I think the XO is a... ground breaking device.
Did I get one? No, I realized that it is does
not meet my needs and would end up in the
closet or given away to a child...
Mine have done just that since Xmas, until today. ...
I couldn't find my shoulder bag big laptop and so on my way out the door, I grabbed
one of the kids XO's so I could try it out for the 5 hours I would be sitting at the
kids swim meet.
Sitting in the stands, I fired it up, and to my amazement wireless! bingo up came my
favorite web pages, and then email. After reading email I went to edit some of my web
pages. Flipped the screen around to tablet/book style so that the pages were long and I
could read like a book. Holding the device in one hand with the nice finger holes
provided.
Wow, what a neat way to access wireless, email, web pages, and live mobile APRS. Less
than 1/2 the bulk of my big laptop, and only $200 at risk instead of the $1200 labtop.
I can't wait for the ham software to start working with it. Talk about portability...
The ease of use, will assure that I will now probbly have the ham radio laptop apps with
me more often than before since I will be more apt to carry the small XO at low risk then
lug the big laptop.
I'm sold!
And now that my kids see how easy the itnernet access was, I now have to buy my own XO,
since now their inteerest has been re kindled and they do want to take them both back to
school...
Bob, WB4APR