Project Origami unveiled: Ultra-mobile PC

[engine]

Software giant Microsoft has unveiled what it hopes will be an entirely new category of PC with the launch of a paperback-sized portable known as the "ultra-mobile".

After weeks of carefully stage-managed hype over its "Project Origami", Microsoft took the wraps off "its big vision" at the CeBIT technology fair in Hanover this morning.

[timesonline.co.uk...]

[LifeinAsia]

Microsoft hopes to have "day-long" battery life within a few years.

In other words:
- 5 years before the beta version of the battery is ready
- 6.9 before the first Microsoft battery specific virus is in the wild
- 7 years before the just-about-ready-for-prime-time battery is ready
- 7.5 years before the first service pack for the battery is ready
- 7.6 years before the announement of an upcoming Microsoft Battery model with some impressive sounding codename

[bill]

The initial reviews looked promising, but I'm seeing more attention being placed on the battery life and lack of keyboard on these devices. I really want to try one of these out as I do think that if done correctly this niche could be quite attractive. I've never been much of a PDA person and even the ultralight laptops are a bit too big for me to whip out on the train...so something like this could find a market.

[physics]

It's like a PS2 that you work on ;)