Using The OQO Model 01+: Buttons, Lights And Ports
- 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
6. Using The OQO Model 01+: Buttons, Lights And Ports
For such a small device the OQO Model 01+ has an impressive array of buttons, lights and ports. On the top you'll find one of two buttons, the power button. A bright white led illuminates the button when the unit is turned on. The PDA's other button is on the front of the computer. So let's start our trip around the Model 01+.
Front, from left to right: DC power in; docking cable connector #1; docking cable connector #2; multifunction thumbwheel; USB 2.0 connector
I'll get to the docking cable in just a bit. First let's look at the multifunction thumbwheel. The thumbwheel can be moved to the left or the right and it can be clicked by pressing in on it. The wheel can be used to scroll vertically or horizontally in any window, toggle between open applications or open a new application and adjust volume. Clicking the wheel once brings up a large icon showing the currently selected function. With each click of the wheel after that an icon pops up displaying the next function. When the desired function is displayed you just start using the wheel to perform the function. The function's icon fades from the screen after a few seconds.
I'm not in love with the OQO's thumbwheel. It lacks the more refined functionality of thumbwheels found on some PDAs. For example, in Microsoft Outlook with Pocket PC PDAs you use the wheel to move through the messages in your Inbox. As you move, the currently chosen message is highlighted. To open the message you just double click the wheel. The Model 01+'s thumbwheel readily scrolls through the items in the Inbox, but the highlighted email message doesn't change as you scroll. So you can't use the wheel to select the message you want to open. And, where double clicking the wheel on a selected message with Pocket PCs opens the message, here it brings up the icon that lets you toggle between applications.
If the thumbwheel is a slight slipup in the Model 01+'s design, the docking cable is a fantastic win. On one end of the cable is a connector with three plugs. The plugs match the three connectors on the front left of the PDA as shown in the photo a couple of paragraphs above. The long, heavy cable contains a series of connectors and jacks that support various functions. See the photo below for details.
The OQO Model 10+'s docking cable, starting with the connector circled in red: docking cable connector, IEEE 1394/Firewire, DC power in, USB 2.0, audio out, LAN and VGA out
The docking connector provides an extra USB 2.0 port. As you've already seen the OQO PDA has a USB 2.0 connector on the front. You can use the docking cable to connect a USB keyboard and mouse and an external display so you can use the OQO as a desktop computer.
The OQO Model 01+ masquerading as a desktop computer
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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.