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Photo of Microsoft's Origami

The more I see and read about Origami, the less cool it's becoming.

Microsoft is creating some sort of inverted, anti-buzz for their product. :p
 
The device looks like something MS would make - big & clunky.

Regarding the portion of the image featuring Law & Order, et al, however...the font looks like the one Apple uses, and the Media Player section of the "product" is oddly floating. There's no natural border to the window and on such a supposedly small device, wouldn't you want that window to occupy the full screen?
 
it looks microsoft-esque to me. but its probably not it. i doubt they would let such a photo to be leaked. only time will tell though i suppose. that thing doesn't look too functional though.
 
Doesn't matter that it's fake, real, ugly, beautiful, or whatknot. It's running Windows. It's like buying a Jaguar in the 90's: might be keen-looking, but you'll only get to use it 2 months out of every year. The other 10 months it's in the shop.
 
It looks like Microsoft are trying to copy Apple with the interest and specualtion created around new product announcemnts.
 
I think it is a fake. I read somewhere Micro**** was not gonna name them podcasts and instead name them WebCasts. On the device, it says, "My Podcasts."
 
MacSA said:
It looks like Microsoft are trying to copy Apple with the interest and specualtion created around new product announcemnts.
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If the evidence of that is this photo, it's a longshot to imagine that this photo is real and that Microsoft purposely leaked it to build excitement.

I just hope they don't give a bad name to the real kind of Origami.
 
Let's see... what do we have here...

1) An Apple look-a-like click wheel.
2) Ugly and non-simple design (well cause Apple owns that style!)
3) Mac-style menubar at the top... notice there's no close button on the window.
4) A completely out-of-place orange button. wth??

Anyone care to continue?
 
i just went to the origamiproject.com site (microsoft's teaser)...the first image looks almost identical to the default mac os x desktop picture

from the video posted elswhere, i gather this is a small tablet? that mock up looked kind of cool

the problem with microsoft making a cool product, is that even if they did, it would be hard to bring myself to use it, atlhough monopolies are never a great thing, i am comfortable with apple's mp3 player dominance because they are still a relatively small company, i would feel so uncool...and like such a tool...carrying around the next "it" product if it came from microsoft
 
swingerofbirch said:
i would feel so uncool...and like such a tool...carrying around the next "it" product if it came from microsoft
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Hopefully you are kidding :p
 
D3LM3L said:
1) An Apple look-a-like click wheel.
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Doesn't look like a click-wheel to me. Looks more like a circular cursor-pad (as seen on some Palm devices and even the old Mattel Intellivision.
D3LM3L said:
2) Ugly and non-simple design (well cause Apple owns that style!)
3) Mac-style menubar at the top... notice there's no close button on the window.
4) A completely out-of-place orange button. wth??
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I'm working with the assumption that this is fake. But you're right on all points.

Personally, I fail to see a market for the (probably fake) device exhibited. It's too large to be transported in a pocket like a PDA. It's too small to be used as a laptop or tablet. If it is going to primarily be a movie player, then it is too similar to the Archos media player (which was transmogrified into a device for a different market in order to not be a complete failure.)

If the case was a bit more ergonomic, it might work as a handheld gaming platform, but I wouldn't give it good odds going up against the PSP, especially given Microsoft's track record with the Xbox.
 
xy14 said:
I think it is a fake. I read somewhere Micro**** was not gonna name them podcasts and instead name them WebCasts. On the device, it says, "My Podcasts."
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Yeah, one of the first things I noticed as well, no way MS is going to release a portable device with anything related to "i" or "pod" on it.
 
Has MS ever made any hardware except for the xbox, microsoft mouse and keyboard? When Vista comes out, they might make more tablet integration stuff...
 
Translation?

What do those Chinese/Japanese characters on the cable mean? Does anybody know?

Thursday

P.S.
Has anyone noticed that the law & order cast picture is half a year out of date?
 
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