A useful gadget
Occasionally I will be posting reviews of products I believe to be useful. It is my intent to share my love for gadgets and to encourage you to incorporate them into your lives rather than just stuffing them into a cupboard.


Knowing the value of an item is more than knowing its retail price. The value comes in its usefulness, and more importantly its usefulness in your life.


Here is an item that I would love to own it is called the OQO02.
This is an astounding piece of technology that would fit quite nicely on my desktop, in my hand and in my life.


It measure a mere 5.6”(w) x 3.3”(h) x 1.0”(d) with a basic weight of under 1 pound.
Do not be thrown by its size or good looks, this gadget will definitely perform. It has the capability to be your desktop in your hand. Truly powerful enough to provide the performance I would need for all my personal and professional productivity anytime and anywhere. It is presently referred to as “the world’s smallest Windows Vista PC”


The viewing area is an enjoyable 5” with a native resolution of 800x840. The screen is WIDE VGALCD with active digitizer. The keyboard has some neat little features as well, with integrated backlighting, a track stick, and touch scroll capabilities. As an avid user of a PDA I can appreciate the details in this keyboard and the comfort of the design, these features will make using the item a pleasure I am sure.


Other features I think are great would be the storage capacity and the option for an external drive. With this amount of readily available space, there is little need for memory sticks, flash cards or other items as so often needed for portable work options.


It is always handy accessing the data on my PDA from my desktop and from my desktop to PDA with the ease of popping the PDA into its docking cradle. The OQO goes even further, when docked in its station it can actually be accessed using the desktop keyboard and while using the desktop monitor as well. Oh yes, and the optical drive can be used for reading and writing DVDs and CDs how handy is that, I have not managed those tasks with my handheld yet.

Special note: to the poster (Your loving husband) who asked, after reading my last post, "but what am I to do about birthdays and Christmas?" This would do just fine wink wink.


I love the design, the size and most of all the functionality, this is so powerful you don’t need anything else and yet it could be an addition and compliment to a desktop system. This gadget when used well, has the potential to increase the accessibility of all your documents, videos, pictures etc. that you have. Making life simple by providing true integrated portablity, how nice is that.


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