‘Toshiba just says no to Origami’
Here, from jkOnTheRun. Toshiba’s mistake. Photo is from video interview with Otto Berkes, Origami’s chief architect. Related: Why e-book fans should root for the Origami to succeed–and what it will take, by our newest contributor, Snappy, based in Asia.
March 31st, 2006 at 11:53 pm
The more I watch this space, the less convinced I am that Toshiba is making a mistake. I suspect this is going to become another thing popular in vertical niche markets. The price tags on these things are just too outrageous; considering that you can get the same computational power in a $600 laptop that a $1,000 origami device provides, most people don’t seem willing to pay the price premium these things are going to cost, and if the real target for these things is consumers that price premium is really, really going to be a problem.
Fujitsu has a convertible tablet pc with an 8″ screen, long battery life, low weight, and just about all the specs these things have. It’s also $1500, so they aren’t exactly flying off the shelves.
When you can get one of these for the cost of a high-end iPod, then we have something to talk about.
April 1st, 2006 at 2:57 am
Hi, Richard. Six months from now the prices of low-end machines in the Origami class supposedly will be in the $500-$600 range. Let’s see if that happens by then, or at least in a year. It’s too early to say now. Meanwhile remember that the Origami can do much more than any iPod. David