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Phase 1: Build something to big for your pocket and too small for work

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Scoble says… Yes. The hype got too big too fast.  

The whole thing just reminds me of a certain South Park episode that’s commonly quotes on Slashdot…

Phase 1: Collect Underpants

Phase 2: ???

Phase 3: Profit

I believe the project has a great amount of potential and I like the concept of the thumb keypad.  However, IMO, The ??? in the Origami project is the scenario and the software to enable that scenario.  We’ve built a device that should have a market that fills the gap between the PDA and full Tablet PCs, but at the moment, I don’t understand what you do with that sort of device… I’m probably just getting old and someone will just tell me I’m not the target customer.

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  • Anonymous
    March 11, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    March 11, 2006
    Yesterday evening I ate dinner in a restaurant down the street, and got all excited when I thought a guy at the bar actually was using an Origami device.  Turns out, he was using the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet (http://www.nokiausa.com/770), something very similar to the Origami, but more focused around web browsing and less around a full-featured computer.

    I spent some time trying to figure out what benefit he was getting out of the device compared to a WiFi-enabled cell phone or a full-fledged laptop.  I think the benefit is in a "laptop replacement".  Laptop's are too big.  Trying to use one on the bus is a pain...mine's so big that when I open the display, it hits the seat in front of me.  For watching a movie, listening to some tunes, responding to some basic email, and browsing through my RSS feeds, a sub-$500 Origami device would be perfect.  I could then free myself from 6 pounds in my backpack every day.

    Can you tell I'm trying desparately to help justify the existence of the thing?  :)
  • Anonymous
    March 11, 2006
    Gotta agree. It's certainly a cool device, but I have trouble seeing where I would use it. I wonder if, like Josh, I am getting too old.
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    March 12, 2006
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