{"id":240,"date":"2006-02-27T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2006-02-27T21:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/index.php\/2006\/02\/27\/what-is-the-sound-of-one-hand-clapping\/"},"modified":"2006-02-27T16:00:17","modified_gmt":"2006-02-27T21:00:17","slug":"what-is-the-sound-of-one-hand-clapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2006\/02\/27\/what-is-the-sound-of-one-hand-clapping\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the sound of one hand clapping?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever noticed how leading up to Macworld there’s a blizzard of rumour and speculation about what kind of cool new products Apple will release? The rumours are invariably wrong (remember the big-screen TV with a computer in it<\/a> that one site figured was a shoe-in?), but it makes for fun reading. It looks as though Microsoft may be taking some lessons from Steve Jobs, the king of buzz-building, with a new portable device that is said to be in the works — code-named “Origami.”<\/a><\/p>\n

According to several different reports, including one from respected tech site Ars Technica<\/a>, Origami is a small portable device with a detachable keyboard and a Tablet PC-style screen — a device that might allow you to take the screen with you and watch movies or listen to music, or perhaps surf the Web, with a keyboard for entering large amounts of data if necessary. There’s a “viral marketing” website<\/a> with few details, other than a note that more info will be forthcoming on March 2nd. Coincidentally, Apple is also set to announce something mysterious a few days before that<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some sites have been having fun with the idea<\/a> of Origami, but it seems obvious that something is coming (the original ad for the as-yet-unseen device is gone from the agency’s website, but video-sharing site YouTube managed to grab a copy<\/a>). The Scobleizer has effectively confirmed<\/a> the existence of such a device or project, which seems to be more like a mini-Tablet than a video iPod type of device, although he’s been backpedaling a little on the whole thing. Even the New York Times has picked up on the buzz, with a piece<\/a> about the speculation, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has something too<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whether the reality of Origami lives up to the buzz, of course, remains to be seen. As my buddy Kent Newsome notes, Microsoft is likely in for a backlash if it isn’t<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Have you ever noticed how leading up to Macworld there’s a blizzard of rumour and speculation about what kind of cool new products Apple will release? The rumours are invariably wrong (remember the big-screen TV with a computer in it that one site figured was a shoe-in?), but it makes for fun reading. It looks … <\/p>\n

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