Origami
Origami -- it starts with a simple sheet of paper, and yet in the right, skillful hands, it can become. . . anything.
Origami -- a simple, go-anywhere ultra-mobile pc that in the right, skillful hands can become. . . anything!
Here's a further story on it from ABC News:
HANOVER, Germany Mar 9, 2006 (AP)— Microsoft Corp. finally took the wraps off its mysterious Project Origami on Thursday, unveiling a computer that's about the size of a large paperback book but runs a full version of the Windows XP operating system.
The ultracompact, wireless-enabled PC is everything a full computer or laptop is, minus the keyboard. Weighing about 2 1/2 pounds, the 1-inch thick device sports a 7-inch touch-sensitive screen that responds to a stylus or the tap of a finger.
Don't go to the store asking for Origami, though. (That was the name while the project was still top secret.) Microsoft is calling it the "Ultra-Mobile PC," and versions of it will be built by
Samsung, Asus and the Chinese manufacturer Founder. The first are expected to be available by April.
Here's the nifty site from Microsoft telling all about it
posted by Mr. Mac | 8:01 AM
8 Comments:
We always think of the future with flying cars and cool gadgets...I think the future is near.
Emily
I don't really think I like this new computer, I get I will become one of those old people who are technologically retarded.
-Greg K
Guess*, not get
-Greg K....again
i don't think this new computer is that revolutionary. it just seems like a laptop only smaller, and more portable. Which is pretty much just taking the laptop idea a little further. i probably just do not understand the full capabilities of it, but from what i do understand it seems a bit overadvertised, as being world change when its just a smaller version of what we already have.
Aïcha
i'm only getting one is Paris gets one.
-michaelene
i'm only getting one is Paris gets one.
-michaelene
i'm only getting one is Paris gets one.
-michaelene
Sure we are making everything smaller and more compact, but is that really what we need? So many people today already have problems seeing due to staring at computers all day, so our society makes the screens smaller? Get out your magnifying glass.
Jeni
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