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Atom UMPC first casualty of OQO money woes?

 
Punters prefer (much) cheaper Eee PCs UMPC maker OQO has canned its latest model, if rumours fed by Twitter tweets are to be believed. It has also been claimed that pre-orders have been cancelled.… (link)

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