OQO CEO Moore- we’re not announcing Atom deployment

Oqo_atomFans of the pocket-sized OQO UMPC have been understandably excited with the appearance of an OQO at IDF running the Atom processor.  It’s a natural fit (pun intended) and reaction in the OQO community has been as expected.  Company CEO Dennis Moore has posted a comment at OQOTalk that points out that the single unit displayed by Intel at the IDF is just a technology preview and they are not announcing a model so equipped:

Folks –

Yes, indeed, that is an OQO prototype shown with anIntel(r) Atom(r) processor.  Intel is showcasing the OQO prototype in acouple of their keynotes and elsewhere at IDF because we have achievedby far the best performance with their processor in our technologydemonstration.

Note that this is not a product launch orannouncement, but is a demonstration of what we think an Intel Atomprocessor should do in a product targeting users who need the ultimatein mobile productivity, and demonstrates all the areas where OQO hasled the market for years — performance, battery life, thermals,usability, design, and form factor.  While there are other small andlight devices using Intel’s Atom processor, none of them comes close tothe performance and productivity we are showing with this technologydemonstration.

Intel selected OQO to collaborate on developingtechnologies that will further enhance the productivity of enterprisemobile workers and individual mobile professionals, and did so due toOQO’s longstanding leadership in ultra-mobile computing.  OQO isparticipating in this technology demonstration to showcase leading-edgeadvances in ultra-mobile computing and to reinforce OQO’s leadershipposition in this growing market.

I hope this helps explain today’s news — a technology showcase, not an impending product announcement.

Thanks for being our customers!

– Dennis Moore, OQO

(photo courtesy of UMPC Portal)

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