{"id":548221,"date":"2006-03-13T06:48:36","date_gmt":"2006-03-13T06:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/548221-microsoft-origami-unfolds.html"},"modified":"2006-03-13T06:48:36","modified_gmt":"2006-03-13T06:48:36","slug":"microsoft-origami-unfolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/548221-microsoft-origami-unfolds.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft \u201cOrigami\u201d unfolds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">\u201cOrigami\u201d was a code word for what Microsoft has termed the \u201cUMPC\u201d \u2013 the ultra mobile PC. This is a new market segment \u2013 created by Microsoft &#8211; that they believe will grow tremendously in future.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Bill Mitchell, corporate vice president of Microsoft&#8217;s Windows Mobile Platforms Division stated that \u201cUMPC&#8217;s are a new category of mobile PCs designed to support our increasing mobile lifestyles.\u201d <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Essentially, Microsoft has decided to pitch a product in the sector that is bigger than PDA\u2019s, but smaller than tablet PC\u2019s.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">This comes in response to Bill Gates\u2019 call in 2005 for the computer industry to produce PC\u2019s that are \u201cless expensive, lighter and more functional.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">The first examples from Samsung and Founder are set to hit the markets in the second quarter of 2006, and retail for around $600-$1000. These PC\u2019s will run on Intel or VIA chips, and make use of Windows XP. Future models will reportedly run Windows Vista. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Current size specification put UMPC\u2019s at less than 1kg, with a screen size of 7 inches (17.8 cm). A choice of input methods is available: handwriting recognition using a stylus, an onscreen QWERTY keyboard, or a more traditional external USB keyboards.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Microsoft says other built-in features might include Ethernet, Bluetooth, Wi-fi, compact flash and SD readers, GPS, fingerprint reader, webcam and more.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">This is not Microsoft\u2019s first dip into the mobile market. In the late nineties they attempted to tackle the then-leader Palm with Windows CE. However, creating a whole new category of PC obviously creates a whole new computer segment needing operating systems and other software. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">When building UMPC-optimised applications, software developers who \u201calready target Windows XP will be able to utilize existing Windows development knowledge\u201d. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Microsoft envisages that this segment will fulfil the need of permanently carrying a device for Internet connectivity, gaming, communication and other features. It remains to be seen if consumers agree with the creation of this new segment.<\/font><\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft finally released details of the long-discussed \u201cOrigami\u201d project at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}