Comments on: Living with Origami http://www.digitaltrends.com/talk-backs/living-with-origami/ Upgrade Your Lifestyle Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:36:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/talk-backs/living-with-origami/#comment-58967 Ian Bell Mon, 22 May 2006 10:33:46 +0000 #comment-58967 Personally I think Origami is a major let down. The devices are still way to big and the battery life is pretty bad. If you ever had a chance to watch the Intel UMPC concept video, that device they used looked VERY cool. You can grab a picture of it here with video: <a href="http://umpc.com/default.aspx" title="http://umpc.com/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://umpc.com/default.aspx</a><br /> <br /> My friends that work for Intel have told me that the concept UMPC only lasted about 15 minutes though before the battery ran out - what a major dissapointment. Intel should have looked at the new Treo phones, and gone that route. We do not need a complete PC architecture in the UMPC we just need to do basic PC functions, listen to music etc. <br /> <br /> For the money, you are better off going with a micr-laptop system instead. Personally I think Origami is a major let down. The devices are still way to big and the battery life is pretty bad. If you ever had a chance to watch the Intel UMPC concept video, that device they used looked VERY cool. You can grab a picture of it here with video: http://umpc.com/default.aspx

My friends that work for Intel have told me that the concept UMPC only lasted about 15 minutes though before the battery ran out – what a major dissapointment. Intel should have looked at the new Treo phones, and gone that route. We do not need a complete PC architecture in the UMPC we just need to do basic PC functions, listen to music etc.

For the money, you are better off going with a micr-laptop system instead.

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