Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In personal computers, Ultra-Mobile PC (often abbreviated UMPC) is a term for a small form factor and specification for tablet PCs. Originally codenamed Project Origami, the project was launched in 2006 as a collaboration between Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, and a few others. As of late 2009, there were very few devices on the market and UMPC device category was expected to go extinct soon, according to CNET.