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Photos: Origami minitablets

By · July 18, 2006, 8:42 AM PST · billdetwiler

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  • Intel showed off two prototypes of ultramobile PC devices at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday. The models are examples of full-featured, low-wattage minitablets that can run a variant of Windows XP, developed as part of Microsoft's Origami Project.

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  • This prototype mobile PC, about the size of a paperback book, has a 7-inch touch screen and standard x86 processors. It can run full versions of desktop operating systems beyond the XP variant from Origami.

    Scott Ard/CNET News.com

  • The second Origami-like model has a QWERTY keyboard that swivels out as needed. There is also a navigation panel.

    The hardware uses Intel's ultralow-voltage chips.

    Scott Ard/CNET News.com

  • The Origami-like device is shown with the keyboard and panel tucked away. The product could slip easily into a large pocket.

    Scott Ard/CNET News.com

Intel showed off two prototypes of ultramobile PC devices at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday. The models are examples of full-featured, low-wattage minitablets that can run a variant of Windows XP, developed as part of Microsoft's Origami Project.

Ina Fried/CNET News.com

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