abletFactory has just announced the availability of abletFoodCalc, a nutritional calculator for Ultra Mobile PCs that assists you in tracking the nutritional values of the foods you eat. There are plenty of high res screen shots on the product page as well. Price: $69 From their website: abletFoodCalc is the first of a number of [...]
CNN has posted a nice video review on the Ultra Mobile PC. In the video, you can see the DialKeys keyboard at work. Marc Saltzman mentions that the thing most challenging the Ultra Mobile PC is going to battery life. I agree. I was actually pretty surprised at well Marc treated the Ultra Mobile PC — very [...]
MobileKinetics.com has sent me some screen shots of their HandPortal application for the Ultra Mobile PC that I posted about last evening. Click the thumbnails to see the full size. These are the type of applications that will make the UMPC successful — quick touch access to relevant data when you want it. By the [...]
– Editorial content: Okay, so we have a new mobile computing device looming on the horizon (note I said looming, not in hand). Great. So it comes with a few fun apps like Sudoku, IM client, and a few other standard type tools. Not enough. People have to have software, and they want software that [...]
– I picked this really great analysis up from this post in Loren Heiny’s blog this morning. Michael Gartenberg with Jupiter Research states that he has had an Ultra-Mobile PC for a “bit”, and offers some very insightful comments on where this device is going to enter the market. Very nice summation in my book. [...]
– Well, here at GottaBeMobile.com we want to provide you with more than just the standard press regurgitations, so I spent some time this morning looking for what is new for Ultra-Mobile PC devices (uhh, I guess it’s all new but you get the point). Not sure how I managed to get there, but I [...]
Microsoft has released the following guidelines as to what makes up the baseline specs for being called an Ultra Mobile PC: Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 OS Approximately 7†diagonal display (or smaller) Minimum 800 x 480 resolution Approximately 2 pounds Integrated touch panel WiFi- and Bluetooth-enabled According to the specs, Motion Computing’s LS800 [...]
– Robert Scoble has posted his video interview with Otto Berkes on Channel 9. It’s like 37 minutes long, and will give you lots of insider info. Great coverage Scoble! Here’s the quick text intro: “Otto Berkes is the architect (now general manager) behind the Ultra-Mobile PC team, code-named Origami. We have a conversation about [...]
– Well, the sites are popping up out of the woodwork at Microsoft. If you go to : http://www.origamiproject.com/default.aspx You will get a look at the new Origami Project site. Blogs, forums, FAQ’s, some cool background skin type stuff, are all up right now. Dustin Hubbard and Otto Berkes (the project leader) are already blogging [...]
Microsoft has just published their official press release on their Ultra Mobile PC (formally known as Origami). They feature some good Q & A’s with Bill Mitchell, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Platforms Division, that you might want to check out as well. Microsoft today unveiled details for Ultra-Mobile Personal Computers (UMPCs), a new category [...]
We have high res images of the Ultra Mobile PCs to be announced by Samsung. Click on the thumbnails to see the high res shots.
– Well, the final week of the www.origamiproject.com “teaser” is live and kicking! Head on over and see what it has to say! The most exciting aspect of this occurring is the realization that Ultra-Mobile PC computing is now a reality. This WILL change mobile computing, and will have an effect on us all. I [...]
– Things are happening fast right now, but if you want LOTS of good information on Ultra-Mobile PC’s and what Microsoft is saying about them, then you have to check out this site! On this site you will find lots of cool video, images of UMPC’s, plus be able to get a much better feel [...]
We’ve got the first bit of Ultra Mobile PC software news, even before the CeBit announcement. MobileKinetics has just launched their website, MobileKinetics.com , and is announcing their flagship application, HandPortal, designed specifically for the new Ultra Mobile PC. According to the news section on their site, Bill Gates will be talking about Mobile Kinetics during [...]
– Well, I had a good laugh a bit ago at Engadgets first look at the new Samsung Q1 Ultra Mobile PC at Cebit. It would seem that someone with the level of experience sifting through product “spin” like the Engadget folks would have had a reasonable set of expectations of what a new device [...]
– This is an awesome video done by ZDNet. A really nice demo of some of the hardware features, but also some software demos. They also spend some time looking at actual functionality and feature set, and this really does demonstrate what the difference is between a regular small Tablet PC and the UMPC. Here [...]
