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From WinHEC to Origami – a short history of the handtop computer (Intel Developer Forum)
Microsoft on Thursday will unveil its project Origami at Cebit in Germany, vnunet.com has learnt. At the same time at least three manufacturers will unveil devices that Intel this week referred to as "Ultra Mobile PC".
While details are still hard to come by, Origami and the Ultra Mobile PC are the worst kept secret of the year. In fact… let's go on a little journey:
Bill Gates first talked about this UMPC at WinHEC last year. He held up the device, but in fact it was a plastic model. Microsoft refers to the device as the "Carry Everywhere PC".
Forward to August, and Intel CEO Paul Otellini talks about a new category of the "handtop computer" at Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. No details and certainly no live demonstration.
In January Otellini appears as a guest in Yahoo CEO Terry Semel's keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He shows off the "Slide concept", and this time the thing is actually running working, running Windows. The demo initially fails and Otellini jokingly blames it on Microsoft. It's worth pointing out that Intel choose the Yahoo keynote, but didn't talk about the device during Otellini's keynote one day earlier.
On Tuesday at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel's Sean Maloney who heads up the mobile business there, presents the "Ultra Mobile PC", and promises a launch in this quarter. He avoids a question that asks him about the link between the UMPC and Microsoft's Origami.
Tags: ultra mobile PC, origami, cebit, intel, IDF, microsoft
All photos by vnunet.com, except the photo of Bill Gates which is courtesy of Microsoft.
March 8, 2006 at 06:00 PM | Permalink
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