08Jan2007
Microsoft today announced the Origami Experience, yes a replacement for the existing Touchpack(only on Vista though)
The purpose of Origami Experience™ is to deliver a great device-like media interface on your UMPC. It also allows you to quickly access other applications on your UMPC such as Windows Switcher, Mobility Center, Wireless Connectivity and all your installed programs.
You’ll notice the User Interface (UI) is arranged with Music, Videos, Pictures and Programs. Since the launch of the first UMPC devices we’ve learned that people love using their UMPCs for web browsing and media playback. Fortunately the web browsing experience is pretty good on these already, in part thanks to IE 7. We felt to really create a great media experience though we should write an interface that has been completely designed from the UMPC and touch displays. As you can see in the screenshot above, all of the buttons are easily targeted with your finger.
The Origami team says it would be available for download on Jan 30, May be because that’s when Medion UMPC will be out.
Microsoft announces Origami Experience™ [origami project]
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08Jan2007
We’ve heard about this device, but never thought it would be made available to the public this soon. the first to sport a full keyboard. Over at CES the company has made the awaited announcement on their availability-January 30.
This device will have the latest improvements from Microsoft on their touchpack. It sports a 6.5-inch touchscreen, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, onboard GPS, DVB-T tuner and webcam.
Medion UMPC confirmed, coming January 30 [via engadget]
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04Jan2007
In preparation for the big event(CES) a lot of companies are getting their devices ready. Not to mention those detailes that have already been made public before the announcements, here is a recap
- SanDisk will be announcing the new 32GB SSD -it’s good that many manufactures are stepping in, obviously bringing down the price tag. [via engadget]
- iRiver is set to announce variety of devices including the one dubbed “W10″ that is similar to the UMPC but not exactly, the specs are not clear yet but it will have WiFi, VOIP and audio playing capabilities.
More details
here [AVING]
- Someone has done cool plugin to IE that would convert the youtube or Google videos in to Windows based formats to be played on a Zune. Now that does not limit us from using it on a UMPC, well though the UMPC has a full featured OS and a browser, you might not be online all the time, say when you are travelling. Download ZuneIEplugin [via jkOnTheRun]
- Speaking of being connected while travelling, a company named Autonet Mobile has something cool, yes a mobile broadband connection in your car. Check it out
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04Jan2007
If so, please join Microsoft, TabletKiosk, Samsung, OQO, and other hardware and software companies at the CES 2007 Tablet PC & UMPC Community Gathering.
Where: Cheeseburger Las Vegas, in the Aladdin Casino Desert Passage.
When: 3:30PM - 6PM Tuesday, January 9, 2007
This is organized by Lora of Whatisnew.com and RSPV to ljheiny [at] hotmail. For more details go here
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22Dec2006
Sure, we were expecting new UMPCs being announced duing the CES, and now CNET confirms that there will be a second generation of UMPCs that would be made public at CES. This time let’s hope for those ones that are
- Priced right
- Weighs light
- Improved Batteries
- and better specs
Even with some improvements over the course of 2006, the first Origami devices have had very limited appeal.
“They haven’t done very well,” said IDC analyst Richard Shim. Some of the ultramobile PCs even found their way onto a list of biggest tech disappointments of 2006.
World of Origami still unfolding [CNET]
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