Substantial sales? what are you talking about? They never sold many units; in the Spring a local SF giveway paper wrote an article that listed their sales and if you use that number which is higher than other stock estimates the annual sales would be 8-15k a year. That range is dependant on what you believe is the average purchase price per customer (computer, accessories, options, etc.). That is hardly numbers to call substantial. Those are numbers that show that after almost 8 years there is no demand in a full PC using thumb input.

They should have made it a clamshell as a longer size would provide room for a touch type keyboard yet would still be small enough to carry in a large inside jacket pocket.

OQO is dead and I’ve read rumors that they liquidated all the furniture, are not repairing units, their phone is either disconnected and or no live person will asnwer it. I think there is more hope that there is a real tooth fairy than OQO still being in business.

Even though OQO are not servicing machines at this point in time, it does not mean that they are necessarily “dead”. I am sure that the staff at OQO are currently examining all possible options of working things out and looking at ways of getting themselves back up and running again. OQO have been in a worse situation than this before when they were looking for ways to finance the production of the 01. Even though things may seem very uncertain to us, there is still a high possibility that OQO will manage to sort things out.

Regarding your statement about the clamshell design, OQO’s current situation is not about anything that they have or have not done correctly. OQO, like many other businesses, are simply a victim of the current recession. Also, you state that there have been ‘years of no real sales’. May I ask what leads you to this conclusion as OQO have never publicly released their sales figures and do not have to since they are a privately owned company? To my knowledge, OQO have indeed had quite substantial sales figures until quite recently. OQOs have been adopted not only by day-to-day consumers but also by large corporations looking for portable computing options.

Stu :)

Regarding your company being ready to order 130 of the 2+s, have you spoken to OQO about this as it could provide them with the financing they are needing, and a massive pre-order like that would help get the 2+ out there quicker for other consumers.

Stu :-)

OQO was to blind not to see that years of no real sales which prove that a thumb PC is a dead product. They should have scraped the the design and made a longer clamshell with a real keyboard. That would have saved them but now they are dead and it is all their fault.

Here’s what I don’t get. I paid for the warranty which was to extend the original one. They replaced the original unit that died, but didn’t replace it properly, with a full working unit.

Next stop, American Express.

After – Burned early adopter who looks like an idiot. A broke idiot at that.

Unit submitted mid Feb. It only needed reimaging!

- not fixing nor honoring warranty on product recently sold?

- no money to sell a new product?

- in desparation mode to seek a buyer in a recession?

- I read that an OQO owner drive to Shotwell in SF and saw no lights, looked like nobody home?

- a design that is not popular, no keyboard, often noisey, runs hot, and in the last year or two has been less reliable in build quality?

I would say that the above spells a sure sign there in no hope for them. Too bad as I liked the idea of a full PC in my pocket, but like most I know whom tried one out would not buy it due to the poor non keyboard design. They should have made in a longer handheld clamshell design instead. For me if it was even as long as 7 1/2 inches it would still fit in an inside sport coat but it would be a usable design.