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OQO Cancels All Pre-Orders, We Come to an Obvious Conclusion
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04/23/09
I said it from the beginning - the "UMPC" was a disastrous concept. OQO actually preceded the term, but actually suffered twice as much for it as people expected similar devices at $500 UMPCs that never came from OQO or anyone else. Instead OQO had a $1200 device that was not quite as useful as a laptop, not quite as portable as a blackberry, and filled a need that few had. Then Eee came along with a device that was much more useful, less expensive, and almost as portable. That was the nail in the coffin for them.