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Microsoft Origami "Lifestyle PC"

(L) said:
This has probably already been said, but oh well.

"An online marketing presentation (has been pulled) depicts a small wireless tablet that offers a number of functions, including handwriting, sketching, instant messaging, GPS/mapping and gaming.
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OK, those are all kind of toy-like. Don't you think so? Sure, GPS is great, but only if you're not in a vehicle with one and when you actually need to know where you are.
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Yup. And you know why? Because global network services haven't kept pace with processor speeds and human imaginations.

We all dream of wireless iPods and using Google on the go - but wifi isn't up to the task, internet-by-cellphone is just too expensive (at least here in the US), and so we scuttle along with our laptops and desktop machines, waiting for extra-long-range really-high-speed wireless internet access to set all our devices free.

In the meantime, companies will keep trying to get a hit with gadgets like these, but the lack of useful network access on the go makes them little more than toys.
 
iMeowbot said:
the Natsemi Origami and the Microsoft concept don't seem to be the same thing. The older Geode Origami was called that because it could be folded into different configurations for different tasks.
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Agreed. What is coming is nothting like the NatSemi origami. Many of the links don't even look like the clamshell smartphone looking thing that is shown in the lousy typography black & white picture in this thread.

Of course it's all vapor now, but if it really is like the thing linked to by LSS. I stand by my earlier comments. It's WAY too thick and clunky. Looks as clunky as a Newton compared to an early Palm, and we all know how that went down.

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balamw said:
Much less about origami than the hope that I can finally buy an Intel based mini. ;)

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OH sorry! I meant excited about the Apple Special Event!!! Who cares about M$!?!?
 
Youch!

mackeeper said:
Ok now I feel like McDonalds! Just the name "Origami" doesn't sound good. a) It's too long. b) It's not original c) It evokes a sense of weakness d) I might get a papercut
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There have been a few things in my life that have really frustrated me! Ironically two of those things have been Windows and oragami. I remember following directions and having the hardest time with some of those things! So in order to have something beautiful, I have to deal with Windows and tiny folding paper. Does this thing come with a band aid? I will say if its hideous, just fold it into a little crane and send it off in a pond!
 
Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please ......

Yeah, so when the first 12 inch powermac came out, I signed up right away instead of getting a tablet pc. Best computer decision I ever made. But I still desperately want a tablet.

Pipe Dream: Apple will finally be releasing a Tablet Mac, and MS is trying to cool/steal the thunder (which is impossible).

Possible Reality: Apple does not release a tablet....yet....and MS actually releases this tablet PC. If so, and they aren't complete junk, I'll buy them for my mechanics at our shop so they can have their manuals and parts ordering software on them at all times. $500 to equip each mechanic sure beats the hell out of other terminals at their bays or the super-expensive tablet pc's offered by our normal suppliers.

Come on Steve, stop dicking around and give us what we want! Apple could price a sick tablet at $2000+ and I'd STILL buy it!
 
Hot Thread?

OK, I admit that I didn't read this thread as I'm interested in......MAC RUMORS! Sorry, but this is just pathetic the day before an announcement.
 
ya I know this topic was interesting 5 or 6 hours ago but its time for a new story, anything lol how about what appleinsider is saying about the possiblity of the Red ipod? there are other stories to talk about
 
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I found the latest pic of M$ Origami
 

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BritinNC said:
Killer app to me would be an airport express with video so the MacPod connects your computer to your TV/Hi-Fi as a kind of super-remote streaming device, try finding another tablet or PDA device that can do that. But that's not all it can do, oh no that's not all it can do... (Those with kids will get the cat in the hat reference!) :p
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Yup...it's called ORB.

Your home system needs a TV tuner, then ORB sends feed (live or recorded) over internet to my tablet PC.
 
bigandy said:
this interests me about as much as a kick in the ass, to be honest.

the oragami website doesn't excite me at all, and the pictures of the product look just like another, ugly, windows ce based palmtop type thingy.


yawn.
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Most definitely. The site is quite cheesy - it is obvious the origami is in its prototype stage. All of the on screen stuff was just animations. The only way one of these things will sell is to somehow make a fully featured OS run on one.


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roach said:
Yup...it's called ORB.

Your home system needs a TV tuner, then ORB sends feed (live or recorded) over internet to my tablet PC.
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"To enjoy Orb TV Live, your TV cable needs to be connected to the TV tuner on the back of your Windows XP computer"

Why would I want to waste a perfectly good computer tied to the TV cable? Not as easy as having your AE with Video ($150) connected to your cable and controlling it from the MacPod or recording on your MacBook wirelessly.

These Windows solutions are so darn complicated, if this is gonna take off it has to be Apple simple.

Not long to wait now! :D
 
BritinNC said:
"To enjoy Orb TV Live, your TV cable needs to be connected to the TV tuner on the back of your Windows XP computer"

Why would I want to waste a perfectly good computer tied to the TV cable? Not as easy as having your AE with Video ($150) connected to your cable and controlling it from the MacPod or recording on your MacBook wirelessly.

These Windows solutions are so darn complicated, if this is gonna take off it has to be Apple simple.

Not long to wait now! :D
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Umm...so, your GF can watch Desperate house wife on the beaches of Can Cun...live! Connected to a TV is an added function...not a sole function. Plus this service is available now and not a Mac rumors...;) What’s complicated about it? AE?...if you mean After Effects...AE still needs a TV tuner and AE doesn't have a tuner function.
 
roach said:
Umm...so, your GF can watch Desperate house wife on the beaches of Can Cun...live! Connected to a TV is an added function...not a sole function. Plus this service is available now and not a Mac rumors...;) What’s complicated about it? AE?...if you mean After Effects...AE still needs a TV tuner and AE doesn't have a tuner function.
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Airport Express with video, gonna be announced tomorrow, hopefully :rolleyes:
 
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