Hey folks, JIC you're interested, the IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad x201t is a great tablet, WAY better than an iPad, cause it comes with an actual operating system (Windows 7), and several other reasons. And Lenovo is actually invested in hardware, unlike Microsquish. (ahem, sorry)
It's price has come WAY DOWN recently, so I'm really psyched cause I can afford one now after keeping an eye on it for a long time.
Lol, this looks like some shit for little girls :D arrange all in your diary! So lame... Please feel free to send me hateful comment, I dont care... :)
The fact that the courier got discontinued has me crying in my sleep every single night. I started saving up for it when i heard the first rumors and now, microsoft, my dreams are shattered :(
Wow! if micrsoft was this innovative and UI friendly all the time i would happily piss apple away forever. Of course most of these ideas are just following Apples UI innovations, buts thats fine by me. I am in favor of whoever has a better product for a reasonable price. I dont care if they straight rip that shit off, steal ideas or infringe 1000 patents to make it. Its not my problem.
But personally this is the kind of innovation i would like to see from google more than microsoft.
This looks so cool, I have never seen anything like this before, It is nothing like an iPad its great to see that another company have thought of something original rather than stealing ideas from bigger successful businesses.
I am only assuming that this is for the people who are either cheap skates or just prefer copy products?
How many people slating the iPad actually own one?
@aliaslucifer No, actually its not for Cheap Skates, its for people who need something like this for keeping notes, quick web browsing, and keeping track of personal, and business life.
@tubilar111 Mostly advertisement... How many times have you seen an Apple commercial -.- and how many times, have you seen an advertisement for this? next to 0. Asus, and MSI are coming out with some great new Windows 7 Slates. still in the making, lots of bugs to fix yet.
I'm a Linux / Windows user, and really enjoy freedom to choose. I am soooo disappointed with the iPad, but am soooo happy to see this. It looks sooooo much better than iPad, especially for what I need and use.
@YumeWire - yeah, but the Courier wasn't practical, there is no way it would have worked in the real world, plus Microsoft doesn't have the programing skill to make something like that. It was just a pipe dream for old people that still write with pencils.
@macindrew >Microsoft doesn't have the programming skill
Gee, I'm sure that with all the talent they attract and the competitive nature of employment at the company, they lack skilled programmers. Because, you know, writing an entire operating system is so trivial.
@thebsdguy - yes, but Apple paid $400 million for the purchase of NeXT, they didn't hire DEC engineers and steal it. And Avie Tevanian was the main engineer behind NeXTSTEP and OSX, not Serlet.
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no... "Those similarities could fill a book. In fact, you can read sections of VAX/VMS Internals and Data Structures as an accurate description of NT internals simply by translating VMS terms to NT terms."
@tnoyy34rt OpenVMS hasn't ever been useful outside of the enterprise market. NT may be similar to OpenVMS as far as the kernel is concerned, but not as far as the operating system as a whole. At all.
@frankyd1987 - but you are forgetting MS has a horrible track record in building products from scratch... they can only "copy", they don't have the resources to "create".
@Macinndrew Microsoft never innovates!? Look at the original Xbox - it had several features that no other console had. Built-in storage, the ability to rip audio CDs for in-game use, breakaway cables for safety, built-in Ethernet. Microsoft Surface? Who did they copy that from? This is only the tip of the iceberg.
@RandomDoomsday15 - yeah, but Microsoft realized the iPad was far better so they canceled the Courier a week ago. HP canceled the Slate about the same day... Everyone understands the iPad is far too advanced to try and compete. You can learn how it works here;
@Macinndrew attention all usrs Maciindrew acts like he/she is a hot shot expert about Apple/MAC/I-tech being the wave of the future but any comments the user makes are just mere poorly worded statements and nothing more. It is easy to see where this user has been and the user makes statements that are no where near factual. Don't be fooled by Maciindrew/Tnoy34rt (that's right the user operates under similar accountsa and other aliases)
@Macinndrew The Courier was a side project by some Microsoft engineers. It was never meant to reach fruition as a product. Marketing wanted them to show it off as if it was an actual upcoming product, which misled the public. Besides, why the hell would Microsoft sell a product with the same name as a font?
The Slate was meant to run Windows 7, which simply isn't a competitive mobile OS. It's like wanting the full OS X on the iPad - it simply wouldn't work out.
@thebsdguy - yes, and i've told people that over and over, glad it's finally canceled so people don't think it was ever going to be made. Courier also means "person or a company employed to deliver messages, packages and mail" is my guess on the name. Yes, HP had to cancel the Slate since not only did it try and run Windows 7, but it used the battery hungry Atom processor... so it's back to the drawing board form them too.
