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Trev
Tablet PC Advocate General
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 Posted - Feb 01 2005 : 8:59:30 PM
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Yesterday I met the CEO of OQO, Jory Bell. He spoke to my leadership and management course about starting up OQO and what it's like to be CEO of a high-tech startup. Very interesting stuff.
I asked him a question about OQO intends to compete against the othr UPCs, flybook, flipstart and u750. He felt that their defense against competition lied in their superior architecture and an overall better company. He also believes that their combination of the dell business model and apple's innovation (Jory has worked for both IBM and Apple) will put them ahead and keep them ahead.
After class I approached him and introduced myself. We talked about the upc platform. I asked him if he was interested in creating a thin client OQO with windows xpe and he said that it was one avenue they were looking at. I also asked him about Windows Anywhere thinking that he would be there, but he didn't even know about the conference. I'm surprised they weren't invited since the OQO is a great example of a mobile windows platform.
Overall it was really great to chat with him. He's definitely a very impressive guy. I think OQO will keep on going.
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The Student Tablet PC - http://www.studenttabletpc.com
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obscurite
Tablet PC Thinker
USA
150 Posts
My Tablet PCs: T4010 |
Posted - Feb 02 2005 : 09:53:07 AM
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I had the opportunity to meet with their SVP Director of Business Development last year for a hands on OQO demo (pre-release). I had been impressed with their ambition (meeting up with a lot of people from a lot of companies), but I wasn't too thrilled with the prototype. It was hot, slow, and kind of annoying to use.
In the end, my company declined the demo unit because of the large security deposit required (if the unit was not returned within a certain amount of time), although it was really cool of OQO to even offer!
I think they're a great company, with a lot of ambition and a personal touch, but they need to update their product. I'm sure they're working on it! |
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TabletsRule
Tablet PC Ponderer
USA
53 Posts
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Posted - Dec 07 2005 : 7:48:08 PM
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| that is so awesome trev! it must be quite an honor to be able to talk to a CEO of a good business! |
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wraith808
Tablet PC Intellectual
392 Posts
My Tablet PCs: Current: P1510D
Former: M200, M1200 |
Posted - Dec 07 2005 : 8:19:57 PM
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| Do we have rules on necroposting? This thread was old and dead by 10 months... doesn't seem replyable especially with a reply like this... |
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Trev
Tablet PC Advocate General
USA
3755 Posts
My Tablet PCs: Motion Computing M1200 (gave to mother)
Pimped-out M1400VA (sold)
Maxed-out LE1600VA
Gateway M280 (damn it's huge!) |
Posted - Dec 07 2005 : 11:15:05 PM
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Microsoft MVP - Tablet PCs
The Student Tablet PC - http://www.studenttabletpc.com
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TabletsRule
Tablet PC Ponderer
USA
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Posted - Dec 08 2005 : 03:36:59 AM
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jim.dvorak
Tablet PC Trainee
USA
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Posted - May 04 2006 : 09:41:31 AM
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Check out OQO's O1+
http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=233 |
--jdd
James D. Dvorak, M.A., M.Div.
Director, North Institute for Educational Technology
Oklahoma Christian University
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EMRhelp.org
Tablet PC Philosopher
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My Tablet PCs: Toshiba M200 |
Posted - May 05 2006 : 3:04:37 PM
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bad URL. it's
http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=2684 |
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