Download Origami Experience and passing of the torch

Hi all, I'm happy to announce that Origami Experience has been published to the download center for UMPC users who install or upgrade to Windows Vista. If you don't know what Origami Experience is, read some of the previous blogs and check out the video demo we have.

So, when you are all ready, click on the link below to download the Origami Experience Pack. It includes Origami Experience, Sudoku, and Windows Vista Touch Settings.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AC349E84-C109-4AE7-A973-411C1DE2457F&displaylang=en

Note that DialKeys is not included in the download version. DialKeys is only available pre-installed on new UMPCs so if you wipe your UMPC or upgrade to Windows Vista, DialKeys will be unavailable.

Keep an eye out on the Download Center (http://microsoft.com/downloads) for the international versions of the Origami Experience Pack later this week. Ink Desktop and Experience Pack for Windows Vista will be published this week as well.

Finally, MS Reader - Optimized for Origami will go live later in February. I was personally amazed at how great of a reading device UMPCs really became once a good software implementation was created.

On a completely seperate note, I wanted to formally announce that my entire team and I (with the exception of Jeremy) have been asked to move off of UMPC and go to work on a new secret project. The new Product Unit Manager (PUM) for UMPC at Microsoft will be Oscar Koenders. Moving forward you can expect to see some new faces from Microsoft blogging and responding to forum posts, but I'm sure Sears, Emily, myself and the rest of the team will still be checking in from time to time.

Launching this site has been a lot of fun for me. I had the vision to create a community site for UMPC enthusiasts and new users alike to meet other people and to have a direct communication with the software engineering team as Microsoft. The team and I have learned a ton from running this site and have really enjoyed all the interaction that we've been able to have with all the members, which continues to grow daily. We average around 80,000 site visits a day and it's been our pleasure to listen, help and educate you all on UMPC and the Microsoft vision for small form factor computing.

Thanks,

Dustin

Read the complete post at http://origamiproject.com/blogs/team_blog/archive/2007/01/30/16136.aspx