Origami officially unveiled

[nathan]

Well today, Microsoft confirmed widespread reports that the Origami Project was indeed an "Ultra-Mobile PC" (UMPC), not a portable version of the Xbox, as some had thought. Touting it as "A new category of mobile devices for consumers and businesses alike," the Washington-based software colossus unveiled the first UMPC models at the Cebit technology expo in Hannover, Germany.

Initially, three hardware partners--Asus, Founder, and Samsung--will manufacture UMPCs. The general form factor will weigh in around at two pounds, and will have built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functionality. Each will come with an internal hard drive of between 30 and 60 GB, and sport a seven-inch touch-sensitive WGA screen.

Microsoft also makes much of the fact that UMPCs offer "a new way to play" games. "Enjoy PC and Internet games in new ways with touch, stylus, or hardware controls," boasts the UMPC site. However, the only game the site displays appears to be one of the puzzle games embedded into Windows XP, which UMPCs run the tablet PC variant of. No mention is made of a graphics processing unit (GPU) or what kind of games the first batch of UMPCs can handle.

Inquires sent to Microsoft about the various UMPCs' gaming capabilities were unanswered as of press time. But given that budget-priced, GPU-less Windows XP laptops from several years ago can run less graphically demanding games such as Civilization III, it is well within the realm of possibility that even basic UMPCs can as well.

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[FragTek]

This looks pretty darn cool... Can't wait for more details / pix.

 

[nathan]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/umpc/default.mspx for more information.

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Snip

Eeew, the orange (or whatever colour you name is in) clashes horribly with the background.

 

[FarFarAway]

Any better?

Thanks to XMS

 

[WC Annihilus]

Eeew, the orange (or whatever colour you name is in) clashes horribly with the background.

Any better?

Thanks to XMS

Am I missing something here?

 

[FarFarAway]

Clear cache and refresh?

Mod names are in grey/white

 

[WC Annihilus]

Ooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get it now! I just noticed that, rofl. white is weak though (as a color for such a thing) and I don't like how so many of the smiley's turned grey...

 

[FarFarAway]

I prefer the grey smilies

 

[FragTek]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...keep me busy looking and reading for a bit :)

 

[Ham]

There a price on this gizmo yet? And a test?

Reminds me of the 2DTV sketch 'Microsoft Book and Pen version 2002.1!!'

 

[Eguy]

I laugh at MS's stupidity on this worthless device

 

[Ham]

Eguy Im loving that avatar!:rotfl:

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Eguy Im loving that avatar!:rotfl:

It don't work tbh, theres a window in the door .

 

[FragTek]

I laugh at MS's stupidity on this worthless device

I think it looks kinda cool... Portable media center PC type deal For me, the price will be the judge of how worthless it is.

 

[Eguy]

Eguy Im loving that avatar!:rotfl:

Thanks mate!