New - Microsoft Origami

[BJ_M]

more than a video ipod clone ...

it is a portable tablet pc, gps , halo player, media center , wifi enabled device

-- some ads and other stuff here

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VcNtwhYpkck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqVszfrB_VI&search=project%20origami

http://www.origamiproject.com/1/

[yoda313]

Well they were saying they could have some trouble marketing it if it doesn't have a true nitche. Sometimes ALL-IN-ONE gadgets don't do anything truly well.

But isn't supposed to run XP? If so that would make it great for compatiblity. Just imagine putting NES emulators on it

[siddharthagandhi]

halo player?

you mean you can play the video game on there?

[yoda313]

halo player?

you mean you can play the video game on there?

Well if it could it would be the pc version and right now only halo 1 is available on the pc. It wouldn't be able to play xbox games. I don't even know if it has a cd/dvd drive.

[jntaylor63]

If it is really XP, then it is worth the look.

All of the protable media players lack open codec support and/or wimppy preformance. (Low res screens and only low bit play back.)

[RottenFoxBreath]

its also going on sale at $1000.
the frame rate on halo in the video is shit.
too big and bulky..

[Supreme2k]

I really hate those "Gen-Next" ads. They lost me with the obligatory Asian girl and "cool" guy in a cowboy hat

Show me something that it cn do that my tablet PC can't. There's no way I'm using that brick for my mp3 player when I have my nano-ish Archos Gmini.

I also liked the miracle of touch screens. Touch the stylus to it and, viola!, your scribbles completely cover the screen.