Origami Shmorigami

21Mar06

Speaking of natty new devices, during my brief hiatus Microsoft finally announced just wtf the Origami was about, and it turns out it’s not just a poor viral marketing campaign1. It’s actually a mediocre handheld PC. At least that’s what it looks like at first glance.
They’re calling it the Ultra-Mobile PC. Quite [...]

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Apple Media Mac?

21Mar06

A couple of weeks ago myself and Olivier had some discussions over Apple, Microsoft and Media PCs. Simplifying things, and without getting into the guts of the arg…discussion, Olivier felt that Apple were already competing with Microsoft’s MCE because the Mac can play video, while I disagreed because I believe that a true media [...]

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Microsoft iPod Box

03Mar06

As I mentioned in an earlier posting, the iPod box is an example of Apple’s ability to produce really nice stuff. The difference in style between Microsoft and Apple seems to be pretty fundamental (see this comparison between the presentation style of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs for example). Now someone has produced [...]

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