The update to the HTC universal, known as Omni, looks like it might have an 800×480 4″ screen. That’s about the same as the new Nokia N800, with a keyboard and cellular data. Drool! OK its going to cost at least double what the N800 costs but if the rumor is true, its going to be an awesome Uber-Smartphone. I always loved the Universal so I hope they keey that swivel-screen form factor. Engadget got the tip off from someone pointing them to Solo Palmari and translation reveals some lovely details […]

There it is. All integrated and nice. It’s the Origami Experience pack for UMPCs with Vista. Its just been announced by the Origami team on the Origamiproject.com website.       “The purpose of Origami Experienceâ„¢ is to deliver a great device-like media interface on your UMPC. It also allows you to quickly access other applications on your ultra mobile PC such as Windows Switcher, Mobility Center, Wireless Connectivity and all your installed programs.”   You can easily create a new music or video playlist right from the UI. Very […]

There it is. All integrated and nice. It’s the Origami Experience pack for UMPCs with Vista. Its just been announced by the Origami team on the Origamiproject.com website.       “The purpose of Origami Experienceâ„¢ is to deliver a great device-like media interface on your UMPC. It also allows you to quickly access other applications on your ultra mobile PC such as Windows Switcher, Mobility Center, Wireless Connectivity and all your installed programs.”   You can easily create a new music or video playlist right from the UI. Very […]

Remember the Eleksen keyboard? Remember I said that I wanted a messenger bag with a screen on it? How about that! The coolest bag in town?   The module can receive data from the laptop PC either wirelessly through Bluetooth or via the USB connection depending on the application.A 2.5 inch LCD display presents the information to the user. Both portrait and landscape configurations can be supported depending on the industrial design requirements.ElekTex fabric controls allow navigation and access to the information stored in the on-board memory cache. Additional controls […]

Update: It is! Click to enlarge. We’ll know for sure in an hour or so when the doors open but the interface shown on the Medion ultra mobile PC (via Engadget) looks like a cross between WMP11 and the program launcher. Is it part of the new touch pack? I hope they’ve integrated WMP11 into it. If they’ve integrated Streets and Trips it would be cool too but I guess that’s hoping for too much. A new touch pack could actually make me start to think about an upgrade to Vista. Steve.    […]

There it is. All integrated and nice. It’s the Origami Experience pack for UMPCs with Vista.

Its just been announced by the Origami team on the Origamiproject.com website.

“The purpose of Origami Experienceâ„¢ 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 can easily create a new music or video playlist right from the UI. Very good news.
• You can also choose from 5 different photo transitions to turn your UMPC into an photo frame.
• Play Controls always at the bottom of the screen

There are some more screen shots on the Origamiproject website and they say that it will be available for download when Vista is available in Jan.

Engadget had a few minutes to play with the OLCP. Its funny, they got a bit stuck with the UI. Hop over to the Pepper stand guys. Check out their version of the UI and let us know what you think? We dug flipping it into tablet mode, but then the reality set in: we only had a few minutes to play with this thing, and it has an almost entirely symbolic interface. Engadget article. Steve / Chippy.   Technorati tags: olpc, umpc, tablet View details of all Ultra Mobile […]

This looks like the VGN-UX1XN that appeared in a UK magazine the other day.   The 32GB SSD Vaio UX Premium Micro PC runs with Vista operating system on a 1.3GHz Intel Core Solo U1500 processor. It has the 4.5-inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1GB of RAM, a 32GB solid state disk, a Bluetooth 2.0, 802.11g, USB 2.0, Firewire, and Memory Stick Duo memory card slots. Via Gizmodo.   Technorati tags: umpc, vista, sony, vaio, ux premium View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the ultra mobile PC product […]