Friday, May 5, 2006 |
13:43 - It's always Origami to me
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/04/technology/04pogue.html?ex=1304395200&en=00097c0b0
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David Pogue isn't exactly an unbiased source, but his appraisal of the Ultra-Mobile PC Handheld Edition 2006 Professional (aka Origami) is not flattering. Microsoft evidently has yet to learn that there's a difference between innovation for the sake of solving real problems and making people's lives better, and doing things Just Because You Can.
And as with Boot Camp, there's probably a lot less to Microsoft's actual product than it seems at first. Microsoft doesn't make the device; they leave that up to companies like Samsung. The UMPC is really just a standard and some add-on software, such as on-screen thumb-sensitive keyboards, as well as the ability to respond to stuff like resolution-switching buttons integrated into the device's case. Fundamentally it's just Windows with some extra drivers.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. But I do echo the inevitable question: Why?
Via evariste, Chris M., and others.
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