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February 27, 2006

Over the weekend, promotional video from Microsoft's handheld device, codenamed "Origami Project", surfaced on the website of promotions company, DigitalKitchen, before being taken back down again.  Before this point, the device was little more than rumors, as nobody had seen it yet, but the movie footage that showed up on the site in question has acted as tangible proof that Microsoft is indeed working on a sort of handheld device.

It appears that the Origami Project is an attempt to walk the line between a PC tablet, and a game system, judging from the promotional video.  There are a number of scenes in it that show people using the unit to control media on their PC, listen to music, eidt photos, and play games (one sequence shows someone playing Halo on the unit).

The unit appears to be somewhat bulky, with users being able to 

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operate it via a large touch screen, and will be Windows-based.  Microsoft, for their part, have confirmed that they are indeed working on the Origami Project, and say that more information about the unit will be revealed "soon".

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