Comments on: Microsoft whispers Origami details

Unable to stay completely mum, Microsoft confirms Origami is a Windows XP-based mobile PC.

[bobby_brady]

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[yipcanjo]

Dude. Grow up.

What's up with YOUR name? It sounds like "boob". You should change it!

Grow up.

[Christopher Hall]

Do you really not know what "origami" is?

You can't be serious.

[R. U. Sirius]

Yawn

So what's different about this and the current crop of handhelds like the iPaq or Treo? Sounds like just more hype to try to get us to buy something we don't need.

[ThePenguin]

Useful

Actually my Pocket PC is nice, but the screen is way to small to accomplish anything useful.

My laptop is too large - even in Tablet mode - and bulky to be truly transportable and usable in the field - not to mention the dismal battery life.

a smaller device - somewhere in between would be useful, say a 7" screen, 800x600 or so, preferably with a Blackberry type thumb board, decent touch screen granularity, wireless and good battery life would be great, especailly if I could load Linux as well as XP. Could be a killer device - IF executed properly.

[R. U. Sirius]

Yawn

So what's different about this and the current crop of handhelds like the iPaq or Treo? Sounds like just more hype to try to get us to buy something we don't need.

[ThePenguin]

Useful

Actually my Pocket PC is nice, but the screen is way to small to accomplish anything useful.

My laptop is too large - even in Tablet mode - and bulky to be truly transportable and usable in the field - not to mention the dismal battery life.

a smaller device - somewhere in between would be useful, say a 7" screen, 800x600 or so, preferably with a Blackberry type thumb board, decent touch screen granularity, wireless and good battery life would be great, especailly if I could load Linux as well as XP. Could be a killer device - IF executed properly.

[Norseman]

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[Kev50027]

What about the Vaio U70?

My Vaio U70 fits the bill of what they are talking about, though it has only a 5 inch touch screen. I had to import it from Japan using dynamism.com, but I really do love it, it's so darn tiny for a Windows running machine, and it's actually quite zippy with a 1Ghz Pentium M, wireless, and 512 MB of RAM. It has a Centrino chipset.

[Norseman]

I think you nailed it, Kevin.

My money is on it being a slightly-modified, re-branded version of this Vaio.

[Kev50027]

What about the Vaio U70?

My Vaio U70 fits the bill of what they are talking about, though it has only a 5 inch touch screen. I had to import it from Japan using dynamism.com, but I really do love it, it's so darn tiny for a Windows running machine, and it's actually quite zippy with a 1Ghz Pentium M, wireless, and 512 MB of RAM. It has a Centrino chipset.

[Norseman]

I think you nailed it, Kevin.

My money is on it being a slightly-modified, re-branded version of this Vaio.

[mozart11]

Thud

That big thud you hear is this thing hitting the floor!

Microsoft-we know how to take our complex software that
doesn't function all that well to begin with and put it in an ever
smaller form factor.

Microsft hasn't a clue.

THUD!

[mozart11]

Thud

That big thud you hear is this thing hitting the floor!

Microsoft-we know how to take our complex software that
doesn't function all that well to begin with and put it in an ever
smaller form factor.

Microsft hasn't a clue.

THUD!

[ServedUp]

Haha.

I'm glad Microsoft thinks this will do well.

[richto]

Microsoft

Almost everything they launch does well. And if it doesnt do well they throw more money and R&D at it until it does.

[ServedUp]

Haha.

I'm glad Microsoft thinks this will do well.

[richto]

Microsoft

Almost everything they launch does well. And if it doesnt do well they throw more money and R&D at it until it does.

[japanexpert]

Back to the Future

Is this a Newton?

[japanexpert]

Back to the Future

Is this a Newton?

[Sandman3]

Microsoft Using Macromedia

I found it interesting that Microsoft is using Macromedia to hype it's new product. I guess even they know FrontPage is way behind Macromedia for web development.
As for the device it sounds like it could work well in the CRM market if they improve the battery life and keep the cost down to slightly over an iPAQ. It would be a good solution for clients that don't need a full size tablet but need more then a PDA.

[Sandman3]

Microsoft Using Macromedia

I found it interesting that Microsoft is using Macromedia to hype it's new product. I guess even they know FrontPage is way behind Macromedia for web development.
As for the device it sounds like it could work well in the CRM market if they improve the battery life and keep the cost down to slightly over an iPAQ. It would be a good solution for clients that don't need a full size tablet but need more then a PDA.