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This device looks great, but my inital reaction matches one of the choices in this poll - too small to be a useful replacement for a laptop, and too big to be a replacement for Windows Mobile.
WM devices keep us connected and give us enough power and flexibility for what we need while on the move without having to resort to an XP machine, while remaining compact enough to carry around with no trouble. And when we need more power, we have laptops of all sizes and specs, and price ranges. These UMPC's don't have integrated optical drives (for loading software or watching DVD movies, and I mention this because who wants to lug around a bunch of peripherals?), and they're too big to stuff in a pocket.
As cool as it would be to have all this power in a more portable package like this, and as much as I'd love to see something like this succeed (because let's face it, they are pretty slick), I can't see it filling anything else other than a niche in the market. I think WM has more overall appeal than Origami ever will.
But I'm still going to wait this one out a bit and see how it progresses.
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