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jobjob
an idea for oqo 02: a mainunit like the model 01 but with a multiconnector on the side to the battery. and a modul which i can put between the mainunit and the battery. the new modul must have the same design like the battery but include cardslot, tv-out, vga-out and connector to the battery.only if i need it, i can put it on the oqo.
in this way they can make some more "options" to configurate your individual oqo. a bigger harddisk, a videounit,...
02/24/06
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MeanSquare
We may be a few years to a decade too soon, but I really think the modular concept is the future of computing in general as well as what are now some niche markets. Here's the basic idea:
The processor, chip-level support, memory, and probably hard drive go into a unit with what amounts to a direct bus connector on the side. This unit could slide into a handheld casing which would have a battery, decent disply and graphics processor, pen-operated display, small speaker, a built-in thumb-board, and USB, Firewire, video out, audio out, etc, all in a package the size of the OQO. The unit could also slide into a larger, laptop-type carrier with a larger display, Cardbus slots, and so forth. You could also "dock" the unit with a desktop carrier that would give you all the slots and ports of a desktop system. This is a lot like some of the modular designs that are around today, but the goal is to make it such that you could divorce the processor package from the carrier hardware. You choose whether you want a handheld, laptop, or desktop or all any combination of the three.
The same concept should work for cellular handsets. You buy a basic cellular wafer, which just connects you to the cell system. The wafer can slide into a handset carrier, a cardbus carrier, a USB carrier, or a slot in a modular system like above. The wafer adds cellular connectivity. The carrier adds the smarts and functionality to make a call, act as a wireless modem, or whatever.
I already build my own desktops from components and upgrade on the component level when I want. Every so often I get a new mother-board for new capabilities, but my upgrade path is less expensive and faster than buying full systems. Modularity with standard connectors would do much of the same thing for small systems.
02/24/06
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fil
Wow, you're on to something.
Eversince I got a Treo 650, I started carrying the OQO 01 less.
Maybe the future modular design does use a smartphone as the core?
The smartphone of the near future needs more storage (e.g. 20Gb +) so that it can replace the OQO.
But I still think the limitation is the OS.
I want a pocketable device that runs Windows.
02/24/06
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basslicks
Well....If I worked as R&D in OQO company. I will make OQO atleast 64mb video from ati,a pentium, onboard gsm/gprs/ev-do phone built-in and compatible to all bluetooth headset. That would make OQO unbeatable to all the rest.
edited: Feb 24 2006
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2disbetter
hey if you "could" do that you'd be rich, especially since that could not all fit in the oqo with current technology. companies really aren't that dumb. if it could be done right now it would be. as for your requests you should check out a sony u. the headset thing exsist with the oqo right now btw.
02/25/06
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MeanSquare
I think the key is not to give everyone everything they want embedded in one unit, but allow people to add modules that they want. What makes desktop systems so universal is that a hard-core over-clock gamer and a just-for-word-processing user can use some of the same components. Handhelds aren't to that point yet. You still have to essentially buy a new system to upgrade.
I'm with fil, I want a handheld that runs Windows (because I've got software that just doesn't run on anything else). I'll take one thing from basslicks, though. I'd like to see better, faster video. With a truly modular system, you could always add a higher powered, parallell processing video module, but the main one still needs to be a bit more agile.
Hard-drive technolgy needs to improve too. We don't just need larger capacity drives that fit in the same space (although it would be nice). We need drives that do i/o faster and use less power. Unfortunately, at least with mechanical systems, those last two things are mutually antagonistic.
03/20/06
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jo2k
OQO Main unit +
A Docking Module that has: extra 512MB~1.5GB RAM, full video card (nVidia, ATI), 2nd 3.5" HD, Card reader & Misc - All user Upgradable
Would this be ideal? or might as well get a 2nd desktop that's got those settings?
