OQO Model 01 UMPC

The first model OQO released was named for lack of creativity, the OQO Model 01 UMPC.

This model was one of the pioneers of UMPCs, and was rumored way before any real working prototypes were shown. Many believed that this was what is commonly known as vaporware due to the lack of hard evidence that such a product existed or was in the works. OQO finally released a working prototype in the fall of 2004. At the time, the computer shipped with copies of Windows XP, and featured a 1 GHz processor.

What is a UMPC?

To start things off, let's go with, what is a UMPC exactly?

An ultra mobile pc, called a UMPC for short, is a design for a small form factor tablet PC in general. The original codename was called Project Origami which was kept hush hush by Microsoft, Samsung, and Intel to name a few of the key major contributors.

The main purpose of the UMPC is just that, ultra mobile computing. They are designed to let you work on a full featured PC environment on the go at a convenience that is largely due to it's portability, which is much smaller than a laptop, and for the most part, much lighter as well.

For the next series of posts, we will start discussing some of the UMPCs that are currently out in the market today.

Welcome to the UMPC Review blog!

I'd just like to welcome each and everyone to my UMPC Review blog. As we go along, we will be reviewing all the current and future ultra mobile PCs that are released in all areas of the world.