>>>>>>>>>>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.....
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>>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.
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>>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?
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>>But like you say the speed could be a problem depending on what has to be done with it.
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>hmmmmm.... I don't recall having to change any settings. I've got a call into the guy I sold it too & maybe he can try it on that one.
>As far as the speed is concerned - if you know someone with one, perhaps they'll let you play with it for an hour or two so you can see if its going to be fast enough....and like I said I read some reviews that compared this tablet with a couple of other ones and there was at least one of the other ones that rated better.

My sister's boyfriend let me test some things on his Compaq. The speed was fine but this was for demoing an app. But at 1ghz I know that I can forget about using that machine for development on .net

No problem for VFP development though. But I'd like that machine to last for some years. So because of the longevity factor I can forget about the TC1100. But still if there's a way to really use it as a touchscreen and if I can get one second hand not too expensive it could be interesting.