- Online News Writer Al Sacco posts this story from CIO.com that gives news of Samsung displaying a new Origami device at Cebit (see picture below).: “Samsung Electronics is showing the first device designed around Microsoft’s Origami project at the CeBIT electronics show in Germany. It is a handheld computer that falls somewhere between a [...]
– Lora Heiny over at WhatIsNew.com pinged me a bit ago with information that CNBC was doing a spot on Origami. Lora recorded the audio and trancribed it on her blog here. Here is a bit of the full story you can see on Lora’s site: “Intel showed Ultra-Mobile PCs — codename Origami — to [...]
– Well, Intel has released more information at IDF and on their website on UMPC. This is pretty much the biggest source of verifiable info on UMPC I have seen yet, and has links to a PDF file as well. Be SURE and check out the videos on the right side links as well! Here [...]
MobilityToday.com found some photos on www.UMPC.com and consequently uncovered a new community forum (that is running Community Server), as well as FAQ’s and other items related to Ultra Mobile PCs. Is this related to Origami? I’ll leave that up to you to decide. Intel should be announcing some info on UMPC at their Intel conference on [...]
– I’m not gonna do any speculation in this post about Origami. I do feel the need to warn you though – don’t get confused until you know the facts. If people are convinced that Origmai is an “UltraMobile PC” (UMPC), that is probably a good assumption, and I am willing to comment on that [...]
In what will be the first among many interviews with key players in the Tablet PC and Mobile PC industry, we are delighted to inaugurate this category with our interview with Scott Eckert, CEO of Motion Computing. Motion Computing’s current product line includes the LE1600 Tablet PC and LS800 ultra mobile tablet pc. GBM: Scott, Thank you for [...]
I never thought about checking the source code of www.OrigamiProject.com, but thanks to a commenter at Engadget , I decided to check it out. What is in the HTML source code of week 2? <!– Origami Project: the Mobile PC running Windows XP –> Here is a screen shot just in case it gets removed. [...]
I picked this up from TabletPCBuzz.com forum member MobilityBoy: this new flash based Ultra Mobile PC teaser – www.umpc.com Think MobilityBoy is working for Intel? I’m not sure of the total validity of this, but I find it interesting that it just popped up on the buzz and ties in very well with Origami…. All [...]
There seems to be a lot of speculation floating about around a new website that Microsoft just launched: http://www.origamiproject.com/. Not much detail at all on the site (quite a tease), but it tells folks to check back on 3/2 and then there is a 3rd week option, probably 3/9 .will be interesting to watch. Meanwhile, [...]
If you are interested in helping Microsoft affect the future of mobile computing, you might be interested in joining the Microsoft Mobile PC Advisory Council. I’ve pasted the letter below that I received from Microsoft. Your knowledge and feedback are vital to our success! Microsoft’s Mobile PC User Research team is building a panel of [...]
Intel shipping Ultra Mobile PC coming this quarter? More info coming out on UMPC’s….. Wonder how accurate this is? There is not a great deal of facts surrounding this project, so don’t draw too many quick conclusions. As we stated when blogging this from the Microsoft Mobile Partner Briefing, these specs are design goals, which may take [...]
The Intel collaboration news on ultra mobile pc just keeps coming. From Digiens (via Lora) The feature a photo what they are calling Samsung’s Ultra Mobile PC. I don’t see where it lines up with Microsoft’s Lifestyle PC spec, but it still looks pretty interesting. Samsung as an OEM would be a good choice. They [...]
Ken Hardy is talking more about the Lifestyle PC at the Mobile Division Partners Brief on making Windows Personal. Here are my notes from his talk: Lifestyle devices Small Enough to go anywhere Simple enough to be used naturally Fashionable enough to be carried Devices stop becoming bits and hardware, they are about the music collection, [...]
Arnie Lund is talking about the new Lifestyle PCs at the Microsoft Mobility Brief. The following are some of my notes from the brief His major talking points – a must-read to understand where Microsoft and the OEMs want to go with these ultra mobile / lifestyle device. These points paint a really good picture [...]
Look for the following device to be announced very soon From Bill Mitchell’s slide: The ideal Lifestyle Ultra-Mobile PCs will be wearable all day battery life (12 hr on-time) $500 msrp always on connection through 3G instant use 10†Pen based full windows based There will be trade offs of the above featues to hit [...]
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