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- Original 'Origami' team moves to a new secret project
- Original 'Origami' team moves to a new secret project2nd gen ZunesI'd thing that a 2nd generation Zune, or Zune phone, Zune 'nano', etc is probably where they're headed.Another possibility: a purpose-built and small HTPC set-top that will deliver a full-blown Vista Home Premium (with it's Media Center functionality) into the...
- Tags: Team management, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVD, Consumer electronics, Microsoft Zune, team move, Origami, team
- Discussion threads 2007-02-02
- Original 'Origami' team moves to a new secret project
- Microsoft Mobile PC Manager Dustin Hubbard and his team are moving to some new "secret" project, according to a post by Hubbard on the Origami team blog. This "secret project" could be nothing more than a lot of hype -- as was the "Origami Project" (which morphed into the...
- Tags: Vista, Corporate strategy, Windows Mobile, Origami, Microsoft Windows, ultramobile PC
- Blog posts 2007-02-01
- World of Origami still unfolding
- World of Origami still unfoldingLast I checked...Origami was supposed to be this 500 or 600 dollar PC, instead it costs around $2000 dollars. How are we supposed to work with a PC that small and be asked to pay that much.Origami, Zune...Add these to the next list of "What...
- Tags: Tablets, Keyboards, Notebooks, Tablet PC software, Origami
- Discussion threads 2006-12-22
- Finally, an application for Origami (and maybe dinner for Tim Bray)
- Tim Bray, Sun's grand poo-bah of Web technologies says: It’s guys like [Pavel Buzek] who are going to cost Berlind the price of a nice dinner. At issue here (and the...
- Tags: Java development tools, Keyboards, Development tools, OOA/OOD/OOP, Pavel Buzek, Sun NetBeans, Tim Bray, Origami, Pogue, programming
- Blog posts 2006-05-04
- Calibrating Origami expectations
- Calibrating Origami expectationsUltramobile PC for Mother's Day?Well maybe the secret to all of your GTD and technology successes is that you've managed to bring your wife around to accepting and even enjoying your geekery. Or maybe she was the one who convereted you...Either way, you're likely better off with...
- Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Origami
- Discussion threads 2006-04-26
- Calibrating Origami expectations
- It looks like general public availability of the first Origami aka UltraMobile PC devices will be a June/July event based on two recent reports about the new handheld devices. Both TabletKiosk and Samsung are now reported to be looking at June as the best case scenario for geting these sought...
- Tags: Origami
- Blog posts 2006-04-26
- Origami Project update: changing mobile computing
- Dustin has posted some news about the forthcoming UMPC releases from TabletKiosk and Samsung at The Origami Project blog and some new blogs and promotions being planned. What I found most interesting in his post was the following comment:"Anyway, things are about to get exciting. Why? Well first you'll be...
- Tags: Origami, Microsoft Origami
- Blog posts 2006-04-14
- Now this is an Origami device worthy of the name
- This intriguing play on the UMPC form factor showed up in The Register. Not always the most reliable source for hard news, I know, but since this a rumored device I figured it was OK to mention. The whole thing folds to about the size of a CD case....
- Tags: Origami, Now This
- Blog posts 2006-04-04
- Photos: Origami handheld devices debut at CeBit
- Photos: Origami handheld devices debut at CeBitBut... ugly. Techies don't like lipstick red.eom
- Tags: Handhelds, Origami, handheld device, handheld, photograph
- Discussion threads 2006-03-10
- Photos: Origami handheld devices debut at Cebit
- Photos: Origami handheld devices debut at CebitAbout time...For a lot of mobile professionals, all that's required is the ability to do mail, surf for, and view docs and presentations and then communicate about the material. That's what these machines will do well. Whether they communicate by WiFi or...
- Tags: Handhelds, Tablets, Notebooks, tablet PC, OQO, OQO Model 01, handheld, Origami, handheld device, photograph
- Discussion threads 2006-03-09
- Ultra-Mobile PC (aka Origami) now official
- Ultra-Mobile PC aka Origami now officialAmen, Brotha!I really don't know what is wrong with Engadget either. UMPC's are obviously going to be a big deal. Maybe not until 3 or 4 generation, hell, even Apple has a fifth gen iPod now, which many people day is the first killer...
- Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Operating systems, Handhelds, Notebooks, Desktops, Touchpad, text messaging, ultramobile PC, Pocket PC, Origami, laptop computer, Oragami, keyboard, PC
- Discussion threads 2006-03-09
- Manufacturers unwrap first ultramobile PCs
- Manufacturers unwrap first ultramobile PCsOnly 2 to 3 hours battery life?!So if you're going to watch a movie, it'll be out of power by the end of it? Video iPod killer it's not. I guess that also puts a damper on gaming on an Origami. And the price of Samsung's...
- Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Notebooks, Tablets, Desktops, Nokia 770, mini-PC, PC, laptop computer, ultramobile PC, first ultramobile PC, Origami, tablet
- Discussion threads 2006-03-09
- Ultra-Mobile PC (aka Origami) now official
- So much has been written about these devices already that I thought it might be interesting to take a different tangent on discussing the announcement. You can learn more about the devices themselves from Microsoft's official announcement, the Origami Project website, and ongoing coverage at GottaBeMobile. Channel 9's Robert Scoble...
- Tags: Origami, ultramobile PC
- Blog posts 2006-03-09
- What could you use Origami for?
- What could you use Origami for?Where does it fit in?The usage scenarios in that thread are all perfectly valid but, then again, some of the rebuttals later on are equally valid.Yes, having a device smaller than current Tablets can be great if you need a fully functional Windows PC rather...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Handhelds, Cellular phones, laptop computer, tablet, Palm Inc., Origami, Smartphone
- Discussion threads 2006-03-08
- What could you use Origami for?
- A Channel 9 post got me thinking about all the disappointed or downright surly comments I've been reading since the veil was lifted from the Origami devices yesterday by Intel. Do keep in mind that Microsoft has yet to make their announcement which is expected tomorrow at CeBIT. Like SimianJones,...
- Tags: Origami, tablet PC
- Blog posts 2006-03-08
- Tablet envy
- In case you missed it, there's a whole lot going on with tablet development these days - and it's not in the Mac camp.The Wintel community is abuzz about Intel's Ultra Mobile PC UMPC platform and a new product from Microsoft called Origami due to launch on March 9. The...
- Tags: Origami, tablet, ultramobile PC
- Blog posts 2006-03-08
- Origami unveiled
- So the wrapper has been removed and at least one form of the Origami device is now publicly visible. C|Net's Ina Fried has the scoop and pictures which are being linked to by an amazing number of sites. The big deal, in my mind, is that the device runs the...
- Tags: Origami, game
- Blog posts 2006-03-07
- Photos: Origami minitablets
- Photos: Origami minitabletsOrigami Minitablets -Hello!These items are looking as if they would be idealto show the Digital Photos I just made.After that to store these Photos I - or the client - like the most. Very good.- Would need lots of storage.Klaus FoehreOrigami Price?What looks like a limited-function mini-laptop replacement...
- Tags: Tablets, photograph, minitablet PC, Origami
- Discussion threads 2006-03-07
- Photos: Origami minitablets
- Photos: Origami minitabletsorigamiapple newton would be better. esp with sony magic cap software: it was a dream. alas.apple had been invaded by the corporate short attention span sellouts, and newton along with many other apple poorly thought out forays.origamiClunky, still too big - larger screen, smaller "frame" - paperback...
- Tags: PDAs, Keyboards, Tablets, Handhelds, Notebooks, Smartphone, photograph, PDA, Origami, touch screen, minitablet PC, notebook
- Discussion threads 2006-03-07
- Photos: Origami minitablets
- Photos: Origami minitabletsHire a product photographer...For sure...A very "large pocket", maybe.Caption of image 4:>"The product could slip easily into a large pocket"Well, maybe that big middle one over your chest if you're wearing overalls. Pants pockets would be tough, I'd guess, and you'd have to put up with the "...or...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Keyboards, Nokia 770, handheld, photograph, Origami, minitablet PC
- Discussion threads 2006-03-07
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