Mobile Internet Device maker OQO’s tiny notebooks were undoubtedly beautiful. But looks alone don’t seem to be enough to save the company.
OQO has reportedly canceled all pre-orders for its latest device, the Model 2+. The company had announced the product at the Consumer Electronics Show in January and priced a basic version at $1,000.
The Model 2+ offered a breathtakingly vibrant 5-inch OLED touchscreen display, 1.86GHz Intel Atom processor, 2GB RAM and support for 3G connectivity. The company had planned to launch it in the first half of the year.
But for the last few weeks OQO has been struggling to survive. It recently lost its CEO and a top product manager even as resellers
stopped taking pre-orders. OQO did not respond Thursday to our request for comment.
For a detailed analysis of what went wrong at OQO, read the story at Wired blog Epicenter: OQO’s Brutal Lesson: Innovate and Die.
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
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