Thursday, March 09, 2006

I had a hard time at first wrapping my head around the purpose of the new Origami initiative from Microsoft. That was until BetaNews posted that Sling media would be developing for the Origami and it all began to make sense.

I tunnelled over to Channel 9 and took a gander at the Origami first look – love the stand BTW – and it is all becoming clearer now.

Sling Media to Develop for 'Origami' PC:

Not far behind Thursday's announcement of the Ultra-Mobile PC by Microsoft, Sling Media said it would begin offering a customised version of its SlingPlayer software for the platform. The company says it sees the new market as an ideal solution for portable entertainment.

[Via BetaNews.Com]

Tag: Origami Microsoft Mobile

posted on 3/9/2006 2:30:35 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]
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  • Chris Breisch posted these great how to links for .NET developers.

    How Tos for .NET:

    A great set of “HOWTO”’s from the p&p group at Microsoft.  They cover quite a bit of territory:

    [Via Chris Breisch]
    posted on 3/9/2006 1:10:39 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]
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  •  Tuesday, March 07, 2006

    Here is my take on what your Cingular’s Real Enabled phone will look like in service:

    Bufferphone

    You should get used to that little green “Buffering line”.

    I also foresee the following feature set:

    64 MB flash… Wait it’s Real, you can’t really save the video… let’s make that 16MB.
    1.5 GB of RAM… Remember, it’s Real player. I think this should be enough.
    3 Midi files (all stored on the internal 16MB flash card) – “You lost that lovin’ feelin’”, “Waiting on a miracle” and “Axel F” for you to listen to while buffering.
    A custom WAP home page with three links to the three sites that still encode ANYTHING in Real.

    The new portalet will be called “PluralCingular.com”, because that name makes about as much sense as partnering with Real for this type of technology.

    Via: BetaNews | Cingular Taps Real for Video Service

    Cingular on Tuesday announced the availability of Cingular Video, a free service to subscribers of its high-speed data network. The deployment, which is the first commercial use of RealNetwork's Helix technology, would be available in the 16 markets currently served by the carrier's 3G UMTS/HSDPA network.

    posted on 3/7/2006 4:15:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]
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