OQO had released the Model 01 at the time the FlipStart was announced 4 years earlier.
[2] It also has a small secondary color display in the lid similar to, but not, Windows SideShow.
Its small QWERTY keyboard has backlit buttons, and additional input devices are provided in the form of a touchpad and thumbstick located above the keyboard, a scrollwheel and media navigation buttons on the right side of the unit.
[4] The FlipStart (CE marked version) was launched in the UK via distributor Blazepoint on September 10, 2007, for £1449 (excluding VAT).
In the US the FlipStart primarily shipped with Sierra Sprint Broadband EVDO communications.