What is Microsoft's Origami project?
Keith Stuart and Charles Arthur
Guardian Unlimited, UK
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Apparently, a handheld "Ultramobile" PC that's also a media player - so, a sort of iPod, PlayStation Portable (PSP) and Tablet PC rolled into (a not very comfortable) one.
After a teaser post by Microsoft überblogger Robert Scoble last week, more details have begun to leak out, including a video of the project showing someone listening to some music, using handwriting recognition on the screen, reading a map with GPS and playing Halo.
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See Also:
Skepticism About Microsoft Handheld; Link to Origami Video
Microsoft’s Origami puzzle begins to unfold
Microsoft's Origami: A Paperback-Sized PC
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Microsoft has promised to reveal more today but had already been forced to admit that a video spotted on the site for the marketing company Digital Kitchen did feature "an early version", though it insisted that was a year old.There is a Project Origami teaser site (www.origamiproject.com) if you're into pointless Flash sites.
The company has also been giving mixed messages, saying it wouldn't announce anything this week. A number of manufacturers are expected to show off their versions at the CeBIT trade show next week.
Mar 02, 2006
Keith Stuart and Charles Arthur
Guardian Unlimited, UK
_________________
Apparently, a handheld "Ultramobile" PC that's also a media player - so, a sort of iPod, PlayStation Portable (PSP) and Tablet PC rolled into (a not very comfortable) one.
After a teaser post by Microsoft überblogger Robert Scoble last week, more details have begun to leak out, including a video of the project showing someone listening to some music, using handwriting recognition on the screen, reading a map with GPS and playing Halo.
______________________
See Also:
Skepticism About Microsoft Handheld; Link to Origami Video
Microsoft’s Origami puzzle begins to unfold
Microsoft's Origami: A Paperback-Sized PC
_______________________
Microsoft has promised to reveal more today but had already been forced to admit that a video spotted on the site for the marketing company Digital Kitchen did feature "an early version", though it insisted that was a year old.There is a Project Origami teaser site (www.origamiproject.com) if you're into pointless Flash sites.
The company has also been giving mixed messages, saying it wouldn't announce anything this week. A number of manufacturers are expected to show off their versions at the CeBIT trade show next week.
Mar 02, 2006
