http://gadgetmix.com Gadgetmix reviews netbooks, notebooks and tablets Fri, 25 May 2012 15:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-03/ http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-03/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:46:11 +0000 Peter http://gadgetmix.com/netbook/?p=20309 http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-03/feed/ 0 http://gadgetmix.com/netbook/raon-digitals-website-goes-down-bankruptcy-on-the-way/ http://gadgetmix.com/netbook/raon-digitals-website-goes-down-bankruptcy-on-the-way/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:44:32 +0000 Paul Merak http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=6695 bleak and was on the verge of getting bankrupted. That happened. Now, is it Raon's turn? Folks at UMPCportal have lost their contact with them. Most importantly, their website has gone down, which is not a good sign for the current customers.Will the Raon's customers be rendered helpless just like OQO customers? Personally, I have been a huge fan of their products, but for average consumers, their products have always been a little on the expensive side. Example: An average netbook costs under $400, but most of the Raon's products hovered in $600+ range]]> http://gadgetmix.com/netbook/raon-digitals-website-goes-down-bankruptcy-on-the-way/feed/ 0 http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/more-than-50-percent-main-board-failures-in-oqo-o2-and-e2/ http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/more-than-50-percent-main-board-failures-in-oqo-o2-and-e2/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 17:45:43 +0000 Paul Merak http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=5447 EXTREMELY poor customer support and bleak future of OQO (canceling all OQO 2+ orders), things do not look so good for the current users.]]> http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/more-than-50-percent-main-board-failures-in-oqo-o2-and-e2/feed/ 40 http://gadgetmix.com/netbook/oqo-cancels-all-preorders-for-model-2/ http://gadgetmix.com/netbook/oqo-cancels-all-preorders-for-model-2/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:35:34 +0000 Paul Merak http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=5217 disappearance of the OQO models from the expansys store and now we get the news that OQO has canceled all the preorders for the model 2+. This further makes us think one think: Is OQO on the brink of getting bankrupt?Clearly, UMPCs are now dying due to their huge price tags and poor demand. Companies need to realize that in such tough times, it would hard for the consumer to shell out $1000+ on a UMPC. ASUS has pretty much understood this fact that they released their tablet/UMPC at a fair price tag of $549.I am personally not at all surprised due to the fact they were NOT able to offer satisfactory service to the customers in US or anywhere around the world. See this POST for more information about the extremely poor OQO customer support.]]> http://gadgetmix.com/netbook/oqo-cancels-all-preorders-for-model-2/feed/ 0 http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-2-discontinued-or-its-revision-coming/ http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-2-discontinued-or-its-revision-coming/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:23:45 +0000 Paul Merak http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=4666 expansys to order the 1.86 GHz version of the OQO, you will find that the expansys is showing that product has been discontinued. This makes us wonder as the product is barely few months old. This can only mean one thing: OQO is going to launch the revision of its flagship model. It can be that OQO is preparing the revision of model 2+ with Intel Atom 2.0 GHz (Z550) instead of Intel Atom 1.86GHz (Z540). It may be noted that the power consumption of Z550 is same as Z540 even with the speed jump. Also, it makes sense to equip the flagship model with the best available mobile processor. ]]> http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-2-discontinued-or-its-revision-coming/feed/ 4 http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-customer-supports-sucks-in-asia-umpc/ http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-customer-supports-sucks-in-asia-umpc/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:33:43 +0000 Paul Merak http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=3901 Unfortunately we are unable to ship outside of the US. If you could provide a US address that you could use then we would be able to set up an Out of Warranty RMA, but you would also need to have a credit card issued through a US bank in order to pay for the repairs. If this is not able to be done than you can go through Dynamism where the original purchase was made and they will send it to us and they will bill you. Thank You, OQO Customer Care So, you need to have a US address + Credit Card issued via US bank.The horror stories do not end there. It took one customer nearly 2 ½ months (living in Asia) to get his power adapter replaced. And to get the replacement, he had to specify a US address even though he had bought the device in the US itself.Due to the poor customer support, there is no doubt that OQO has lost many of its potential customers. Those have now shifted their minds towards other netbooks/UMPCs. However, we must understand that OQO is not a big company. Most of its resources are outsourced for parts and repairs. And it is quite natural that the customers who buy these $1500+ devices are going to be angry when they will not be provided with the service they expect. Although, it may sounds a little unfair that the US and EU/EFTA countries enjoy direct OQO support while the rest of the countries have to undergo grueling and time-consuming process to get their OQO repaired. visit OQO official webpage]]> http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-customer-supports-sucks-in-asia-umpc/feed/ 5 http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/games-suitable-for-the-oqo-umpc/ http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/games-suitable-for-the-oqo-umpc/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:34:13 +0000 Paul Merak http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=3833

World of Warcraft (needs Maximizer)

Starcraft

Sim City 4 (windows mode only)

Dungeon Keeper 2

Grand Theft Auto 3 (run in 16-bit color mode)

pocket ufo for PC

C&C - Tiberian Dawn (640x480)

C&C - Red Alert (800x480)

C&C - Tiberian Sun (800x480)

C&C - Red alert 2 (640x480)

Civ 1 (Fullscreen)

Civ 2 (800x480)

Colonization for Windows

Imperialism 1 + 2

All the Scumm-VM-Games (fullscreen)

Starcraft (640x480)

Tropico (640x480)

Worms World Party (640x480)

Anstoss 3 (Football Management Game)

Trackmania Nations forever

Happy Gaming folks!]]> http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/games-suitable-for-the-oqo-umpc/feed/ 1 http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-model-2-supports-decoding-hd-1080p-videos-umpc/ http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-model-2-supports-decoding-hd-1080p-videos-umpc/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:56:16 +0000 Paul Merak http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=3614 http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-model-2-supports-decoding-hd-1080p-videos-umpc/feed/ 1 http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/watchout-when-you-are-buying-an-external-hdd-for-your-oqo-umpc/ http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/watchout-when-you-are-buying-an-external-hdd-for-your-oqo-umpc/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:31:39 +0000 Paul Merak http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=3581 http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/watchout-when-you-are-buying-an-external-hdd-for-your-oqo-umpc/feed/ 0 http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-launches-oqo-model-2/ http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-launches-oqo-model-2/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:34:06 +0000 Paul Merak http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=2485 http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/oqo-launches-oqo-model-2/feed/ 0 http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/intel-atom-powered-oqo-coming-soon-the-oqo-model-2/ http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/intel-atom-powered-oqo-coming-soon-the-oqo-model-2/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:30:27 +0000 Paul Merak http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=2274 http://gadgetmix.com/umpc/intel-atom-powered-oqo-coming-soon-the-oqo-model-2/feed/ 0