Microsoft Origami as a mobile POS?
There is a lot of buzz on the web about Microsoft’s Origami Project. Though Microsoft has not released any details about the project, we already know that Origami is a hand held device sized between a tablet PC and a PDA, running the Windows XP operating system.
Such a device might be of great use for traveling salesman. A laptop or a tablet PC are too heavy and too slow for daily use on the road, and PDA’s have a too small screen and lack the broad range of software offerings available on the Windows XP platform. A small device running ‘regular’ Windows XP can be used in many innovative ways, Of course, whether this device really can be used as a mobile system depends on the hardware options. Does it have Bluetooth to connect printers? What networking options will be available? WiFi? UMTS?
The device will be presented next week on the CeBIT show.