Several interesting posts today:
- ActiveNick has a lot to say. He’s under NDA, but he talks about the priorities Microsoft revealed, on the record, in February. (his 2/13/06 post is great, too!)
- Martin of Tablet UML News reports that he knows something, but he’s under NDA.
- Paul Mooney has notes from a Microsoft presentation (presumably the same presentation that ActiveNick saw in February). Good stuff!
- Scoble and Dennis Rice are trying to manage their own expectations. I’m definitely guilty of pinning all kinds of hopes and dreams on this thing.
I’ve given a little more thought to what I want out of the device.
- 1 GB of Ram (or expandable to that)
- 30 GB Hard Drive
- Docking Station with SVGA out or SVGA out on the unit
- PCMCIA slot
- Touch screen that works with fingers. Don’t laugh – some screens only respond to a special stylus.
- Wifi, Bluetooth
- Ethernet port
- At least one USB port
- $900 or less
- Gyro sensors
- Basic 3d graphics
- Basic protective case
- At least 1024 pixels in longest edge of the screen
- Screen rotation – portrait / landscape
- Available in March or April
What am I willing to give up?
- Kick butt 3d graphics
- Battery life – I can live with 3 hours
- Ultra high resolution stylus input with pressure and tilt sensing
- Buttons
- SD/CF slots
- Built-in VGA port
- Built-in camera
- Built-in microphone
- IR
- S-Video Out
- CD/DVD drive – leave it out of the unit and the docking station
You can see other posts about Origami on my blog here.
6 responses so far ↓
Steve Paine // March 5, 2006 at 5:03 am |
Hello John
I agree with your specs apart from the 1024-wide display.
I’ve just published an update to my carrypad journal including an overview of the market segment I think Origami should be in. IMHO 1024-wide screen is not ideal. It also needs some sort of keyboard input to succeed.
http://blog.carrypad.com/2006/03/portable-computing-segments-summary.html
Regards
Steve.
GottaBeMobile.com - What would make for a successful Origami device for you? // March 5, 2006 at 6:55 am |
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GottaBeMobile.com - What do you want from Origami? // March 5, 2006 at 11:42 am |
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John Tokash’s Blog » Origami Report: Sunday, March 5th 2006 // March 5, 2006 at 11:30 pm |
[...] Finally, I’ve been thinking about the list I published yesterday and I’d like to make some changes: [...]
Una foto nueva y más listas // March 6, 2006 at 4:34 am |
[...] En el blog de John Tokash, que exagera un poco: * 1 GB of Ram (or expandable to that) * 30 GB Hard Drive * Docking Station with SVGA out or SVGA out on the unit * PCMCIA slot * Touch screen that works with fingers. Don’t laugh – some screens only respond to a special stylus. * Wifi, Bluetooth * Ethernet port * At least one USB port * $900 or less * Gyro sensors * Basic 3d graphics * Basic protective case * At least 1024 pixels in longest edge of the screen * Screen rotation – portrait / landscape * Available in March or April [...]
John Tokash’s Blog » Origami Report: Tuesday Late Night, March 7th 2006 // March 8, 2006 at 12:00 am |
[...] Origami Report: Saturday, March 4th 2006 ActiveNick is under NDA. Martin of Tablet UML News is under NDA. Paul Mooney has notes from a Microsoft presentation. Scoble and Dennis Rice are trying to manage their own expectations. My revised thoughts on a good Origami feature set. I’ve given a little more thought to what I want out of the device. Also, what I don’t need. [...]