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Microsoft Origami To Play Halo
Gamasutra reports on elements of the Microsoft project code-named Origami, which has been revealed through some snooping to be a tablet PC. The device is shown playing Halo indicating there is likely to be some gaming aspect to the product. From the article: "Previous to the appearance of the DigitalKitchen video, Bill Gates had discussed a mobile PC concept at a conference in Seattle last year, where a non-working device called the Ultra Mobile 2007 was shown. At the time, Gates indicated that the device should have an 'all-day' battery life, weigh less than a pound and cost between $500 and $800. Microsoft has indicated it will unveil more details of the Origami Project 'in the coming weeks'."
...after something that you're supposed to fold?
Do you think it'll play Snap too?
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"The device is shown playing Halo..."
I hate to disappoint you, but that's certainly not the Halo I'm used to...
I heard about this a while ago in a promotional video and rather than an explicit game-only device (as the title suggested), the Origami Project concept seems similar to existing tablet PCs, with a large touch screen display noticeably bigger than either the iPod or PSP. In the video, actors can be seen using the device to listen to music, access the Internet, edit digital photos, controlling media on a home PC and playing video games. Quite a cheezy commercial actually.
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Of course M$ is showing Halo in the vid. That is kind of like putting a giant neon light that blinks, "Free porn" in your store window. Of course people will pay attention.
That being said, I want one if I get free porn with my collector's edition of Origami Halo.
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Besides giving the marketing deparment a stiffy is there any use for all products to do all things?
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I wonder if this new Origami product will be capable of playing paper mario...
Is that a tablet PC will be able to play PC games?
Is this supposed to be impressive somehow?
Gates indicated that the device should have an 'all-day' battery life, weigh less than a pound and cost between $500 and $800.
It only took them three tries to see the obvious faults in their tablet designs. Bravo!
If it does what they say, sign me up.
it would seem they have created another gaming device that requires Shaq sized hands. it would be better if they made the controls stick out on each side and be smaller so that you can hold the damn thing.
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Last year on Channel 9 we had the pleasure of seeing a brief interview with Bill Gates and during it hinted at a $500 tablet.
See a clip of this comment and explanation here.
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Just last week, I installed and churned my way through the PC version of Halo in a few days.
My 5-button mouse made a world of difference compared to the Xbox controller. I could finally map the punch key somewhere convienent.
Anyways, looking at the picture... how are you supposed to play Halo? Dock the tablet and use a keyboard?
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"Sensitive mercury switches inside the tablet allow you to clear the screen just by shaking it, while the core interface has been simplified down to two edge-positioned dials, using technologies licensed from Synaptics and Ohio Arts."
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Now, I'm not someone who has experienced this "Halo" game firsthand, but why are they bragging about a product that looks (at least from the picture I see in that article) like a colorized version of a drawing that my 5 year old made on his etch-a-scketch just last week? If that honestly displays the graphical capabilities of of XBox and Halo, I'm glad I didn't waste my money.
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Okay, I don't know a lot about today's video games, but if the picture in the linked article is any indication, graphics have really gone downhill in the last couple years. I thought Halo was supposed to have all sorts of cool visuals! When did we degrade to MS-paint style video games?
C'mon nobody has guessed this? I'd bet money it's some type of portable using an eInk display. Sony's got one in the works already. MS isn't going to let this new market slip past them!
Many Bothans died to bring us this information...
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digitalkitchen took it down, but youtube has a copy.
Someone could get hurt. One of your "jokes" could klunk and break someone's foot.
It seems the only hit that Microsoft has is Halo. No thanks, I already played it on the Xbox.
A since-removed promotional video...shows a portable computer whose functionality is likely to straddle both markets.
I this a subtle clue that M$ wants to get into the lucrative adult entertainment biz? Pretty interesting coming from *gamasutra*...
We're all hypocrites. We all have hidden parts, it's the contrast between them that make us more a hypocrite than others
But "breaking someone's foot" is always considered funny... unless it's your own.
What new battery technology suddenly allows a backlit lcd panel to last 24 hours? First he likely means that 8-hours is equal to all-day. And even though he didn't say it I bet that also means "usual use", so we can expect the battery to last 2-hours when playing Halo, just like the PocketPC.
None of course. Am I the only one that is getting tired of this kind of out-right lie? First it was 15 inch monitors where actually 14-inches. 120GB hard-drives arn't actually close to an actual 120GB.
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why are they bragging about a product that looks (at least from the picture I see in that article) like a colorized version of a drawing that my 5 year old made on his etch-a-scketch just last week?
It's not intended to display the product's game graphics capability any more than a screenshot of Nintendo's PictoChat is intended to display that of the Nintendo DS.
And I've already played Halo 5 on my original PlayStation. I don't have photos, but I do have a photo of playing Halo 2.
Gates indicated that the device should have an 'all-day' battery life, weigh less than a pound and cost between $500 and $800.
/. troll can do it, we don't need Gates for that.
Sure it should. But how about talking what it will have? Throwing up a list of "nice to have" features is so trivial, any
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