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OQO 02+ versus Sony Vaio P – a battle of worthy “netbooks”
9 Jan 2009
I already own an OQO 01+. While I’ve used it sparingly – mainly when I didn’t need the full power of my laptop – it’s still a form factor that I tend to love because it fights right into my jacket pocket without a struggle and it still gives me full Windows usability; much unlike my Nokia N810.
Enter the ultra-portable OQO 02+ and the Sony Vaio P. Both have better than standard VGA resolution, for my uses, they support the most modern Adobe Flash Player version – sometimes I just need to show off something I’ve worked on – and they both run Microsoft Windows, not some mobile version of some OS.
The specs head-to-head:
OQO 02+
1.86GHz Intel® Atom™ Z540 or 1.33 GHz Intel Atom Z520
Windows Vista® Business, Windows XP Professional or XP Home
Up to shock-mounted 120GB HDD
Up to 2GB 533mhz DDR2 RAM
Backlit thumb keyboard
3.5 hours (standard 4500mAh battery)
5 inch OLED Screen @ 800×480 native resolution
HDMI output up to 1920×1200 resolution
Wifi 802.11a/b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 w/ EDR
Integrated Gobi 3G mobile broadband (EV-DO and HSPA)
Starts at $999 USD
Sony Vaio P
Intel Atom Processor (??)
Windows Vista®
Instant On Mode – Sony’s XMB (Cross Media Bar like in the PS3/PSP)
8 inch 1600 x 768 resolution LED-backlit XBRITE-ECO LCD
4 hours (standard battery)
802.11n WiFi with Bluetooth
3G WWAN mobile broadband
Integrated GPS module
Starts at $900 USD
I’ll be putting my barely used OQO 01+ on eBay very soon. Drool.
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2 Responses to OQO 02+ versus Sony Vaio P – a battle of worthy “netbooks”
DavidSVP
April 21st, 2009 at 11:06 pm
It is good you put the OQO on e-bay as they are having fire sales with them all over since it looks like OQO might be out of business.
It is no wonder that their sales are weak. A full PC designed around a shirt pocket using thumb keys. Now read that last sentence again and tell me that is just plain out of touch with reality. The full PC market does not nor will not use their thumbs to type.
The Sony P on the other hand does provide a good keyboard but it is not really pocket size. It could have been reduced in size to about 7 and 1/2 inches by 4.25″ so that it would still be large pocket size.
To me what would be ideal is something in between both the OQO and the Sony P.
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