notgartner

The Bleeding Edge web-site has a post up about the new Origami devices being targetted by Microsoft and specifically links to a review by Forbes Magazine. I think the problem that Forbes has is that they are on the moving vehicle which means all the large advancements are actually small from their perspective.

For example – I am seeing a lot more people buying Tablet PC’s these days even though here in Australia they cost between $3000 to $5000 dollars for one that is a suitable desktop replacement for someone like me (software developer).

Most people just use their computers for responding to e-mails, creating simple documents and surfing the web. And while the corporate development environment might have custom applications, in most cases they can be easily ported to a smaller more lightweight form factor.

At a price point of $1000 dollars the Origami actually has the potential to replace most desktops in the enterprise simply because they do everything people need (not everything the desktop can do). Organisations that previously stayed away from mobile technology because of the costs involved won’t have that problem anymore.

To drive the point home, my mobile device costs around $1,300 dollars and while it is also a phone, it doesn’t have anywhere near the capability of the Origami. I got it because it has a reasonable size screen, and a fold out keyboard – its a minature Tablet PC that runs Windows Mobile 5.0. The Origami is going to be cheaper!