The OQO Model 02 crams a scaled-down keyboard and Windows XP into a one-pound gadget you can carry in your pocket.

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"We're glad they finally listened, " says Bob Rosin, senior vice president for marketing and alliances at OQO, of Intel's push into mobile devices.

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Devices such as the OQO, however, point to a third option.

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It's called the OQO, and I'll let you hold it.

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OQO's machines are powered by processors from Intel rival Via.

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Just ask San Francisco startup OQO, founded in 2000.

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"Mini-notebooks, " which include the hardback-book sized UMPC standard engineered by Intel and Microsoft (and manufactured by Samsung, OQO and Asus), sold fewer than 350, 000 units worldwide in 2007, according to IDC data.

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"Mini-notebooks, " which include the hardback-book sized UMPC standard engineered by Intel and Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) (and manufactured by Samsung, OQO and Asus), sold fewer than 350, 000 units worldwide in 2007, according to IDC data.

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