Origami Revealed: New Ultra-Mobile PC

March 9, 2006 By Digital Trends Staff

Microsoft takes the wraps off its mysterious project as it formally unveils a new class of small touch screen computers geared towards mobile lifestyles.

Microsoft ended weeks of speculation and rumor today as it formally took the wraps off its mysterious

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Ian Bell and Dan Gaul at 11:46am 10th March 2006 Yeah 3 hours is not long at all, and a 1GHz CPU is way too slow too, we saw devices this small using the Transmete Crusoe which ran around 1GHz a few years ago. The only difference here is the operating system.

http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/review3252.html

Granted its not Tablet Edition, but the concept is nothing new.
John at 4:27am 10th March 2006 The screen resolution on devices like the Samsung Q1 are 800x600.
Geoff Matt at 2:22pm 9th March 2006 Hmmm, I don't think it's terrible, but it's really just a shrunk tablet pc, and that idea died last time too. I can't see many people spending up tp $1000 on a device that only runs for 3hrs max? And to be honest it's still too big to be portable in an iPod way.
Bit disappointing really...
Ian Bell and Dan Gaul at 10:36am 9th March 2006 To be honest I am not too impressed with the designs I have seen thus far. I am really thinking the new Apple iPod Video will be able to do similiar things, or better yet, hopefully Apple comes out with a small Mac like machine to compete with this.