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OQO Inc. is dead, long live the King!

Posted by ctitanic (left mobilitysite) on May 22, 2009

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We all were expecting this news but still a very sad one. 

"We are sad to report that due to financial constraints, OQO is not able to offer repair and service support at this time.  We are deeply sorry that despite our best intentions, we are unable to provide continued support for our faithful customers.  Please accept our sincerest apologies"

OQO was one of the pioneers in what later was called UMPC market. Their devices were innovative and had a beautiful design good enough to compete with Japanese companies with years of experience in this industry.

I feel bad for the company, I feel bad for those who worked for this company and now are looking for a job and I feel bad for the hundreds of customers without any kind of support for their devices.

OQO Inc. has closed

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      OQO Inc. is dead, long live the King! http://tinyurl.com/qftjfg

    • Pony99CA

      Where did you see that quotation? I just visited the OQO Web site and didn't see anything like that on any of the pages that I checked. (That doesn't necessarily mean much, of course. When a company I used to work for went belly up, their Web site seemd to function for a while and they didn't put out a Good Bye press release.)

      Also, remember that not offering support and service isn't necessarily the same as the company dying. Maybe they're just stopping the cash sinks and continuing sales until they can reorganize or find a buyer. However, their online store page seems to be down, so maybe not. :D

      Steve

    • Blurayfanatic

      with no keyboard it is no wonder they are bankrupt.

    • Pony99CA

      What are you talking about? It had a slide out keyboard (like many smart phones do).

      Steve

    • nvidiapower

      I think he means a touch type keyboard. The OQO has a thumb based slider which I agree is not very good for desktop programs. A thumb based slider is ok for a phone but the OQO was a full desktop computer so that type of keyboard is not practical at all. I agree I tried one at a store but after spending over an hour on it got fed up with how awkward the slider was for Windows. I would have bought one if they made it a longer clamshell that had a touch type keyboard.

    • Pony99CA

      That makes sense, but I can only read what's written. :D My assumption was that he had seen a picture of the OQO closed and assumed that it didn't have a keyboard at all.

      As for the practicality of the keyboard, I'll have to defer to your experience. I never got the opportunity to play with an OQO.

      Steve

    • http://www.svpocketpc.com Pony99CA

      That makes sense, but I can only read what's written. :D My assumption was that he had seen a picture of the OQO closed and assumed that it didn't have a keyboard at all.

      As for the practicality of the keyboard, I'll have to defer to your experience. I never got the opportunity to play with an OQO.

      Steve

    • http://twitter.com/warwraith/status/2100225323 Warwick Rendell

      @pixel8ted So much that they’ve closed down. http://bit.ly/OJbWH

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