Ars Technica: Tiny Haiku device still on Microsoft's radar
It now appears that the UMPC is merely a fork, not the end result of the Haiku project. The real Haiku continues to exist on the drawing boards of Microsoft's Ultra-Mobile PC group, and in the hands of Otto Berkes, general manager of that operation, who showed it off this week at the Via Technology Forum in Taipei.As originally described by Gates last year, the Haiku should weigh about one pound or a bit more and possibly be as thin as a finger. Additionally, it would hold a full one-day battery charge, and include camera, phone, music player, and eBook reader, in addition to its computational capabilities. Berkes admits that technology has not yet caught up with the design, but believes that Haiku might make it to market "in a few years." That's slightly less optimistic—but probably much more realistic—than Gates' original prediction of 2007.
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