02-26-2006, 10:00 AM
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02-26-2006, 11:29 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 4
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At last!
I think this is the Ultra Mobile PC. I was waiting for a device like this. A device that has a bigger screen that can run Windows software! So I can actually see more while surfing the web or reading an ebook, and take notes better on its bigger screen! A device that is smaller and cheaper than a tablet pc!
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02-26-2006, 12:11 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 15
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Re: At last!
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Originally Posted by mr.brainstorming
I think this is the Ultra Mobile PC. I was waiting for a device like this. A device that has a bigger screen that can run Windows software! So I can actually see more while surfing the web or reading an ebook, and take notes better on its bigger screen! A device that is smaller and cheaper than a tablet pc!
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I don't think that this will be so cheap... All the mobile devices with screen smaller than a notebook or tabletpc but - almost - the same functionality have always the same price than their "big brother"... You can buy a high-end pda with vga screen at the same price of a low-end notebook. Which is better? You decide. But smaller means not cheaper.
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02-26-2006, 12:15 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 88
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it wont work out unless it's 50% chepaer than a budget laptop....
it will end up like pocket pc (non phone) ....
should we gamble? buy some MSFT NOW?
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02-26-2006, 12:56 PM
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02-26-2006, 01:04 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 191
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Ummm this isn't anything more than a tablet pc which is a bit smaller. Doesn't make sense to me though... its too big to fit in your pocket like a Pocket PC and you might as well get something a little bigger that has a larger screen and a keyboard built in that rotates out. Microsofts new slogan should be "Where do you want to go today with the same stuff we've been producing for the past several years?". Catchy don't you think? No I didn't think so either.
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02-26-2006, 01:06 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 16
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I liked the soundtrack and the girl in the RV was cute, but my pockets aren't big enough for this device. Should we anticipate a new Thoughts Media site called "Backpack PC Thoughts"? 
ramjet73
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02-26-2006, 01:28 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 252
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I have been using a PPC (currently the hx4700) and an portege 3505 tablet pc. After purchasing an SP5 I am using the ppc a whole lot less but I do miss some of the functionality but not enough to carry the ppc as religiously as I once did. In fact I am now looking to get something smaller than the 3505 to replace the functionality of both it and the missing functionality provided by the 4700.
I may be different from the average consumer and to a certain extent the average ppc thoughts reader but I am willing to pay more to the functionality and portability that I need.
I have a desktop at work and at home. I need something portable for the inbetween desk moments. It won't be my only pc and therefore I can compromise on outright power. I need something that can surf, email, read rss feeds, run one note (tablet pc is must have for me) and the rest of office, and rarely portable video but I'm never going to use it for photoshop or other processor intensive activities. Currently the favoured options are Motion's LS800 and the Fujitsu 1510. The OQO doesn't cut it for me as the screen is just too small.
The comparison of cost to a budget laptop doesn't work for me but then a comparison to a desktop replacement laptop doesn't work me either. I don't care if what I need is close in cost to a 17" high powered CPU, and latest Nvidia GO gpu. The super laptop does not fulfill my needs.
If what we're seeing about Oragami is true it's very interesting. It appears to fit the evolution of my needs perfectly. The smartphone platform has reduced the need for PPC at the bottom end (and provides instant I feel I need it - for example to check an appointment) and this could replace my laptop at the top end.
Now I have been huge fan of the tablet pc since it was launched. It fits my professional life fully. I spend a great deal of my time either reviewing documents or taking notes in meetings. The tablet pc may not have been the huge success that was hoped but for me (and I would guess a lot of people in Microsoft which must have a similar role) it has been one of the greatest changes in the way I use a pc.
It could also explain why we're not seeing top end PPCs coming out with WM5. A top end PPC is going to stray into the range of the oragami and for my purposes is likely to be the poorer cousin.
Anyway roll on the start of March. I just hope they have a similar number of oems lined up to provide hardware as they had for the tablet pc launch.
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02-26-2006, 03:05 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,466
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This device simply falls in line with other mobile PC concepts that have been shown to the press, similar to Intel's mockups show at recent trade shows. I don't buy into this device form factor. It's far too bulky and will no doubt rival notebook PCs in price, perhaps even higher. Bill Gates has always had a fetish with tablet-like devices. Microsoft uses devices like this internally. Gates even publically signed off Windows XP on a tablet PC handed to him by Jim Alchen. Nothing new here really.
There may be some vertical application for a form factor such as this. But Microsoft has to be off its nut to think consumers are going to carry this expensive brick around with them daily. Gates had it right the first time...the Cell phone trumps everything. That is the device everyone will carry, and will become more advanced, assuming the role of PDA, digital camera, MP3 player, and ultimately Mobile PC.
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02-26-2006, 03:07 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,466
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The first screenshot shows what looks like OSX running on the desktop PC. Does Microsoft know about this?
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Linear Mode
