I have thought about a possible name to UMPC type computers for a long time. I couldn’t really find a good name but in this serious thinking, but i got sure of one thing: a class name is definitely essential. Considering it is a PC, i found lots of stuff : uPC, sPC (small PC), nanoPC … better stuff , even worse things… Yes, UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) is not an Ultimate trendy name, but it is a good name for this class. And Origami is a very very good name and it is not good a good class name, but very good project name as it is. In Loren’s research on Tuxreports, Origami name is found as a better ad keyword than UMPC. Of course it should be because UMPC term has not existed for a long time but for 1 month (which is a month that is not very far from us!!!) As time passes, UMPC term will be much more used.
But both Origami and UMPC is found “barbaric” and “sucking”. Find better names and please inform me what you find.
AND, i found Bill Bennett’s article , lets just say not very well thought. He says “If the Origami had Newton-like software, it could be a world beater.” ….
Even comparing Newton’s “not very OS” to a nice, modern OS like Tablet PC 2005 is not very bright. And again directly from his article : “Even if you think Windows is a cracking desktop operating system, you have to admit it’s not much cop on handheld systems and even worse on mobile phones.” So there are better ones? I used Symbian (both on Nokia 6600 and Sony Ericsson P900) ,Palm OS and Linux (on A1000). And i used a Pocket PC and a MPX200 too. I can’t even think about using a PDA not using Windows. (apperantly Palm began to think this way too: Treo 700w) If you want to write codes on the go, it is a different thing but i don’t. Yes, Windows was slow on phone due to their processors, it is over now and using a modern OS on a phone comes with a price.
I found Bill a good fan of Apple. (and no i’m not a Microsoft employee or fan, and there is not so many fans of them either)
http://journals.tuxreports.com/lch/archives/003440.html
http://reseller.co.nz/Reseller/Reseller.nsf/0/18E0DB5E3C04934FCC25713800730267?OpenDocument&More=Editorial
http://www.umpcbuzz.com/blogs/umpc_buzz/archive/2006/03/23/7691.aspx
