Who will hate the Origami?

gotta love the negativity surrounding this announcement. it means microsoft is doing something right. i thinks it going to be a great product, that can get use in many an industry. fills a giant void between underpowered, too small for any real work pda’s, and cumbersome, expensive laptops/ too large tablets. having a full desktop os experience in this form factor is exactly what i for one have been waiting for. using foldershare on this thing is going to be awesome!

Can we get some troll spray for Goebbels

Scoble:

What Microsoft is doing with Origami is nothing like Apple in terms of supply chain. Your comparison is absurd at best.

billy g has to make it clear that the devices you buy now will be vista upgradeable (cmon xp tablet is 4 years old now 2002), either a nominal fee or for free… no one will buy one now because there are

1. smaller, more functional umpcs coming out later in the year. or next year.
2. they’ll have vista.
3. promises of all day battery life
4. wimax will have probably taken off..
5. NAND harddrives…

frankly i wont buy one now if its not in the sub $500 dollar range (for all the 1st gen headaches and behemouth sizes, and old OS) and before i do that i need to be assured vista will run on these…

Why does everyone hate whenevr Microsoft gets into market with a new device? Are you jealous? This origami device is nice. As scoble is saying it may not be revolutionary but looks a good idea to me. Its not possible to watch videos on Ipod and its tough to carry your notebook everywhere. So the solution a device bigger than ipod where you can watch movies or browse internet and smaller than a notebook, low power, GPS. I will definitly buy one. That samsung one is sexier.

Mujibur: you forget my brother-in-law works at Apple. Why don’t you ask him why they just laid off a bunch of hardware engineers?

Rafael: I ask that in the video too. Personally there will always be something better to come out within a few months in this industry. Heck, since my son got his iPod last September a few new models have come out. No one complains about that. In fact, they line up for more!

woops. i meant, no one will buy these now because there are (the numbered list) of updates that will come…

ipod is apple, the zealots are used to that, frankly having a 60gbvideo ipod when a fullscreen one is coming out in the next month just really pisses me off. but thats apple for ya..

“Bull, cause it only takes me an hour to convert one of our WMVs to a Quicktime here.”

Thanks for telling me what I think. What the hell are you talking about? Firstly: you know this is an issue and are migrating yourself so please don’t be a hypocrite. Sceondly, it is a political position: downloading it would be equivalent to viewing it–it could be perceived as marketshare I have no desire to contribute to. And thirdly, HELL No, I am not going to waste an HOUR converting something I shouldn’t have to.

“That I’m tired of you telling me this is a spec when we built the prototypes.”

You don’t have to; I’ve been saying that all along. In fact, when you said “it’s a device” a while ago, I said: “No, you’re producing just a spec; other OEMs will produce the device.”

So stop repeating something that I’ve always insisted on and have known from the beginning. And stop pretending you have to repeat it or tell it to me.

“But, since you can’t take the time to convert my crappy format to your crappy format, I guess I shouldn’t be bothered to worry about you anymore.”

Awww, boo hoo. You know your company’s format is the sh!tty one, and you know the other isn’t. Get over it. Otherwise, you are going to look like a hypocrite when you migrate.

scoble,
in the video will they tell exactly who the market is for this thing? it doesn’t look like something any normal person would want. what ‘scenarios’ does it cover? i’m afraid it looks like a product without a market.

The only thing which can get me excited about this is the software – You have to have done some work for the origami… not just port Windows Tablet and call it Origami.

Oscar… all this month.. i have seen nothing but videos that answer your question…

I still don’t understand why people keep asking this question of who its intended for..
If you didn’t see those videos yet, I am sorry….

try these for starters : http://www.intel.com/design/mobile/platform/flash/umpc/index.html

The touch screen is a disappointment. I will be a hater simply because I will want one, and I probably will not be able to have one.

Oscar: yes, we cover a few of those scenarios.

http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6047223.html?part=rss&tag=6047223&subj=news

Thats an origami on video. Intel and MS are competing with each other to be in the limelight

Read both the reviews. None of them say they are really excited about Origami. Looking at the pictures, I have to say that I am not excited about this plastic now!

Hey Robert,

Seeing as I am one of the bloggers who have been listed in the CNet article as “hating it” (and hmmm, two of the citations were not even bloggers) I’d be happy to give one a try and let you know what I think.

Wow. It’s amazing how vocal and insistent people can be while they simultaneously admit they don’t have a clue about the topic.

I, for one, will be getting an Origami device as soon as possible, will be developing for it and have already discussed writing a book about it. And that’s off of just a very conservative view of what’s included in the initial devices…

This is absolutely a killer product. This year, it’ll probably appeal mostly to early adopters who’ll put up with the 1.0 limitations (like battery life) but next year with Vista and longer battery life this will be a must have for virtually everyone.

Scoble is losing it now that his overhyped pet blew up in his face. Origami? An overpriced, underpowered mini-tablet? Pathetic.

March 9th: The Yawn Heard ‘Round the Web!

Tetra: go back to sleep. Nothing is happening here!

One thing that CNET bit got right is that this is just disappointment from the hype. Scoble, you may have just created hype but it certainly took off in the blogosphere and became overhype. The main problems people are having seem to have come from the high expectations of rumors:

1) Design wise, there were pictures of a sleek looking thing with a very thin border and all-screen
2) Price of around $500 was really appealing
3) Day-long battery life

Getting past that should be simple because its a form factor and there’s going to be lots of variety, lots of improvements and lowering of initial price coming along.

Really anxious to see the C9 video.

One thing that CNET bit got right is that this is just disappointment from the hype. Scoble, you may have just created hype but it certainly took off in the blogosphere and became overhype. The main problems people are having seem to have come from the high expectations of rumors:

1) Design wise, there were pictures of a sleek looking thing with a very thin border and all-screen
2) Price of around $500 was really appealing
3) Day-long battery life

Getting past that should be simple because its a form factor and there’s going to be lots of variety, lots of improvements and lowering of initial price coming along.

Really anxious to see the C9 video.

“This is absolutely a killer product.”

You accuse others of being vocal and insistent but you’re calling it a ‘killer’ product? Some hypocrisy there.

“Origami device as soon as possible, will be developing for it and have already discussed writing a book about it”

I’d be interested in knowing what your customer base will be… You, Microsoft employees and um,… yourself.

Hey Robert,

I’m seeing a few things here I like, but I have a question. First off though – it’s a platform, not a device. Which means your OEMs are welcome to design whatever variant they like. That’s cool, not exactly a single “iPod killer” device, it’s a platform. I should have guessed that, classic Microsoft.

The most important question of the day – Very very important: will the Vista version of these devices have media center extender support? Can I stream my MCE PVR content to an Origami over wireless? I read the Samsung supports 802.11A. The Intel videos indicate extender support. What’s the answer?

Hey Robert,

I’m seeing a few things here I like, but I have a question. First off though – it’s a platform, not a device. Which means your OEMs are welcome to design whatever variant they like. That’s cool, not exactly a single “iPod killer” device, it’s a platform. I should have guessed that, classic Microsoft.

The most important question of the day – Very very important: will the Vista version of these devices have media center extender support? Can I stream my MCE PVR content to an Origami over wireless? I read the Samsung supports 802.11A. The Intel videos indicate extender support. What’s the answer?