Project Origamin Launched as Ultra-Mobile PC
Microsoft unveiled a new class of computer - the Ultra Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC) at CeBIT in Germany. The UMPC was previously codenamaed Project Origami. The device is a ultracompact computer runs on Windows XP with a touchscreen and wireless connectivity via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
UMPC is essentially a full computer or laptop, without the keyboard. Instead, it has a 7-inch touch-sensitive screen that responds to a stylus or the tap of a finger, a 30-60 gigabyte hard disk drive, and will be powered by Intel Celeron-M microprocessor. Intended to provide the features of a Microsoft Windows PC, Ultra Mobile PC will only be about half to one-third the size of a notebook computer, about an inch thick and weigh less than 2 1/2 pounds.
UMPC will run on Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 initially, and switch to Windows Vista once it becomes availabe. A newly developed software called Windows Touch Pack will handle touch-screen functions.
Some models may include built-in GPS, webcams, fingerprint readers and TV tuners. Although without keyboard, once may be attached via a USB port or, wirelessly, using Bluetooth.
UMPCs are expected to cost $US500-$1000, and it’s expected to hit the shelves in April with UMPCs manufactured by Samsung and Acer, while Founder, China’s second largest PC maker, is scheduled to ship its version in June.
Beside, Movielink has partnered with Microsoft to enable UMPC’s owners to download movies and videos directly to the device instead of having to access the site through a Web browser first.
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January 8th, 2007 19:11
[...] OQO, a Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) specialist introduces the next generation UMPC, the model 02, showcased by Bill Gates in his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. With weight of just about one pound and dimension of 5.6″ x 3.3″ x 1.0″, and as the the first computer in the UMPC Pro category as well as the successor to OQO model 01, the OQO model 02 is also dubbed by OQO as the world smallest Windows Vista Capable personal computer. The model 02 is up to four times faster and has a display more than six times brighter than its groundbreaking predecessor, the model 01+, and has been redesigned from the ground up. The OQO model 02 with pocketable ultra mobile form factor incorporates 1.2GHz or 1.5GHz VIA C7M VLA ultramobile processor, and features 30GB or 60GB hard drive shock-mounted with active drop detection, 512MB or 1GB DDR2 SDRAM, 5″ 800 X 480 native but interpolated up to 1200 x 720 indoor/outdoor readable LCD display, HDMI output for connectivity to HDTV displays or DVI monitors up to 1920 x 1200, VGA output through bundled VGA/Ethernet adapter for analog monitors up to 1920 x 1200, DisplaySense for detection and recall of external display settings, ergonomic thumb keyboard with SmartLock modifier keys on ergonomic backlit keyboard, mouse buttons and integrated track stick pointing device, integrated capacitive TouchScrollers for horizontal and vertical scrolling, integrated EV-DO WWAN for Sprint, WiFi 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 wireless with EDR with A2DP support, USB 2.0 port, 3.5mm audio out jack, line-in port, microphone port, integrated active digitizer with optional digital pen, up to 6 hours of battery life, embedded hardware AES encryption engine, integrated TPM 1.2 (Trusted Platform Module). [...]