Friday, May 11, 2007

My 5" Day and a plane

This post has been prepared throughout my working day using nothing but my OQO 02 with Dopod 838 pro for connectivity. I am not preaching or teaching; only telling you how I use my OQO. It is my desktop, notebook and Mobile PC. So far so good.

  • 6:00 am – wake and check email (docked and connected to Ethernet)
  • 7:00 am – reply to emails and read comments on blog (still docked)
  • 8:05 am – show me boarding pass to the front counter and ask for a print out.
  • 8:11 am - check emails at the airport and reply to three emails urgently
  • 8:16 am – finish a conversation with one of my blog readers (using ink on Messenger)
  • 9:04 am – on flight DJ822 heading to Melbourne typing this
  • 9:11am – read an interview, in the Virgin Blue Magazine, of Toshiba General Manager Mark Whitttard. Quote: “I think eventually the keyboard will disappear and forms of input will be handwriting and voice. We see that in maybe five years’ time there will be flat, slate-style products without keyboards that will be very portable and compact. We actually have a prototype that folds up – imagine an A4 sheet of paper and fold it into thirds as if you’re putting it in an envelope to mail it. We’ve developed some very flexible LCD screen technologies.”
    WOW…straight from the horses mouth! Maybe true Origami is et to come!
  • 9:40 am – finished preparing my PowerPoint Presentation (titled: UMPC, past – present – future)
  • 9:42am – remembered that I needed a background image for the PowerPoint so I fired up Photoshop and created a quick JPEG. (still on the plane)
  • 11am – arrived at Melbourne CBD checked emails and replied to three urgent emails. Met a friend for coffee and reviewed my PowerPoint presentation.
  • 11:55am – transferred the PowerPoint presentation from me OQO, via USB memory stick, and sat in a meeting taking notes on OneNote.
  • 12:20pm – dropped the standard battery and popped in the extended.
  • 2pm – went back into meetings and kept taking (OneNote)
  • 2:10 pm – went to lunch and came back to check/answer emails. Read blog comments (favourite part of the day) and watched some YouTube.
  • 3:00pm to 5pm – met with Victoria Government and talked UMPC. Answered more email. Entered notes. Updated contact details and used Outlook Instant Search to find some attachments I referenced in the meeting (spontaneously).
  • 5:45pm to 6:42pm – sat at the Virgin Blue lounge and answered emails, replied to readers on my blog, answered more emails, made more phone calls and took more notes on OneNote. All connected to wifi this time.
  • Now – heading to catch my plane and on my way home. Yeah!

14 comments:

Sean Tan said...

So I guess all the inflight entertainment was a waste of Qantas' money? :D

Hugo Gaston Ortega said...

It was when you consider I flew Virgin! LOL.

Alex said...

Nice post! I always thought a 5" screen was too small even though it gives you that much more mobility over a Q1. Glad to hear it is working out so well for you. I may want to give 5" screen devices another thought.

Alex

Hugo Gaston Ortega said...

Hi Alex,

I'm back at my office, have docked my OQO 02 and am extended onto my 23" screen. Given everything I did today and I have no synching or pairing to think about - life's good.

Wait for my video then decide.

Anonymous said...

Hugo are you using the keyboard on the OQO to reply to emails and do work while mobile? or are you using the Mighty Beast of the Think Outside BT keyboard. LOL Also if you get a chance when you do the VLOG on the OQO can you show OQO running OneNote and if you can do a few note taking samples. Thanks


HG

Anonymous said...

Hugo,

I take it the battery life is pretty good. How long are you getting out of the standard battery? And the extended?

Cheers,
Steven Snell.

Unknown said...

Hey Hugo, are you using an apple lcd? Looks like one...

Unknown said...

How is the OQO 2's screen when outside? I hear it is supposed to be an indoor/outdoor screen, but I have yet to hear anyone speak about the view quality when outdoors.

Sean Tan said...

Hugo, how did you extend your screen to the 23" monitor? Did you buy one of those $100+ adapters?

Anonymous said...

What happened to the OQO2 review that was due to be posted on gottabemoble on 10th May 2007?

Is there any news on what how long the extended battery is lasting for?

Hugo Gaston Ortega said...

Hi Kamalot,

The screen is awesome outside. Very readable and in fact I have just finished my GBM video (in which I highlight this point) which will be up online by the time you wake. Cheers.

Hugo Gaston Ortega said...

Hi Sean,

The dock itself has a dongle which allows this, and the OQO comes with a Port Replicator out of the box which supports this also. It really works well...as you will see on my GBM video being uploaded as we speak. Stay tuned.

Hugo Gaston Ortega said...

Hi Addic,

I have fallen behind with the videos as I have had "other things" creep into my day-to-day activities. It is finished and being uploaded as we speak. It will be up soon and I will post a link here too.

WRT battery life the 3 cell (std) gives about 2 hours and the 9000mAH gives a little over 4hrs when used with Bluetooth and "some" wifi. Hope this helps.

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