Microsoft's Origami Announced
CNN reports on Microsoft's Origami project that has been hinted at of the past couple of weeks.
As expected, the Origiami Project reveals a paperback book sized portable computer.
Samsung is slated to ship one of the first of the UMPCs in April. The new portables are designed to connect to the internet wirelessly and contain full-sized hard drives. Target prices appear to be between $599-$999. Samsung is featuring the device "as a handheld organizer, an MP3 portable music player, a mobile television receiver, a games device and a notebook PC".
Full-sized Tablet PCs have previously been met with disappointing sales. While there have been several rumors of the years of an Apple branded Tablet Mac, few reliable rumors have been circulating recently. A number of Tablet Mac patents filed by Apple over the past couple of years has sparked a lot of interest and speculation from Apple on their potential interest in this market.More: Other photos of UMPCs and Microsoft's UMPC site
As expected, the Origiami Project reveals a paperback book sized portable computer.
Lighter than two pounds with a seven-inch touch-screen, the new "ultra-mobile" PCs (UMPCs) use microprocessors from Intel Corp and run a modified version of Microsoft's Windows XP Tablet PC edition.
Samsung is slated to ship one of the first of the UMPCs in April. The new portables are designed to connect to the internet wirelessly and contain full-sized hard drives. Target prices appear to be between $599-$999. Samsung is featuring the device "as a handheld organizer, an MP3 portable music player, a mobile television receiver, a games device and a notebook PC".
Full-sized Tablet PCs have previously been met with disappointing sales. While there have been several rumors of the years of an Apple branded Tablet Mac, few reliable rumors have been circulating recently. A number of Tablet Mac patents filed by Apple over the past couple of years has sparked a lot of interest and speculation from Apple on their potential interest in this market.More: Other photos of UMPCs and Microsoft's UMPC site
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78 months ago
"Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is showing the first device designed around Microsoft Corp.’s Origami project at the Cebit electronics show in Germany. It is a handheld computer that falls somewhere between a tablet PC and a PDA and runs a special edition of Windows XP.
The device measures about 15cm by 20 cm, or half the size of a sheet of copier paper, and is known officially as an ultramobile device. Samsung’s product, called the Q1, runs on a 900MHz Intel Corp. Celeron microprocessor and has 500MB of RAM."
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/03/08/samsungorigami/index.php
This thing is huge and hideous but the specs don't seem too bad for a device of it's size.
The device measures about 15cm by 20 cm, or half the size of a sheet of copier paper, and is known officially as an ultramobile device. Samsung’s product, called the Q1, runs on a 900MHz Intel Corp. Celeron microprocessor and has 500MB of RAM."
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/03/08/samsungorigami/index.php
This thing is huge and hideous but the specs don't seem too bad for a device of it's size.
78 months ago
Looks good for travels on a plan/train but a little too big. Haven't I seen that like one year ago:confused: i guess not.
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78 months ago
I'd want:
-16x10 ratio
-good enough processor to play SD H.264
-good battery
Shame about the OS, the first thing id do is try run GNU/Linux on it :)
-16x10 ratio
-good enough processor to play SD H.264
-good battery
Shame about the OS, the first thing id do is try run GNU/Linux on it :)
78 months ago
that looks really good - not.
i love how they are saying it comes with 3 demo games including bejewled 2, like it is going to make it more exciting!
i love how they are saying it comes with 3 demo games including bejewled 2, like it is going to make it more exciting!
78 months ago
Unless there's a cell antenna on there that I'm not seeing, I don't think this will go anywhere. Hmmm. An extra-large PDA that won't fit in my pocket and doesn't replace my cell phone? I don't think so. I'd sooner get a treo.
78 months ago
Wow, I'd just love to lug that thing around. :rolleyes:
I know! If you are gonna have to carry a bag for that why wouldn't you carry a laptop? :confused:
And if someone mentions weight...we are talking about a 4 pound difference. :rolleyes:
78 months ago
78 months ago
Better article:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/08/hands-on-with-the-samsung-q1-origami/
Thanks for posting that much more comprehensive article. The pics really show how bulky and awkward that thing is. Made me really appreciate Apple's design team more. Well, I guess I could see it selling to a very small select market. Best bet is that Apple will let MS test the waters with that POS before coming out with any type of "tablet," of their own.
78 months ago
Though it's ugly as hell MS and allies came out with something before Apple this time. Judging by their frantic patenting lately they might not be that far behind... but perhaps slightly stressed. Hopefully the origami devices will open up the market for whatever wonder-gadget it is Apple, hopefully, is brewing on... I wish... but looking at this thing I'm an optimist :D
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