2 OQO Model 01 ($1,899)
OQO was a PC-maker who back in 2004 introduced the world’s first, full-fledged handheld Windows PC based on Intel’s x86 Atom architecture — the OQO Model 01. By all measures, the Model 01 was a captivating little device that sought to offer customers a unique new way of computing on the go. Unfortunately, even by 2004’s standards, the Model 01’s paltry single-core, 1 GHz CPU, 20 GB Hard Drive, and 256 MB of RAM was painfully weak and outdated.
Couple that with that fact that the Model 01’s keyboard was so impossibly small and difficult to navigate, and perhaps OQO was begging the question all along: why? The device was $1,900 in a standard configuration, and while it undoubtedly looked wicked-awesome, the Model 01 had to make way too many compromises to even be considered PC material.