Quick update to the previous post: Origami's price will probably range between $600-$1000, but Bill Gates believes that a $500 price point could be achieved with careful selection of components. Yikes, I wonder what that could mean... how carefully do you select components to make something less expensive?
The battery life is to be something like 3-4 hours of use, so it's not too different from an efficient laptop. No huge advancements in power consumption or battery life were made with the UltraMobile PC, as had been rumored.
Still, I will likely be quite tempted when I see them on the store shelves.
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Mobile Tech: March 2006 Archives
Here it is: the Origami Project from Microsoft has been unveiled, and it's pretty consistent with the rumors. It's similar to a Tablet PC except with a smaller, handheld form factor that's too big to be a pocket computer but a bit more compact and portable than a tablet. And it runs the full install of Windows XP, eventually to include Vista.
The MS site is light on details, but it gives two models pictured on the page with the promise of more to come. Powered by the Celeron M, we may one day see Linux running on these devices. They have decent hard drives, around 60 gigs, and USB connectivity as well as WiFi.
I have to admit that if the pricing is good, I may be tempted in spite of my preference for Mac OS X.
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