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engadget.com - 5/21/2009

RIP, OQO: company discontinues repair service, disconnects phone lines

— engadget.com — It wasn't without a lot of warning signs , but still we're sad to see the hammer drop. It looks like Model 2+ maker OQO has officially closed up shop, and according to a statement on the OQOTalk forums, it cannot offer any more repair or service ... (more) RIP, OQO: company discontinues repair service, ...

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arstechnica.com - 5/23/2009

MID-life crisis: the end of OQO, and the end of an idea

— arstechnica.com — If you want to know what kind of history OQO has at Ars, just check out this Google search , which will cough up coverage that goes back to at least 2002 . We've covered the launches of the various OQO products over the years, as the ... (more) MID-life crisis: the end of OQO, and the end of an idea

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OQO Shuts Down Repairs, Discontinues Phone Lines [Oqo]
Gizmodo — ... has just stopped support service and closed down their phone lines, citing "financial constraints." That's pretty much the end of OQO. [OQOTalk via ...

MID-life crisis: the end of OQO, and the end of an idea
Ars Technica — ... the OQO—and with it the handheld "PC"—is an idea whose time never came. OQO now looks to be packing it in, and I suspect that the MID/UMPC form factor in general has lost favor within Intel as well. Like so many other companies that hadn't quite hit their stride by the time the economic downturn swept in last year, OQO is now apparently beset by financial difficulties that are so severe that it has shut off all support service and closed its phone lines. An OQO Talk bulletin board post (via ...