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[b]NY Times delves into Microsoft and Intel’s Plan[/b]
Let the speculation continue! Not much new to report today, but the New York Times had an interesting article up about the Intel-Microsoft connection on this project. The article described how Intel and Microsoft had previously acknowledged working on ultramobile PC’s, and how their focus was to design machines that did one thing very well, and the other features would be more complimentary. This opens up the possibility for several different models of the Origami Tablet PC, one that is geared toward gamers, another focusing on businessmen, one for medical uses, etc.
The rest of the article parrots much of what was stated in our news post yesterday, with a couple new details. They have quoted a Microsoft consultant as saying the first units will come in at about two pounds and have a limited battery life of three hours or so between charges. Read the whole NY Times article here.
[b]Microsoft Watch provides a glimpse of Origami Prototypes[/b]
[img align=right]https://www.umpcportal.com/origami/images/samsung_prototype.jpg[/img]According to Microsoft Watch, Microsoft is hoping their new ultramobile PC will become a new type of computer: The Lifestyle PC. These Tablet PC’s are being designed to work mainly with touch and a stylus, but some prototypes are slated to have buttons on either side.
Samsung, which we have heard will be unveiling some type of ultra mobile PC at the CeBIT show, is rumored to have been working on one or more prototypes. James Kendrick posted a photo (see right) on his blog a while back of a convertible-style Tablet, that may be one of the prototypes. The photo at the top of this news post is another potential Origami prototype. Read the whole Microsoft Watch article here.
With all that said, we are still taking a wait-and-see approach to see which revelations will be proved true at the CeBIT conference.
