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Microsoft Origami "Lifestyle PC"
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welshandrew said:I've just watched the latest update of the Origami promo site and apparently it works on the top of a snow-capped mountain
Wi-fi connection on the top of Everest - looks like Microsoft have something "really extra special" up their sleeves
Didn't Intel already claim to provide that in their first Centrino advertisements?
However, the latest update is as disappointing as the Apple fun event. C'mon, Apple, Microsoft! Make my day!
The mobile lifestyle PC has been done before, by several companies, my favorite being the OQO Model 01... I can't imagine Microsoft coming out with anything small/versatile/fast/capable enough for me to consider purchasing.
camphorsunrise said:
Yeh.. you're probably right. I mean who IS microsoft anyway? It's not like they have any sort of R&D team... they really don't have enough money to like, I dunno, finance a piece of technology... and hell, nobody really even listens to Bill Gates anymore. He's just not as cool a Steve.
Have you even read one sentence of this entire thread?
The OQO costs $1900... and while it may be pen pased.. you can't even order one off their website.
The spec of the oragami is $500 and pen based, in the size we've all been asking for... forever. We've discussed this at least three times already in this thread!?
cr2sh said:
I wasn't cutting down what they're doing, just saying I wouldn't be interested.
You know, personal opinion.
Spelling Origami right helps too.
camphorsunrise said:
The orgagami project isn't the same thing as an OQO, which in your post you directly compared it to.
If your personal opinion is that you're not interested because its already been done... then I stand by my earlier claim.
This has not been done before - your opinion is unfairly based on an inaccurate comparison.
An economic, life style based computer, that is fully functional and can go anywhere you need it to.
I can understand why computer nerd (or linux lovers such as yourself) would have no interest in it. <--- sarcasm
Somehow I knew someone would show up and say something like that. So tell me, is THIS "fugly" too?:crees! said:
They're both made of black plastic. Try to stop being such a fanboy for 5 seconds, if you can.
The black matte plastic is actually a very good choice, as it's not going to show fingerprints or smudges. And having the system menu/taskbar at the top has been an option in Windows since 1995. (Yes, I know that the Mac has ALWAYS had it at the top... but it's interesting that Windows lets you choose, whereas the Mac does not.)
Anyway, I think it looks pretty nice. It'll be important to know how big/small and how heavy/light it is.
Eu. I certainly hope that's not what all the hype is about. It looks positively Early Learning Centre.
Edit: I obviously mean that pic of the MS thing, not the Newton which, btw, is also bloody ugly but it's not exactly a 2006 device now is it.
Edit: I obviously mean that pic of the MS thing, not the Newton which, btw, is also bloody ugly but it's not exactly a 2006 device now is it.
clayj said:
Not entirely
The speaker holes could be better design/positioned. Besides it's not latent with buttons all over the place. Origami seems to think it's a game controller. Operating the darn thing is synonymous with a rollercoaster 
clayj said:A supposedly-real picture of the Origami has surfaced:
Click it for a bigger version.
Engadget thinks it is a fake.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/06/possible-origami-pic-surfaces-on-the-web/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/02/origami-refolded-heres-what-we-know/
I like it. Sure, it not as 'stylish' as a mac product, but it enables me to do 'push email', write reports without too much effort using full scale Office programs, enables me to import my iTunes then its 'perfect' for job. Sub $500 makes it even better. I travel from school to school, testing, meeting with parents, and consulting with staff. I get tired of lugging a laptop around with me where ever I go. I do use my Treo 600 for notes, but this Treo doesn't have push email.
What troubles me is the Full Windows install. Why not use Mobile 5.0 and make a full verison of Office that fits on it. Boot times will be interesting to see. If they get instant on then this really is a revolutionary product.
What troubles me is the Full Windows install. Why not use Mobile 5.0 and make a full verison of Office that fits on it. Boot times will be interesting to see. If they get instant on then this really is a revolutionary product.
I don't know where it came from but with just the image as evidence I'm going to say FAKE.clayj said:A supposedly-real picture of the Origami has surfaced:
Click it for a bigger version.
That image measure a 8.5" screen and if that were actual size those menus are too small to read for many people.
The button arrangement just doesn't look right. Why not have a (iPod style) click wheel on both sides to give you more control options, including left or right handedness unless you're short of space which it doesn't appear to be in this image.
Some of the image looks altered too. Look straight down from the 'k' in Knight Rider and there's a vertical anomoly in the black plastic case.
treblah said:
Complete opposite here....I'm extremely interested. Tiny, affordable, handheld pc with good battery life.....That's all I'm hoping for and I would be completely satisfied
I don't care what the outside looks like...I don't buy computers to look good. I want functionality and portability Airforce said:Complete opposite here....I'm extremely interested. Tiny, affordable, handheld pc with good battery life.....That's all I'm hoping for and I would be completely satisfied
If thats all you are looking for why not get a Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone by HTC?
Products that do EVERYTHING always FAIL -- even if they do it well !!! Well, accept Blackberry the first successful do-all product.
Consumers prefer FOCUS !!
I think there is a HUGE market for a video camera on a small computer, that would be sold mostly as a video camera, because editing video is MUCH easier and more capable on a computer then on a video camera.
It would only be a killer app if it had STEADY CAM CAPABILITIES which NONE of the current video cameras have.
It should also be water proof.
If it were otherwise a computer and a tablet that would be COOL !!!
There is also a big market for a small computer tablet, that is a dictation machine, this has big markets for medical and manager applications.
But there is no easy way to sell it, it would have no distinctions, there is no easy way to sell it because these people aren't smart enough to know that they need it.
And this is exactly what will be the problem with Origami, will Origami have voice dictation, it will if Philips decides to run their software on it.
So if it sells it will be like Blackberry with many vertical market companies selling it.
Apple has a BIG PROBLEM, they think they can have a viable business with so few products and only having highly focused products.
Their strategy can result in obsolete products overnight, and Apple becoming PASSE just as quickly !!!
But their narrow market focus does create an interesting opportunity.
Their stock will drop hugely from this legal action going on with their suppliers, even though it benefits them hugely, so sell now and buy as the legal action wraps up and you will make a fortune !!!
Consumers prefer FOCUS !!
I think there is a HUGE market for a video camera on a small computer, that would be sold mostly as a video camera, because editing video is MUCH easier and more capable on a computer then on a video camera.
It would only be a killer app if it had STEADY CAM CAPABILITIES which NONE of the current video cameras have.
It should also be water proof.
If it were otherwise a computer and a tablet that would be COOL !!!
There is also a big market for a small computer tablet, that is a dictation machine, this has big markets for medical and manager applications.
But there is no easy way to sell it, it would have no distinctions, there is no easy way to sell it because these people aren't smart enough to know that they need it.
And this is exactly what will be the problem with Origami, will Origami have voice dictation, it will if Philips decides to run their software on it.
So if it sells it will be like Blackberry with many vertical market companies selling it.
Apple has a BIG PROBLEM, they think they can have a viable business with so few products and only having highly focused products.
Their strategy can result in obsolete products overnight, and Apple becoming PASSE just as quickly !!!
But their narrow market focus does create an interesting opportunity.
Their stock will drop hugely from this legal action going on with their suppliers, even though it benefits them hugely, so sell now and buy as the legal action wraps up and you will make a fortune !!!