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Origami Feedback Mixed, says Samsung

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-we-really-meant-was-... dept.

Ben Camm-Jones writes "Citing a mixture of reactions from customers who bought its Q1 device, Samsung has said that the pre-launch teaser campaign run by Microsoft about the Origami project may have been misleading."

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  1. May have been? by GundamFan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft misleading? Naw...

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  2. What I expected by TheOtherChimeraTwin · · Score: 5, Funny

    I always feared that project would fold.

    1. Re:What I expected by dgatwood · · Score: 5, Funny

      It looked good on paper....

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  3. what the article says by Tearfang · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those of you who don't want to read the article this is the section detailing how people felt mislead:
    "someone [with prior] understanding of Origami, [they have been] saying 'We expected this and expected that' and comparing specification and price with laptop computers," said Steel. But even though a laptop can deliver more, it comes at a price, Steel noted."

  4. Hype? NO WAY! by ELProphet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, Microsoft hyped a product (that seems to do take a good jab at it's niche), and someone says it *looked* like it might have done something else. When I see an add for a BigMac on TV, and go in to buy one, it's not *as* big or *as* juicy as in the commercial, but still worth it. So, marketers promoted a product? Big deal.

  5. Re:Waste of bandwidth by man_of_mr_e · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, I got to play with one over the weekend. The handwriting recognition was excellent. Without training, it read my chicken scratch quite accurately (not a single misread). The voice recognition required more training, so I didn't use that. Battery life was, as expected, about 2 hours, which was fine for me. There's supposed to be an extended battery coming out for it in the next few months, and i'm almost always near an outlet when i'd be using it.

    Weight was fine. I didn't find it too heavy at all. It even played WoW quite well. The digitizer was a little slow to react, but that was about it. I was VERY impressed, considering it's half the cost of tablet PC and provides far more functionality than a pocket pc. Exactly what I was looking for.

    I think i'll buy one when the LED backlit version comes out.

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