Keypad-free computers have been around for more than a decade. In 2008 Bill Gates stood up at an industry event and unveiled the Tablet PC. Its like would dominate home computing within five tears, he said. Practically every large compuer company has since tried to crack the market. So far none has succeeded. And the first reviews of Apple,s offering, while marvelling at the iPad,s user friendliness, also wondered whether people would rush out in their tens of millions to buy one
@pegobuilders Microsoft was definitely one of the first companies to push tablet pc concept onto the market ... but I think it was the boom in ebook readers that conditioned the market for iPad and other tablets ... people like the convenience of Kindle but want to consume other media like comic books in full color ... or read their RSS feeds and online magazines ...
@adrian... I think others are blinded that its about the software UI design rather than the actual Courier hardware and its capabilities. No where does it show you the real touch feature which can only be experienced when one uses it. I can totally see this "software demo" being on iPad today.
@kidclam ... Omni group has similar software for desktops ... most likely it will be on iPad as well ... also have you seen iPhone OS 4 presentation ... the tablet PC are finally taking off ... I wonder how will Google and Nokia respond to this challenge by Apple and Microsoft ...
there are a lot of features from the ipad...like the home button (the same one, like the one on the ipad), the pinch to zoom in the photoalbums for a sneek peek, etc....
dimwhit - process power does equal battery life. so they still can keep 11 hours and 13 hours for 3G model. today's apple announcement is going to be sweet. i am a designer, so seeing this courier demo says ZERO about Courier potential. I see every function on there already on an iphone app let alone an ipad.
It takes finances to support every Technology one is suppose to develop through research
If you are getting a good deal with something which you need the most then thats a good thing rather than buying something that you don't need, I don't about other products.but its good to have a healthy competition in the market so monopoly doesn't takes over and a world where companies have to compete with each other....people are FORCED to come up with better ideas. I hope Microsoft push its big bucks
kidcl isn't that a good thing both for apple and apple developers?I mean Russel Peter's the Comedian? his career was launched in youtube. and the Betamax defeat by the inferior VHS cassettes despite the fact Betamax was a better Cassette than VHS but VHS gave rights to different companies to duplicate its products.Apple can still have its legacy BUT if apple gets KILLED in the Hardware section there will be less to compete with, and PC MONOPOLY all OVER AGAIN, Low End Products at High Prices
Coming from someone who doesn't understand the line of Macs that are available, target market and technical aspects of portables like battery life. If you would run an OSX on this, battery life would be 3 hours max running low CPU intensive apps. And someone who jailbreaks their ipod is NOT supporting any developers by jailbreaking (who is also complaining that it is not convenient for him) hard working developers who are trying to put dinner on their table every night. Way to go ossumguywill.
the processor is already scrambling to keep up with the required rendering (no GPU, remember?) and they are already running the overlocked iphone processor at full capacity 99% of the time. And I don't pirate apps on my jailbroken ipod, I only get apps that apple doesn't like for whatever reason. Please don't assume that I'm stealing from developers.
@ossumguywill its extremely fast and the announcement today from Apple for system 4.0 has multi-tasking! Go explain yourself out of that one. 99% processing power??? 1% left for multi-tasking??? apple designed their own chip, i am sure it will accommodate. they designed everything from ground up. I think you are fooling yourself. Have you actually tried one? again this video is just focusing on software design...it can work on any platform, whether its ipad, courier or boohoo...
@kidclam AHAHAHAHAH, "from the ground up" my asshole! They designed their own chip, but they designed it for the iphone! It's a shitty idea, and if they wanted to make a real tablet they should have used a more powerful dedicated ARM, not recycled the same mediocre processor from the iphone at a higher clock speed. And the multi-tasking will be slow, because like I said, much of the processor is being used up for rendering.
@ossumguywill Any first gen machine will look meager in 2 years time. For now it rocks solid for what it needs to do. And with multi-tasking for Thurs announcement for 4.0 system I am sure it will work perfectly rather than be slow as you say. If it is slow then Apple really fucked up, but I don't think they will be this stupid. As for the iphone... it was to test the market for the iPad anyway. The sale of the iPod touch guarantees that the iPad will be a success.
you guys don't get it. the ipad announcement is to lure potential developers to make this great. ipad is a platform for development. try to look at its potential rather than at face value. apple is only promoting the things they have added to it. the system + developers with their products is what will make it stand out. remember what i said, you guys will all be shocked when the apps get released, and other functions that apple usually don't need to announce until you use it and find out.
I doubt it. They could have just made it run OS X, that would allow even more impressive apps due to increased library availability, plus no bullshit app store limitations from apple. Re-jailbreaking my ipod all the time is getting old.
