A Worst-Kept Secret ???

Oh boy, we never thought this way(well not until we saw the prices atleast), but there was a lot of speculation of microsoft had for us when “Origami Project” started floating the web. But by far this has been the most successful viral-campaign (let alone what they had for us) of Microsoft ever (atleast i felt so). But CNET says its the worst kep secret (but why is that listed under Worst tech of 2006?), yes a lot of were disappointed when we looked at the battery life and mostly at the price tag.

CNET states in its Worst tech of 2006:

“We’re working on a top-secret project that will blow your mind, and we won’t give details until next week. Except that it’s bigger than a handheld and smaller than a notebook PC. Oh, and it has tablet functionality. And we’re calling it the ultramobile PC. But that’s all we’re saying!” Ooh, mysterious.

Hold on: I just checked the Weekly Hit List (Top 20) Products of this Week at CNET and the first (Cowon A2) and second(Yukyung Technologies Viliv P1 - that’s a looooong name for a product) are Portable Video Players (yep they are much smaller than a UMPC) but who knows UMPC wont be in that list anytime sooner. Matter of fact bot the top products has just the features you’d expect in a PMP and costs anywhere from $400 to $600 and features ~4″ LCDs and just 20GB.

Via [UMPCBuzz]




4 Responses to “A Worst-Kept Secret ???”


  1. 1 Matt Mar 31st, 2006 at 3:38 pm

    their most successful viral campaign was ilovebees.com for halo 2

  2. 2 Joe Mar 31st, 2006 at 3:55 pm

    May be you are right Matt but I’m not a gamer, lemme update the post !

  3. 3 BuzZme Mar 31st, 2006 at 7:40 pm

    wooo! that is harsh

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