Microsoft Also Readying "Haiku", A Smaller Origami

Lots of people are writing about how Microsoft is still doing development work on "Haiku", the code-name for an even smaller PC form factor than the "Origami" Ultra Mobile PCs. In some ways the Haikus are what the UMPC was supposed to be, and are still being targetted at a $500-700 price point and with all-day batteries, but in a smaller package with smaller screens. It almost seems like Microsoft is readying an new form factor to accelerate the work to actually make the UMPC what it was always supposed to do. The Origami sacrificed battery life and pricing to keep to Microsoft's form factor specifications, when they would have been better off sacrificing screen size and some features to keep pricing and battery life at reasonable levels (which they certainly were not). Maybe Microsoft hopes that the Haiku will force them to actually get it right the second time around. More coverage at: Ars Technica Engadget has Haiku haikus:

When was the last time Microsoft got something right Don't believe the hype big and expensive, origami disappoints. now wait for haiku Don't like this version? We'll do better the next time! Just wait a few years Don't you buy this thing Something better will come out Surely in a year