People have been speculating like mad regarding Origami, Microsoft's super-secret new software, and there are pictures aplenty on the Web of the wacky prototypes cropping up. You can read about the Ultra Mobile PC concept on Intel site, but there's not much info up there, and all the guessing on the Net is confusing at best. According to Mary Jo over at Microsoft Watch,

"UMPCs will allow users to connect to the Internet, check e-mail and even do things like make VOIP (voice-over-IP) phone calls, manage photos, listen to music and watch video."

But that's just the UMPC. Here's the interesting fact: While there are definitely going to be UMPC products soon, like these neat thingys, Origami is a related but different concept. Mary Jo thinks it's a shell that runs on Windows and provides media functions, sort of like Microsoft's Media Center. The guys at Engadget think it's a new iteration of the Tablet PC.
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