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You are at tk here: First real look at Origami

Intel has given the first peeks into how the Origami looks like. They showed it off at their developer forum yesterday. The important points are that it has a 7inch screen, runs full versions of Windows, lasts for 3 hours and is expected to cost $1000 initially. Intel hopes to increase the battery performance and Microsoft could develop a special version of Windows for it. The price is expected to drop in 2 years.

Ok, so this is not looking too optimistic. $1000 and a 3 hour battery life? The battery life is still tolerable I think, but the price is way too high. Who would want to fork out 1k for a hybrid tablet pc? I admit that I thought no one would buy the Ipod, but look how that turned out. But seriously, 1k? By the time it drops to $500, and I assume they're not gonna upgrade anything in the mean time, it'll be practically nonsensical to pay that much for a 2 year old product. Drop a couple hundreds off the price now and I might consider. I bet many more will too.

Link: Betanews

Update: Origami Portal analyses the Intel UMPC video. UMPC video here.

They also have an analysis of Microsoft's Origami.

Finally, there are some (upcoming) videos of the UMPC/Origami at Origami Portal.

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