Thursday, March 02, 2006
Microsoft might release their new hand held march 9
A while ago on air I discussed the fact that Microsoft were not going to sit on their hands and let Apple eat into the hand help audio market for long. Microsoft have been working on a project to create a hand held portable device and it is said according to Reuters that the veil of mystery surrounding Microsoft's secretive Origami portable device lifted just a little on Thursday after the firm updated the project's cryptic Web site, hinting that all would be revealed on a possible launch date of March 9.
March 9 is also the launch in Hannover of CeBit, the world's largest annual trade show for the information and telecommunications technology industry and its is thought Microsoft may be choosing to lauch the product at the CeBit trade show.
Information from Microsoft on Origami is very sketchy to say the least. However, industry insiders predict it is the company's long-awaited offering hoping to take a bite out of rival Apple's all-conquering i-Pod. Whilst I-tunes is software freely available it only interacts with I-POD and a few licensed mobile phone mp3 players, at present the Windows Media Player platform integrates with many portable devices. However, you would have to wonder how long for if Microsoft want sales of the new hand held device to pick up media player might have to be locked down on new versions.
The only details released so far have been on the Microsoft registered website www.origamiproject.com, along with cryptic questions such as "who am I?," "do you know me?," "do you know what I can do?" and "wondering where to find me?" sending rumors flying round Internet Web sites and chatrooms.
The hand help device is expected to be the size of a paperback book, able to play music, games, connect to the internet and run software. The website is www.origamiproject.com
