The tech tabloids were ringing in the ad click money today as speculation about the origami project went wild. I saw the Origami device at Microsoft a few weeks back, but I had to sign an NDA so I didn't blog about it. So when is an NDA not an NDA? A blogger sitting next to me blogged Bill Mitchell's keynote, the slides had NDA on them, Bill said this was NDA, but here it is anyway;
Ideal Lifestyle Ultra-Mobile PCs are:
Writing Sideshow gadgets, great new opportunity space..
Ultramobile PCs…
Wearable/conveniently carry-able
All day battery life..12 hr on time
$500 MSRP
Always-on
Always-connected, built in 3g..radio
Instant use..
Top Design Characteristics:
1. Portability
2. Usability
3. Usefulness
4. Afford ability
5. Vitality..battery life
6. Compatibility
7. Connectivity
8. Desirability
Ultra-Mobiles = = small but much more…
Ultramobile PCs..
Usability
Fast access to task-not just fast suspend/resume
Convenient access to task-no fine motor skills required
That tech tabloid blog grabbed this story and ran with it, stuck in a stock photo and bingo the links and clicks with a big cha-ching of ad dollars followed.
Not one of the bloggers today seemed to know that the Origami will be anounced at CeBIT in Germany early in March, but it's still a concept with a cool prototype.
No one seems to know about the Vulcan device eather. I'm sure you've seen photos of the OQO it's available now for a few thousand dollars. Do you remember the small Tablet device shown by Bill Gates at his WinHEC keynote? That's still a concept waiting for a working prototype to be built.