Microsoft produces mini tablets

When the first super-mobile Origami computer devices just appeared, Microsoft was eye-catching to the second Origami, with the name of the inner ear being "Vista-gami".

Source: Linux-magazine

These second-generation ultra-mini tablets are likely to remain "the original original" of the early Origami, the only difference being that they run on Windows Vista, instead of the current XP operating system.

In the hope of analysts, Vistagami will have cheaper retail prices than their "predecessors" (such as Q1's Samsung which starts at $ 1100).

Of course, Microsoft does not hold the illusion that its supercomputers may drop to the ceiling price of $ 500, but they insist " not satisfied with the expensive of the early generation Origami ". " We are disappointed. We should have seen a much lower price ," said Mika Krammer, Microsoft's product marketing manager.

Microsoft was extremely successful in stirring up public opinion with a massive promotion campaign for the Origami idea. The advantage is that the software giant always opens and opens this project, hiding details related to price, method of product distribution, etc.

Cheap price is the key

Microsoft proved extremely confident in this idea. " The compact factor is extremely important, because it is more convenient, more mobile ." But obviously, Krammer, a former Gartner expert, agrees that short battery life (less than a day) and high prices are preventing the Origami from reaching the mass market.

Wanting to lower costs, Microsoft was forced to raise a wave of competition between computer manufacturers and supply components together. The introduction of systems running Via processors like TabletKiosk models can help Vistagami cost much cheaper, Krammer said.

Everyone understands, only being cheap, Origami can get out of the image of a "technology toy" only for people with lots of money.

Market research firm In-Stat predicts that shipments of mini-PCs will increase to 7.8 million in 2011. Intel's vice president Gadi Singer said the mini PC market will reach 100 million units a year. , but it was at any time that he did not specify.

In Vistagami's case, Microsoft plans to release the second-generation ultra-mini machines on the occasion of Vista's launch (January 2007). According to the plan, Vistagami will install a software package that adds many features, allowing scanning and opening programs in the machine more easily.

In addition, the Vistagami's screen will be about 7 inches wide or slightly smaller. Other features are still in the scope of review.

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