Origami Not A Gaming Machine 69
Gamespot reports that despite earlier reports, Microsoft's Origami isn't intended as a portable Xbox. From the article: "As shown in the leaked video, Origami machines will feature a touch-sensitive screen a la Microsoft's tablet PC line, will run Windows XP, and will be priced lower than most full-size laptops, running from around $500 to $1,000. If that price tag seems too low for a mobile PC with a high-end graphics chip--which would be necessary to run the Halo footage shown in the leaked concept video--that's because it is. The AP article says flat-out that the Origami is 'not a portable version of Microsoft's Xbox videogame console,' nor is it 'a music player designed to take on Apple Computer Inc.'s mega-popular iPod.'"
duh... (Score:1)
weee! being pedantic is fun! (Score:1)
Oh, hold on... that's what it is in Japanese, but Dictionary.com also accepts your way, so I guess in English, it's all good.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=origami [reference.com]
My guess (Score:3, Insightful)
We'll see tomorrow...
Re:My guess (Score:2)
let this be a lesson for you kids, get plenty of sleep or you'll make yourself look like a fool in public
Re:My guess (Score:2)
This is Slashdot, your post fit right in.
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You don't need a full fledged expensive laptop for that. Not only that, but the laptop's form-factor is not comfortable in all the aforementioned situtaions.
Re:My guess (Score:2)
I do not know about you but, if the screen is big enough as well as the battery life I will love it as an e-book reader. I have been waiting for an ebook reader where I can run Adobe Reader to read all my pirat^H^H^H*ahem* downloaded ebooks.
This looks promising, of course I do not think it will get more than 3 hours of battery life, which sucks... and we will have to see the weight also.
A little truth in the hype, please? (Score:1)
Re:A little truth in the hype, please? (Score:2)
Re:A little truth in the hype, please? (Score:2)
Re:A little truth in the hype, please? (Score:2)
Re:A little truth in the hype, please? (Score:2)
Re:A little truth in the hype, please? (Score:1)
Hmm... (Score:3, Informative)
Wow. What demographic are they trying to hit?
Re:Hmm... (Score:4, Funny)
Management.
Re:Hmm... (Score:4, Funny)
Unfortunately, this is about 99% of America at the moment.
Re:Hmm... (Score:2)
Re:Hmm... (Score:2, Insightful)
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Re:Hmm... (Score:3, Funny)
According to Dogbert (somewhere on one of scot adams sites) there are always 4 target demographics:
The smart and poor
The smart and rich
The dumb and poor
The dumb and rich
I'd say they are going to the 4th option.
Re:Hmm... (Score:4, Funny)
The smart and poor - 2%
The smart and rich - 3%
The dumb and poor - 80%
The dumb and rich - 15%
Re:Hmm... (Score:1)
Wacom is providing the technology for that, they use some sort of EM-based position detection system. The screen itself won't have to react to the pressure. Only problem might be interference, I have to keep my tablet grounded for that reason.
Re:Hmm... (Score:1)
Microsoft may be evil, but they didn't get rich by being stupid. If they think there i
No...not stupid.. (Score:1, Insightful)
MS Bob
The FIRST go-around for tablets.
"Internet is a fad" edition of "The road ahead"
Windows ME
No, MS doesn't create bombs...
Wake up, fanboy...
Re:No...not stupid.. (Score:1)
Touch sensitive or a digitizer? (Score:2)
Re:Touch sensitive or a digitizer? (Score:1)
Re:Touch sensitive or a digitizer? (Score:1)
Re:Touch sensitive or a digitizer? (Score:2)
Origami+Exchange kills Blackberry? (Score:2)
With RIM still around, i bet its still a Blackberry competitor. Network admins would love a single solution integrated with Exchange and Active Directory.
Re:Origami+Exchange kills Blackberry? (Score:2)
Re:Origami+Exchange kills Blackberry? (Score:1)
Okay, I'm going to leave them al
Origami is ...so....huge....and...big (Score:1)
How could anything that BIG and HUMONGOUS ever make it on the market today?!?!
Infact, the Origami is so MONSTOROUSLY BIG that it was big two years ago!
And, no, I don't car if its a gaming PDA/phone or not, since its so big, I wouldn't want one no matter what it does.
Well, okay, maybe you could hide behind it while your friends look for you, that counts as a game, right?
Of course! (Score:2)
Struggling with form factors (Score:2)
There are lots of attempts to come up with a new form factor and a market niche to go with it. It's getting wierd. Apple's new iPod speakers have the form factor of a ghetto blaster. (There's a strong resemblance between the Apple Hi-Fi and the 1984 Radio Shack boombox with a dock for a Sony Walkman. [pocketcalculatorshow.com])
Transmeta Caruso repackaged?? (Score:1)
BTW I think they are discontinued cuz noone wanted them...
Re:The Transmeta Crusoe is a CPU... (Score:2)
It was nice, smaller than a laptop (but not by much), built-in Wi-Fi, camera (which sucked, btw), USB, ethernet, modem and came with two carrying cases - one with an integrated keyboard.
Decently packaged, if a bit cheap on the material (but at the time the only tablet PC for less than $1000)
It was slow compared to modern computers (800MHz Transmeta CPU, 256MB of ram with WinXP will do that), did not h
Notes from a PSP user (Score:3, Interesting)
It's interesting to note that since Vista has such beefy 3D hardware requirements to run Aero Glass, the Microsoft VistaPad XP Professional won't actually be able to run Vista without reverting to XP-style effects. I don't want it to run some horrible lobotomized version of Windows Mobile though.
The other, more interesting question is... will it run Linux?
Alright, then. (Score:1)
Now it's $1000? (Score:2)
$500 should be the high end of the price range.
Gaff's tinfoil unicorn? (Score:3, Interesting)
Then what is it? It's not an iPod, it's not a PSP, it's not a Mini-Xbox, and apparently it's not a computer either.
You know what I want? I want a 21st century equivalent of my Psion Series 5. I don't want a cut-down Windows PC/PDA combo that does 27,000 things, none of them even remotely as well as a desktop or laptop, as a portable - I want something that does a good job with basic tasks like word processing (and things like playing MP3s are now included in that), fits in a pocket, works off a couple of AA batteries and has a keyboard. Stylus plus keyboard may not be the most convenient way of working... but it's better than stylus and no keyboard.
Oh, and I'd like it to integrate seamlessly with OS X. Steve Jobs, are you there?
Re:Gaff's tinfoil unicorn? (Score:1)
I have had palm pilots, WinCE machines, and laptops, and they are all so lacking when held up next to that little gem.
Re:Gaff's tinfoil unicorn? (Score:2)
The only one I ever liked better than the Series 5 was the Revo (for the pocketability of it).
Re:Gaff's tinfoil unicorn? (Score:1)
http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/02/hands-on-with-
Similar Device (Score:2)
I know what it is... (Score:3, Funny)
e-book reader (Score:1)
I think I should warn Slashdotters... (Score:4, Funny)
Halo for PC... (Score:1)
xbox? (Score:2)
An XBox costs $179, and it runs Halo just fine.
Re:xbox? (Score:2)
Re:xbox? (Score:2)
A more likely possibility i
It's called the Origami but....... (Score:1)