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hbgator

Thu 02 Mar, 2006


micros0ft's Origami puzzle begins to unfold

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The veil of mystery surrounding Microsoft's <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> secretive Origami portable device lifted just a little on Thursday after the firm updated the project's cryptic Web site,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> hinting that all would be revealed on March 9.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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It may be coincidence,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> but March 9 is also the launch in Hannover of CeBit,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> the world's largest annual trade show for the information and telecommunications technology industry.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Information from Microsoft on Origami is sketchy to say the least.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Industry reports predict it is the company's long-awaited offering hoping to take a bite out of rival Apple's <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> all-conquering i-Pod.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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The only details released so far have been on the Microsoft registered website w*w.origamiproject.com,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> along with cryptic questions such as <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"who am I?<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"do you know me?<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"do you know what I can do?<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> and <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"wondering where to find me?<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> sending rumors flying round Internet Web sites and chatrooms.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Origami is expected to be the size of a paperback book,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> able to play music,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> games,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> connect to the internet and run software.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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The viral marketing approach is well employed by Apple,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> with a feeding frenzy of media attention and rumors generated ahead of each release of the iPod,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> iBook and iMac products as the often wildly conflicting information is dripped out drop by drop.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>