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Although I was a little hesitant to drop this one into the database based on the fact that no-one knows how big it is, an official weight of around 1KG puts it in the correct ballpark.

MSI made an announcement on their web page a few days ago and I’ve now transferred the details into the product portal where i’ll track and update info when available. If you spot errors or new info, just let us know!

MSI Wind product page.

Source: Engadget

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Well, with another week to speculate about the Origami release, before the CeBIT conference starts on March 9, we figured now is as good a time as any to go over what we know so far about the Microsoft Origami Project and what we expect to find out in the next week.

First off, we know from the OrigamiProject site that this device will be a Mobile PC that is running Windows XP. More details are going to be announced on the site on March 9 with many people expecting Microsoft to release the full details on the project at the CeBIT conference on the same day. In addition, Microsoft has acknowledged they have been working on this project with partners, and have stated they will release more details in the coming weeks. Adding more detail to the project, Microsoft’s Richard Scoble confirmed the existence of Origami in a recent entry in his blog, saying that it would be a “fairly low-cost” portable device. Also, we have already learned from Engadget that Origami will run XP Tablet PC edition, and that the device will probably look more like the black unit displayed at WinHEC last year than the device shown in the promotional video.
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About that promotional video that was discovered on Digital Kitchen’s site: Although we now know this video is a year old, and much of what we have seen in the video might not resemble the final product, it does give us an idea of what Microsoft was striving for. Which is, some sort of mobile product that users can take with them and perform all types of different tasks on (GPS, watching a movie on a plane, recording signatures, saving sketches, jotting down notes in class, surfing the web in your lazy-boy, etc.). Tablet PC’s still haven’t taken off, and there is a chance these new UMPC (ultra-mobile personal computers) devices could jumpstart this market, and the Origami looks to play a key role. (more…)