Microsoft's Project Origami: Small Portable Comp

[Death Metal Moe]

<p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4789496.stm" target="_blank">BBC News Link</a></p><p><a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060309/D8G7U6581.html" target="_blank">MyWay News Link</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Man I love these gadgets!&nbsp;&nbsp; It's a small computer with no keyboard basically.&nbsp; Mini Laptop, it's supposed to be a phone and can do everything a computer can do like play music, movies, show pictures.&nbsp; All the things a Laptop/Desktop can do.</p><p>I'm just curious to see specific specs on the thing like processor speeds, wireless capabilities and add on accessories.</p><p>I mean I won't be getting one anytime soon, they're going to be as much as a medium to high grade laptop will cost, but they're fucking cool as shit!</p><p>The MyWay article and a little more tech info but the BBC link has a video in there somewhere.</p>

[TheRealEddie]

<br /><p>The touchscreen is cool, but does it remind you of anything?</p><p><img width="320" height="168" border="0" src="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/12/sony_psp_1.jpg" /> <br /></p><p><br />&nbsp;</p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<p>Sure, it does look PSP-esque, but all the current Multi-Function machines out there have a similar look.</p><p>Plus, this thing will have up to 60 Gigs of HD space, something the PSP just doesn't.&nbsp; It's the storage that has me excited.&nbsp; You can hold tons of music in there and still use it like a computer to word process, surf the net and run different portable apps.</p><p>It better have more than a few USB 2.0's in it for removable HD's, keyboard, mouse, printer and everything else.</p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<p><img height="300" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41420000/jpg/_41420672_merkel_getty_203x300.jpg" width="203" border="0" /></p><div class="mva">German Chancellor Angela Merkel tried out the Q1</div><div class="mva" /><div class="mva"><img height="152" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41420000/jpg/_41420612_qone_203.jpg" width="203" border="0" /></div><div class="mva" /><div class="mva">Only pics I found so far are from that BBC story.&nbsp; Hope to see more in depth stuff soon.</div>

[JustJon]

Pictures have been circulating the 'net for a week now.&nbsp; Check Gizmondo and Engadget or search Digg.<br />

[Death Metal Moe]

<p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4790448.stm" target="_blank">Another BBC story, now sounding bad for the Origami</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Jesus, I saw a headline on the BBC News and Drudge Report sites THIS MORNING talking about the release of this device, and not 4 hours later there's already a BBC News story about how the device isn't sounding like it will be any good.</p><p>Article says Bill Gates wanted a device that lasted all day on one battery charge and was about $500.&nbsp; Well this thing isn't that.</p><p>I can't believe I saw these 2 articles in the same day.&nbsp; Isn't it a little too soon to be shit talking a product that hasn't even been sold to one person yet?</p>