@ossumguywill your a idiot that has no idea about computers. Do you understand that a mult tasking os X would have a battery life of 4 hours. Do you want to go around and charge something twice a day? Think about it , if it has a full blown OS, than multi tasking, internet connected to wifi, and music. It would be too intense on the battery. It would not last very long. Multi tasking reduces the battery life incredibly.
@CubanLUVash hahaha, clearly you have no idea how the ipad works. First off, I would rather have a useful device that works for four hours than a useless piece of crap that works for ten. Second, the ipad uses an overclocked iphone processor so is already incredibly inneficient, and is already running at max processing power. Adding multitasking would slow it down, but not decrease battery life.
@CubanLUVash hahaha, clearly you have no idea how the ipad works. First off, I would rather have a useful device that works for four hours than a useless piece of crap that works for ten. Second, the ipad uses an overclocked iphone processor so is already incredibly inneficient, and is already running at max processing power. Adding multitasking would slow it down, but not decrease battery life.
@poopskinTheLiar THIS restored your faith? Well I guess it is true what they say about faith, it is believeing in something that does not exist, there is no courier, this is a fake video
I was desperatley hoping the courier was real and I was planning to buy one, when windows admitted it was fake, I bought an ipad, and I am very happy with it. If the courier ever comes out, if it is like this video, I will buy it. But for now I still think the ipad is one of the greatest gadgets to come out in a long time
@johnmonk66 And depending on if i and my friends can find the Chicago apple store so i can test drive a iPad, today could very well be the day i make my decision. However, whichever choice i make, i won't be able to afford anything until 15 days after i start working, AKA my first pay period.
@Macinndrew FedEx has my iPad on its way, and I've already used one. It's an excellent device. It's a tablet, it's versatile and a good tool, but it's not god's gift to mankind.
This is WAY better than the iPad, unless you like over priced, over sized, inconvenient iPod Touches... but this is like, an actual computer. go MICROSOFT!
@harley22x i hate iPad as much as the next guy, but remember the last time microsoft tried making a cool new product(the zune hd)? Microsoft NEVER updated it, made it impossible for anyone to easily put custom apps on it, and TO THIS DAY it has a total of 8 apps in it's marketplace. Microsoft SUCKS at almost everything they do. Windows 7 being the one exception in a long time.
@darkmind1234321 microsoft is the best on what they do, apple stuff though isnt better then anything else, Apple are only good at marketing. Apple stuff wont corporate with anything that is not from apple, Apple only care about making money, so u gotta buy all from apple for it all to work together. I dont by from apple becuzz of principle reasons. Apple Sucks at almost everything they do. Marketing being the one exception
i love iphones... they are simply amazing..... how is this better than ipad? ipad does nothing special... while this enables one to do so many new things... like people have been saying.... the ipad is an oversized iphone or better yet an oversized ipod touch because it doesnt even make calls
To all the naysayers, losing the pen would compromise functionality; it would be damn near impossible to make an efficient digital keyboard with a device like this.
@olternaut , The pen is good for writing don't you think? It's at least a good option. I'm more comfortable writing with a precision tool than my blunt finger :)
@lightingdog , I would hope it could make use of apple apps, including the accelerometer, and the itunes store, ibookstore, all that jazz. I still like the iPad "device" better, but there are some obvious improvements that can be made (hmmhmmAT&T). Why can't they just give us all of what were asking for, lol, it seems so obvious!
i love how that "cut &paste" takes the term literally... you cut the page and paste it...ihihihihi niicee...i wonder if those great fonctionalitites will be implemented in PC, netbook, notebook and Smartphones soon...
Obviously not as angry as Nokia, Kodak and Java who are all suing Apple for stealing their older technology to put in the useless, massively over-hyped iPhone.
Sorry Apple fanboy, but just like all of the other bandwagon jumpers, stick up for a company that produces products that are not two years out of date on release.
Copied what exactly? Apple has yet to even announce that their making a tablet pc, mean while tablet PCs have been out for years. I'm so glad I'm not a fan boy of anything.
I should note Microsoft's apparently filed a patent on a touch screen-keyboard technology involving typing without looking at the screen. Seems awfully appropriate.
this would be so cool for school! and if it had a etextbook app, you can read the textbook on oneside and take notes on the other!!! SO could use one... and u could still use a laptop to do word processing and stuff, but this could replace notebooks and pens and pencils and extra books much better! that way all you'd need is your laptop and Courier... sweet! i'd want to get it from a company where the products (laptop and tablet) would be closely integrated.... sounds like apple, yet microsoft.
This is how apple sucks. Windows came out with the same thing 8 years earlier but apple gets all of the fame for it... Bullshit.
