http://www.origamiproject.com/

this is the dumbest thing i have ever seen. just announce your damn product.

2/27/2006 11:49:20 AM

The music kind of reminds me of Reading Rainbow.

2/27/2006 11:51:03 AM

do you know me?_

2/27/2006 12:00:42 PM

^^
Was that the show with the dude named "Milkbreath"?

2/27/2006 12:15:26 PM

this is why i hate fucking flash

2/27/2006 12:19:08 PM

Shit like that NEVER lives up to it's own expectations.

2/27/2006 12:19:24 PM

eh

I bet the marketting mgr is making bank though. The suits were probably like "omg that's so profound!"

2/27/2006 12:20:30 PM

2/27/2006 12:23:40 PM

No, Reading Rainbow was the show hosted by Lavar Burton.

2/27/2006 12:40:56 PM

i watched it for about 20 seconds

for some reason, it was asking me questions

i don't answer to shit on the internet

2/27/2006 12:43:50 PM

^

2/27/2006 1:05:31 PM

play again_

Hahahahahahaha.

2/27/2006 3:07:01 PM

2/27/2006 4:58:44 PM

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-52,GGLG:en&q=microsoft+origami

2/27/2006 5:21:14 PM

let me guess, microsoft is entering the handheld gaming market

2/27/2006 5:47:53 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV1WGDW37c0&search=project%20origami

2/27/2006 6:13:33 PM

of course

2/27/2006 6:19:21 PM

The best was a post to Slashdot which read:

Quote :

"Plus, the "Do you know where I can go" bit. Now I'm going to worry that a thing from Microsoft that wants me to touch it can go under my bed and wait for me to fall asleep."

I LOLed

( http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/24/1734257 )

2/27/2006 6:58:36 PM

http://digg.com/hardware/Microsoft_wants_to_steal_Apple_s_thunder_on_Tuesday

Quote :

""While enthusiasts are eagerly awaiting what Apple is going to announce on Tuesday, they may be hearing from Microsoft, too. The company announced a surprise media presentation to be held on Tuesday evening at which an "innovative concept in development" will be unveiled. Could it be Origami?""

2/27/2006 7:20:06 PM

Billions
Billions
Billions

And they make a Flash that someone with about a week of training could do. Garbage

2/28/2006 1:57:13 AM

bttt

http://www.microsoft.com/umpc
http://origamiproject.com/default.aspx

[Edited on March 9, 2006 at 8:35 AM. Reason : .]

3/9/2006 8:34:27 AM

ehh, for something that's going to be portable and sleek, microsoft should have hired someone from apple to help design the thing...

its kinda ugly

3/9/2006 11:43:35 AM

I click the "Gallery" link expecting to see shots of the actual product, and you get a page with several dozen background images for the program launcher? wtf... that's lame.
http://origamiproject.com/gallery/gallery.aspx

Not to mention, the backgrounds look a bit familiar....
http://images.google.com/images?&q=os+x+default+background

3/9/2006 11:50:31 AM

so ms is trying to resell us the pda in the form of an ultra portable tablet? seems like the must useless computer I could waste money on. big enough to not fit in my pocket so that I'd expect to be able to do real work and run some resource intensive software yet small enough to have weaksauce hardware in the name of "portability."

3/9/2006 12:06:53 PM

Microsoft's real intentions are getting into the market with an overpriced portable media player with strong DRM.

3/9/2006 12:26:45 PM

3/9/2006 1:26:16 PM

Quote :

"so ms is trying to resell us the pda in the form of an ultra portable tablet? seems like the must useless computer I could waste money on. big enough to not fit in my pocket so that I'd expect to be able to do real work and run some resource intensive software yet small enough to have weaksauce hardware in the name of "portability.""

No, it is not a PDA. Its a full functioning PC. It doesn't use Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, etc. It uses full MS Office. You can do everything you need from it rather then simple notes and calendar oriented functions that most PDA's are centered around. Its actually a viable video display too, instead of the cramped and lower quality display of most PDAs, smart phones, and media handhelds. As for the hardware, most are starting with about 1Ghz duo-core centrino processor, 40Gb of hardrive space and 512Mb of RAM.

Good image of the Samsung model:


[Edited on March 9, 2006 at 2:47 PM. Reason : img]

3/9/2006 2:45:55 PM

aha, great post docido --

i remember having a gameboy around the time of the lynx, and only seeing the lynx in magazines, wondering how anyone was able to purchase one

-ZiP!-

3/13/2006 12:49:04 AM

that shits' hot.

If its built into a cell phone with EV-DO, I'm there.

3/13/2006 12:52:26 AM

funny thing is, its coming out now that none of the models on display at CeBit or that have been announced are commercially viable.

AKA the batteries in them suck, just like the original tablet PC's. Packing all that shit in a super portable formfactor leaves you with 20-30 minutes of juice at the moment.

3/13/2006 12:56:35 AM

MY WOOFER ALMOST FUCKING EXPLODED LOADING THAT WEBPAGE

3/13/2006 12:08:13 PM

This really isn't that exciting.

In today's market it would actually be pretty difficult to come out with a product that realyl makes people think "WOW!"

This is kinda cool - nice how far technology has come in terms of scale but I wouldn't buy one.

3/13/2006 12:55:40 PM