So what's the difference between PSP and Microsoft's Origami? Tom's Hardware tells us...
Tom's Networking points out the differences between Microsoft's newly announced UltraPortable XP machine (UMPC) with Sony's Playstation Portable:
With the US suggested retail price of PSP dropping to $199.99 this upcoming Wednesday, the as-yet-unannounced prices of the PSP-300 camera/VoIP attachment and the PSP-290 GPS receiver
would have to be astronomical to forge the price gulf between the PSP
platform and the $900 average price for similarly equipped UMPC devices
available this year. So what would the differences be, to justify the
UMPC's apparent price premium?
Microsoft would point out that the UMPC runs Windows...and quite
possibly, so would Sony. The PSP lacks a keyboard, but then again, so
do the UMPC devices we've seen thus far. The UMPC, however, has a
touch-sensitive screen that utilizes Windows' built-in handwriting
input.
By comparison, some PSP applications including the new Web browser
utilize text input software using the joystick controls, which some
users have likened to operating a cell phone by remote control. One
intrepid group of engineers have actually developed a Web site which
acts as its own virtual PSP keyboard, so browser users can perform a
process slightly more similar to typing.
While Microsoft could argue that a PlayStation Portable is far from
a fully functional PC, especially in terms of possibilities, Sony could
come right back with the question, exactly what does a UMPC do?
Source: Daily Wireless