>>>>>>>>Anybody have something serious about that new portable (Origami) by Microsoft.
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>>>>>>>>For example : All the specs, release date, price...
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>>>>>>>http://www.origamiportal.com/modules/news/
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>>>>>>Thanks Victor.
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>>>>>Are you thinking of buying one? Only thing that seems dumb so far is that they don't make any with GSM for CDMA stuff built into them - so you can use them as a cell phone or wireless modem too. I have a pocketpc/cellphone and as long as I have that seems like a Origami would kinda be a waste.
>>>>>I wonder how many of these $1000 devices they'll sell - I wonder how many people will be willing to spend that much on a device that could so easily be dropped, lost, or stolen.
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>>>>I'm looking for a portable with a touchscreen. I tried a tablet pc and the pen is a problem for me. So the touchscren is the the only reason so far I'm interested by the Origami.
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>>>>Unless there are real speedy touchscreens portables out there with a good price.
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>>>Interesting......The tablet I had for a while came with the pen/stylus thing,
>>but it was also touch screen. I was under the impression that they all worked like that.
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>>Which one did you use? Why did you stop using it?
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>I had the Compaq TC1100.
>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1383088,00.asp
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>I stopped using it when I sold it to a friend because I needed the $ at the time. Overall I was pretty happy with it (very stable, lots of cool goodies) - but it was only a 1.0gz machine so it was kinda slow for what I wanted to use it for. The thing was super light-weight and with the pen, the handwriting recognition in it was increadable. (anything that can read MY handwriting is awsome...hahaha)
>Since then I've read some comaprison reviews and I recall that there were better ones out there.....my only real complaint was the 1.0gz. Was able to run the thing for like 5 or 6 hours on the battery though.....

My sister's boyfriend has that particular model. I tried it a while ago and it did work only with the pen. Nothing happened when I touched the screen with my finger.

I just called him just to be sure and he told me that effectively it only worked with the pen. Perhaps there's a setting to make it really work like a touchscreen. Do you recall such a setting necessary to make it work that way?

But like you say the speed could be a problem depending on what has to be done with it.