CES 2008: Microsoft Origami Experience 2.0 Booth

The Origami Experience 2.0 looked neat. The first version of it was only relatively helpful since it left much to be desired as far as usability, but it looks like MS took more into account such as actual usage. 

There’s a NOW screen that grabs all the things it thinks are new and interesting (mail, podcasts, weather, music, news, etc.) and I really liked the picture password option it adds. Picture password displays a picture of your choice and you touch the points on the picture in the order that you earlier designated as your “password.” More like a passcode. I thought it was cool.

Shown below is the easy-to-use (or so I hear) browser that navigates full-screen and has many touch features like big buttons and smart-complete web addresses (it guesses what you’re typing as you type it in). I’d have to try it myself to really see if it’s easier or not, but it looked easy for the MS guy to demo.

Picture password screen (shown below).

I think this was the Now screen…it was something like this, if not.

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