A look at Origami's UI

We prefer to leave the gadget news coverage to the pros so we haven't been covering every little development in Microsoft's no-longer-mysterious Origami "ultramobile" handheld tablet PC buzz campaign, but we are user interface nerds, so Engadget's coverage of Origami's novel "Touch Pack Interface" piqued our interest. The core of the Origami Touch Pack Interface is a virtual keyboard in the form of two quarter-circles that the user controls with his thumbs. It looks pretty cool, but will it work? Or should we preemptively add "Origami thumb" to our medical vernacular?

For lots more Origami info and lots of photos of Origami devices from Samsung, Asus, and more, head over to Engadget, where the CeBIT coverage is fast and furious. This post is a good place to start.

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