Looks like MS is finally going to make the Origami project/platform official on the 3rd March.
Origami will define a new breed of devices that are closely matching the CarryPad requirements.
I’m happy about this. Not because we’re going to get some mini XP devices that we can use in cars, bed and on the sofa, but becuase it’s going to light-up this whole genre of PC’s and spur other developers into moving up a gear. Nokia for sure will be thinking about releasing info on its updated Intenet Tablet (770) i’m sure. Pepperpad will be thinking about price reductions and OQO might be getting worried!
Microsoft buzzword – Origami.
5-7″ handhelds/handtops.
Full XP (means disk, memory etc.)
No keyboard. No thumboard. Maybe mini keyboard covers wil be optional? I dont know.
500-800 Euro. Could be closest thing yet to my carrypad spec.
Some references:
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/13977129.htm
Hopefully we’ll hear a lot more at Cebit.
Steve.
update: 2nd March: The docked-version of that origami carrypad looks nice. Its the first picture i’ve seen of an origami mock-up with keyboard.
With a 7″ display it might be a tad too big to be a carrypad. But I agree, if the origami vendors can get the products to the market, it is certainly going to get people introduced to the carrypad ideas, and the product space will be more attractive to non-origami vendors.
Thanks for the comment.
7″ is indeed at the top-end of my ideal specification but it could be right. Trouble is, if you want to run XP, you need 800×640. Maybe more. I guess thats why they need 7″ screens. I wish the pepperpad people would make a mini-peperpad and close the size gap down between the Nokia 770 and the pepperpad. I’m really thinking that embedded Linux is the way to go to keep the cost down and I see that Ubuntu have just released an embedded version and engineering pack with Xscale samples. I’m going to post more on embedded linux soon.
P.S. can you drop me your contact details to chippy@carrypad.com
Yup, if you read my blog you will know embedded Linux is going big also in mobile devices and there are several variants already available.
Other interesting reading might be http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4036830962.html – embedded Linux market survey from 2005, they are preparing the one for 2006 soon.
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