Re: More on the Origami

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All it needs is instant-on and we'd have a great remote control on our
hands.
Isn't Vista supposed to have that capability?

Mal


Stephen Jones wrote:

>---- More on the MS Origami unit -->
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>Microsoft this week debuted its new personal computer, a little thing
>weighing 2.5 pounds and just 1-inch thick with a 7-inch screen.
Code-named
>"Origami," it looks remarkably like Crestron's Isys i/O,
wouldn't you say?
>Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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>This new Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC), shown for the first
time at
>CeBIT in Germany , is basically a prototype of what's to come from OEM
>partners, who will actually do the manufacturing of the computers. The
>computers, as of now, will use Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Touch Pack
for
>Windows XP, providing large buttons and icons and a thumb-based
on-screen
>keyboard. Future models, says Microsoft, will run the upcoming Windows
Vista
>software. And, you can hook up a keyboard via USB or Bluetooth so it
can be
>used as a desktop, too.
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>Pricing will be determined by the OEM partners (right now, they are
Founder
>and Samsung in the second quarter of 2006, with a model debuting from
Asus
>shortly thereafter. Other models from TabletKiosk and PaceBlade Japan
are
>expected as well). But Microsoft says pricing is likely to be between
$599
>and $999 - a killer price for a true handheld computer. And first
shipments
>could be as early as April.
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>By comparison, the only thing close in the CE retail market has been
the
>Toshiba Libretto, a $1,799 teeny computer (8.2" x 6.5" x
7.1" and 2.16 lbs.)
>with a teeny keyboard an 7.2-inch screen. Nice, very nice, but this
UMPC
>with its touchscreen looks like a killer app. Plus, it's pretty hard to
find
>a Libetto anywhere outside Japan right now. Both the UMPC and the
Libretto
>have 60GB hard drives. It's the same marketing concept behind both
computers
>- people are tired of lugging around heavy laptops.
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>Microsoft intends this for work and play as well as "staying
connected" with
>its built-in WiFi. And they are already hinting that some models could
come
>with digital TV tuners and of course, GPS. Put all that in and it's
going to
>be amazing. The only thing it's lacking is Windows Media Center
Edition,
>which would slap the PVR market quite hard.
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>For more information, go to
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/umpc/
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>For more on the Libretto, go to
>http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/cmod.to?coid=-29335&ccid=1291021&rcid=-2
>6367&seg=HHO
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>For more on Isys i/O, go to
>http://www.crestron.com/features/isys_io/
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