Too many rumors flew about this week and by the end of it, we were all pretty much confused as to the details of the Origami and UMPC teasers. There’s some good reports at Origamiportal but lets face it, anything could change next week.
In order to resolve some of my carrypad desires i’m looking for the following things next week.
- 5-7″ screen (looks like this will be the case)
- Mini-Keyboard – Totally unknown. No picture has shown a keyboard as part of the device. One or two pictures showed a keyboard add-on or keyboard case. The word origami hold promise though.
- Efficient operating system – I dont want a full XP version. Looks like it might be a tablet edition anyway.
- DVD cover size (maybe a few mm thicker) – not possible with the 7″ screen. Fingers crossed for 5-6″ screen.
I really hope the carrypad market gets its first confirmed product (or product announcement) next week. This Origami could be the first ever product to fit into my carrypad specification. If not, its over to you Nokia!
March 5th, 2006 at 2:36 am
I would bet on no keyboard, but will be sold by other companies instead. There’s an article on the BBC about the price being around $1000. That’s going to kill it on arival.
March 5th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
1000 is definately too much. Nokia will be happy if it comes in at that price.
Steve.
March 7th, 2006 at 2:45 am
Oh it’ll definately have a 7″ screen and be slighly thicker and roughly similar dimensions to a dvd cover. It will run Tablet PC 2005 although modified for this device. It will have a mini-keyboard. I have all of these specs verified from good sources.