Floppy Drive | none |
| Hard drive bay | none |
| Connectors B=Back side, F=Front, L=Left side, R=Right Side | |
| PS2 Mouse/Keyboard | none / none |
| USB 2.0 | 1x (F); 1x (Docking Cable) |
| IEEE1394/Firewire | 1x (L); 1x (Docking Cable) |
| Serial COM Port | none |
| Parallel LPT Port | none |
| Microphone | yes |
| IR port | none |
| Bluetooth | yes |
| VGA / DVI out | 1x (Docking Cable) / none |
| Video In / Out | none |
| AC Power | Yes (F) |
| PC-Card / PCIe-Card Slots | none |
| LAN | 1x OQO 10/100 Docking Cable Ethernet Adapter |
| WLAN | OQO WiFi Radio 802.11/b only (internal USB device) |
| Wireless WAN | none |
| Audio Connectors | 1x Headphone (R); 1x Audio Out (Docking Cable) |
| Audio Chip | ALi Audio Wave (Acer Laboratories Inc.) |
| Modem/Model | none |
| Card-Reader: | none |
| Fingerprint Security Sensor | none |
| Manufacturer's Docking Socket | yes (proprietary connector) |
| Software | |
| OS | Windows XP Home, Professional or Tablet PC Edition |
Unlike most mobile computers available today, the OQO doesn't use a lower power CPU from Intel or AMD. Rather it's outfitted with Transmeta's low power Crusoe TM5800 central processor. The processor's frequency range is supposed to be 667 MHz to 1 GHz, but I've seen evidence that it can run at lower speeds, 300 MHz for example. At 1 GHz the TM5800 can draw as little as 6.5 W and that's while providing Northbridge functionality, which is built into the CPU. How well does the CPU perform? I'll talk about that a little later.
Unless you plan to void the product's warranty and risk destroying the Model 01+, you'll have to live with the device's 512 MB of memory. That's because memory is soldered to the motherboard. There's really no room inside the OQO's case for sockets to hold removable modular memory boards. For a computer of this design 512 MB should be adequate, though I do wonder whether the OQO will be able to handle more powerful, more memory hungry operating systems and applications such as Microsoft's Vista and the next version of MS Office.
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- Next page Features: Stuffed To The Max, Continued
You state that the OQO is a PDA, but match it up with laptops. You have stated that the tests can't be run with any accuracy, but use the results anyway. The processors are not just .2Ghz different as you state, but 20%, furthermore the crusoe 1Ghz is the equivalent in theoretical MOPS on a PIII 800Mhz.
You really need to hone your reviewing and testing skills if you ever expect to show an unbiased review. I do hope that your other reviews are much better than this one.