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Posted by Spy February 26, 2006 9:18 AM with 13 comment(s)
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OK, thanks to Ray for this brilliant lead.



Much like everyone else, I’ve been wondering what Microsoft’s Origami Project is. The speculation runs rampant but it appears that you might not have to wait a few weeks to find out what Origami truly is. Marketing firm DigitalKitchen must have the ad campaign on this one because if you hit their site and enter, click Work and then BrandTheatre, guess what you’ll find. Not just pics of the device, but a Flash-based video showing the various uses. I won’t add to the speculation fire that’s burning and tell you what I saw. Instead, I’ll let you spend a few minutes viewing the revealing show so you can form your own conclusions. I will say this: as a new WMCE user, a TabletPC and WindowsMobile user for several years, I’m hoping what I saw in the video becomes available very soon. I’ll still be getting a new WM 5.0 phone that you can pick for me (so don’t forget to vote), but Origami is next on my list! There’s another pic after the jump.
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EDIT:  This is hot, folks...I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft request DigitalKitchen to pull the site quickly so as not to spoil the launch.  Check it out while you can.  If this is for real, then it will go a long way to realizing Gate's dream of a truely useable tablet device.
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k_hojnacki said:

Looks like they resurrected Mira with some additional functionality
February 26, 2006 12:22 PM
 

milan221 said:

Well, i couldn't agree more. but still-it looks great! I'm getting it for next christmas :)
February 26, 2006 12:42 PM
 

nojetlag said:

HaHa, you guys did spoil it :D

February 26, 2006 12:53 PM
 

Wizard said:

I have the video downloaded (well it was in by browsers cache).
19.6mb FLV file.
 
Looks like what the tablet PC should have been to start with.
Sort of a rip-off of http://www.oqo.com/
 
February 26, 2006 2:37 PM
 

ankit said:

this video looks awesome if the price is right i will definatly buy it.
February 26, 2006 3:26 PM
 

fdezjose said:

February 26, 2006 5:07 PM
 

sbisson said:

Looks like Haiku, as demoed at last year's WinHEC (and also by Intel at Fall IDF as the Handtop PC).
February 26, 2006 7:10 PM
 

GoodThings2Life said:

This definitely looks awesome! Seems to be a nice size too, because one of the issues I have with current "mobile" systems is that you either have to get a full notebook-sized system, or you have to go "PDA"/cell-phone and have something too small to be truly useful. It appears that the size of this is very practical... now I just have to wonder about battery life. I'd love it if this could get at least 6-10 hours of life on a full charge.
February 26, 2006 7:15 PM
 

GoodThings2Life said:

PS--- is it just me or does this look a lot like Tricorders and similar devices on Star Trek, lol.
February 26, 2006 7:16 PM
 

pbeesley said:

A little off topic, but does anyone know what the backing music is? I noticed the record cover says Hugo Montenegro but I haven't had any luck tracking it down.
February 26, 2006 8:17 PM
 

boolean22 said:

Since it's shown as a consumer product (the music-girl has a real worksation to back her up, and uses Origami for Communication only) I hope is cheaper than OQO... to be precise, not more than 999 dollars... making something like OQO for 1999.99 looks a nasty shit. They should target the consumers as the iPod did, and avoid elitism.

Justathought.me
February 26, 2006 9:53 PM
 

Wizard said:

^^ I agree.
 
I was going to get a OQO, but not at the price they are asking!
February 26, 2006 10:44 PM
 

viliescu said:

http://www.infusionblogs.com/blogs/activenick/archive/2006/02/13/303.aspx
February 27, 2006 2:16 AM

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