Microsoft unwraps details for Ultra-Mobile Personal Computers - code named Origami

Today at CeBIT, Microsoft made some headlines with news of a new mobile PC form factor - aka. Origami! Introduced at CeBIT, the new mobile PC form factor, formerly codenamed “Origami,” provides full Windows functionality with an enhanced touch screen, pen and keyboard input. This explanation of the technology comes from Microsoft's Bill Mitchell, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Windows Mobile Platforms Division... UMPCs are a new category of mobile PCs designed to support our increasing mobile lifestyles. They support mobile-tuned user interface features such as touch, pen and dedicated buttons as well as keyboards for convenient access to Windows-based applications on-the-go. The extremely mobile nature of these devices, together with the richness of Windows PC technology, combine to create a powerful platform for mobile communications, entertainment, gaming and new scenarios such as location-based services as well. The "Origami" project is really our first step toward achieving a big vision. We believe that UMPCs will eventually become as indispensable and ubiquitous as mobile phones are today. We are working toward that goal with a sequence of advances in hardware and software. Our next step along the roadmap will take place in the Windows Vista release timeframe. But today’s UMPCs are a great choice for all those situations when you’re on the go, but need to keep informed, entertained and connected via the full functionality of a Windows PC - HEre's an image that will give you a better ide of where the cmpany is heading with this - http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/images/features/2006/03-09umpc_02_lg.jpg