Phase 1: Build something to big for your pocket and too small for work
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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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. - Anonymous
March 12, 2006
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May 31, 2009
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