about us

OQO, the industry pioneer in ultra-mobile personal computing, was founded in 2000 by Jory Bell and Jonathan Betts-LaCroix, together with Andrew Popell, Michael Prichard, Nick Merz, and Robert Ford, who set out to shrink a Windows XP personal computer into a pocketable device. Their vision was to transform personal computing in the same way mobile phones revolutionized telecommunications.

San Francisco-based OQO demonstrated its initial proof of concept at WinHEC 2002, signaling a new era in ultra-mobile personal computing. OQO unveiled its first commercial product, the OQO model 01, at the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) where it won awards including TechTV's "Best of Show" in the mobile computing and wireless category. Its successor, the model 01+, was certified by the Guinness World Records, as the world’s smallest full powered, full featured personal computer ever developed.

Just recently, OQO debuted their second generation ultra-mobile PC, the model 02, at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Designed using OQO’s signature magnesium alloy chassis but in sleek black, the pocket-sized model 02 packs a myriad of features including a 1.5GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 60GB hard drive, and EV-DO wireless WAN capability for anytime/anywhere productivity™.

Fundamental to OQO's philosophy is an integrated product development process that focuses on functionality, usability, and design aesthetics. Experts in engineering, sales and marketing, and operations work together from conception through production to rapidly advance the state-of-the-art in PC architecture to meet the professional and personal computing requirements of the mobile enterprise.