Today OrigamiProject.com has announced Origami 2.0 the software interface for UMPCs. If you’ve used the original Origami you’ll be able to recall that it is a software interface that ran on Vista equipped UMPCs. Origami aimed to be the all in one center for the UMPC user putting images, music, and videos right at their fingertips. However looking at images, listening to music, and watching videos isn’t the only thing people do on their UMPCs, and Origami 2.0 hopes to become more useful through the use of additional apps and tools within Origami itself. New applications announced include:

• Origami Central - the new Origami interface, updated from Origami 1.0, the Origami team claims to have a fully optimized UMPC internet browser and RSS feed reader built into Origami 2.0
• Origami Now - A central home like screen which gives you Vista ‘Gadget’ like mini applications that offer data at a glance, such as weather, news, and traffic.
• Picture Password - A new way to login to your UMPC, you can select a custom image, and set a password by touching certain points of the image. By repeating the touch points on the image your password will be entered and you will have access to the UMPC. This should result in a much faster login than having to type in a string of characters.

The Origami Team Blog says that this is just a preview of things to come and that more screenshots and information is on its way. My only hopes are that it will run on any machine and not just those that the software declares to be a “UMPC”. An XP implementation would be nice as well. Click through to see a few more screenshots.
[Origami Project] via [jkkmobile]