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Ken Hakuta

Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.

Microsoft has reveals its new ‘Origami’ product. The Ultra-Mobil PC.

Reuters Business Channel | Reuters.com
SEATTLE, March 9 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. on Thursday unveiled its ‘Origami’ project, a paperback-book sized portable computer, which is a hybrid between a laptop PC and a host of mobile devices that the world’s biggest software maker hopes will create an entirely new market.

Lighter than two pounds (0.972 kilograms) with a seven-inch

(17.78-centimetre) touch-screen, the new “ultra-mobile” PCs will use microprocessors from Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and run a modified version of Microsoft’s Windows XP Tablet PC edition.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (005930.KS: Quote, Profile, Research), Taiwan’s Asustek Computer Inc. (2357.TW: Quote, Profile, Research) and China’s second largest PC-maker, the Founder Group, are expected to release the first three ultra-mobile PCs, which Microsoft had code-named ‘Origami’ in an elaborate marketing campaign.

South Korea’s Samsung’s product goes on sale in April.

My 2 pennies, This is a bad move by MSFT. They KNOW that 3-hours of battery life isn’t gonna cut it. They plan to have an “all-day” version coming out, but it is a mystery to me how they are gonna maintain the physical specs., the functionality, and still be able to ramp up , battery life. You usually have to pick two. Speaking of the physical specs its too big. Most people want something they can put in their pocket.

They are not even following thier own plays any more. The PC beat out Mac in the 80’s NOT by being everything to everybody but being what most people need (or want), most of the time. If you got a blackberry, iPod, PSP, or laptop i can’t see why you would pick this.