Making fun of botched Microsoft demos is like shooting fish in a barrel. But given the bluster and bravado of the carp in question, shooting them never seems to lose its appeal. The Korean Times is reporting that, at a recent Samsung show-off of their new Q1 Origami device, MS, Samsung, and Intel execs ALL stumbled and fumbled with the Microsoft-powered ultra-portable. First a Samsung veep couldn’t get passed the second page of the Powerpoint presentation on his Q1, then the device’s battery gave up the ghost after only minutes of operation (it’s rated at 2-3 hours). Then the President of MS Korea couldn’t even launch Powerpoint on his unit, and once he did, it failed him so badly he had to cut his presentation short.
But wait, there’s more! Then the CEO of Intel Korea whipped out his Origami, to save the demo, but had similar problems, as he and nervous underlings struggled to rope-start his presentation.
The Samsung Q1 will go on sale next month in Korea and will set you back US$1200, ya know, if you don’t factor in the cost of downtime, crashes, and calling other people in to help you troubleshoot countless software glitches.
[Via vnunet]
Thanks, Jay!