Several interesting posts today:

• ActiveNick has a lot to say. He’s under NDA, but he talks about the priorities Microsoft revealed, on the record, in February. (his 2/13/06 post is great, too!)
• Martin of Tablet UML News reports that he knows something, but he’s under NDA.
• Paul Mooney has notes from a Microsoft presentation (presumably the same presentation that ActiveNick saw in February). Good stuff!
• Scoble and Dennis Rice are trying to manage their own expectations. I’m definitely guilty of pinning all kinds of hopes and dreams on this thing.

I’ve given a little more thought to what I want out of the device.

• 1 GB of Ram (or expandable to that)
• 30 GB Hard Drive
• Docking Station with SVGA out or SVGA out on the unit
• PCMCIA slot
• Touch screen that works with fingers. Don’t laugh – some screens only respond to a special stylus.
• Wifi, Bluetooth
• Ethernet port
• At least one USB port
• $900 or less
• Gyro sensors
• Basic 3d graphics
• Basic protective case
• At least 1024 pixels in longest edge of the screen
• Screen rotation – portrait / landscape
• Available in March or April

What am I willing to give up?

• Kick butt 3d graphics
• Battery life – I can live with 3 hours
• Ultra high resolution stylus input with pressure and tilt sensing
• Buttons
• SD/CF slots
• Built-in VGA port
• Built-in camera
• Built-in microphone
• IR
• S-Video Out
• CD/DVD drive – leave it out of the unit and the docking station

You can see other posts about Origami on my blog here.

Paul Hoover, apparently from the Origami team, is asking for feedback on the Origami concept with an eye towards ebooks.  The dialogue so far is in TeleRead’s comment section!

Nothing else is new on this front since yesterday’s report (Origami Report: Thursday, March 2nd 2006).