Origami

Microsoft has a portable media player that looks very interesting. Actually it's more of a tablet PC. It's called right now as Project Origami. Here is an ad video Basically it looks as if it has Windows Vista running on it can. From the video we see people writing notes, importing and sending sound files, playing Halo, Drawing on what seems to be a highly improved version of paint, instant messaging, syncing with a camera phone as well as a digital camera, and web browsing. It uses a table interface, but also has a detachable keyboard. It's slightly large, about the size of a 6x8 or so. According to this article on Network World the device will be priced $500 or under. Will it be Micrsoft's Ipod killer? Probably not. It looks more like a cool laptop that you have to sync up with your computer. Also note that Microsoft has been discussing a new era of digital distrabution, where media such as DVD's will become invalid, as file transfer becomes more prominant. I'm excited to see what further details Microsoft releases. They are supposed to do the big reveal on March 2nd.