Yesterday I took delivery of my first Vista-based ultra mobile PC (and to be honest, my first ever Vista device!) and spent way too long playing with it last night. Origami Experience was nice and a real improvement over the original program launcher. But it could be better!
I was lucky enough to be able to give my thoughts directly to Oscar Koenders of the OP team at CeBIT but everyone now has the chance to input their own thoughts directly via an open poll and thread at OrigamiProject.com. This is a good opportunity to influence an important bit of software for UMPCs.
I personally think they should open it up a bit to external developers via some sort of API and for OE 2008, release it along with fully integrated Autoroute/Streets and Trips 2008 with BT A2DP/Headset/phone control integration added so that you can use the device as a car media player and hands-free mobile phone unit. Considering that StreetDeck is going to set you back over $200, a sub $50 option is going to appeal to a lot of people coming in at the ‘easy’ end of the CarPC market.