DeadlikeaPixel 3 months ago
Once more, microsoft pwning apple
tgh856 9 months ago
want want want need need need
JewlyPuff 1 year ago
io preferisco l'ekoore et10ta con ubuntu
Thecarlofly 1 year ago
This crap doesn't even EXIST. So lame. Microsoft is always going on about fucking products they don't have, just making stuff up
panchamkauns 1 year ago
Hey folks, JIC you're interested, the IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad x201t is a great tablet, WAY better than an iPad, cause it comes with an actual operating system (Windows 7), and several other reasons. And Lenovo is actually invested in hardware, unlike Microsquish. (ahem, sorry)
It's price has come WAY DOWN recently, so I'm really psyched cause I can afford one now after keeping an eye on it for a long time.
loveforlovesake 1 year ago
Lol, this looks like some shit for little girls :D arrange all in your diary! So lame... Please feel free to send me hateful comment, I dont care... :)
Johnza23 1 year ago
@Johnza23 lol your not that important xD
1poptart36 1 year ago
@1poptart36 Yet you replied! Lol wat a looser :D
Johnza23 1 year ago
@Johnza23 LOL you were just waiting by the computer for that one xD Johnza23 <=no life
1poptart36 1 year ago
This shit is the iPad killer why was it canceled
khanxay2005 1 year ago
i can't wait~~~when will it be released?????
symons1231 1 year ago
i want one....when can i start buying it..is it out alredy?
coolslaya 1 year ago
@coolslaya got cancelled :(
slayr747 1 year ago
The fact that the courier got discontinued has me crying in my sleep every single night. I started saving up for it when i heard the first rumors and now, microsoft, my dreams are shattered :(
LSLencrypted 1 year ago
Wow! if micrsoft was this innovative and UI friendly all the time i would happily piss apple away forever. Of course most of these ideas are just following Apples UI innovations, buts thats fine by me. I am in favor of whoever has a better product for a reasonable price. I dont care if they straight rip that shit off, steal ideas or infringe 1000 patents to make it. Its not my problem.
But personally this is the kind of innovation i would like to see from google more than microsoft.
IndivisiblePrinciple 1 year ago
Will they every design a Tablet for engineers? for designing and building circuits and performing quick simulations?
aoshima6566 1 year ago
this is never hitting the stores is it?
Jerrevdd1989 1 year ago 13
this is earlier then the ipad...
Vorkenstein 1 year ago
that is really shit to big in pocket
californiagurls4me 1 year ago
I HATE apple!
GodotheInfantry 1 year ago
when are we gnna see 6th sense computing?
Bdiddly1 1 year ago
This looks so cool, I have never seen anything like this before, It is nothing like an iPad its great to see that another company have thought of something original rather than stealing ideas from bigger successful businesses.
I am only assuming that this is for the people who are either cheap skates or just prefer copy products?
How many people slating the iPad actually own one?
aliaslucifer 1 year ago
@aliaslucifer No, actually its not for Cheap Skates, its for people who need something like this for keeping notes, quick web browsing, and keeping track of personal, and business life.
harley22x 1 year ago
How are you make this video please ? thanks
gautik94 1 year ago
We have to say good bye to books lol
hinmatth 1 year ago
So what's the big deal with the iPad? this is much better then that apple!
tubilar111 1 year ago
@tubilar111 The iPad exists. This never will..
bibbler227 1 year ago
@tubilar111 Mostly advertisement... How many times have you seen an Apple commercial -.- and how many times, have you seen an advertisement for this? next to 0. Asus, and MSI are coming out with some great new Windows 7 Slates. still in the making, lots of bugs to fix yet.
harley22x 1 year ago
I SAW THE FUTURE!!
GelberFisch8 1 year ago
I'm a Linux / Windows user, and really enjoy freedom to choose. I am soooo disappointed with the iPad, but am soooo happy to see this. It looks sooooo much better than iPad, especially for what I need and use.
WinjeelCom 1 year ago
boring
omarhamid76 1 year ago
I'm impressed, the number of extremely boring things you can do with this. Amazing marketing.
EaRenDeL 1 year ago
Cancelled :(
xxPurexx09 1 year ago 10
@xxPurexx09 why??
mbgm8as3 5 months ago
when its comming out? i found that bether then the i pad its cool and have multitaskink thats cool
poopzkid3 1 year ago
@poopzkid3 Microsoft was never planning to produce this.
thebsdguy 1 year ago 2
@poopzkid3 - it will never come out, microsoft canceled it a few weeks ago.
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all ipads already have multitasking for the main apps, but more are coming for free in the fall.
tnoyy34rt 1 year ago
i can't believe they canceled this.... now i gotta get a stupid iPad!! >_>
YumeWire 1 year ago
@YumeWire - yeah, but the Courier wasn't practical, there is no way it would have worked in the real world, plus Microsoft doesn't have the programing skill to make something like that. It was just a pipe dream for old people that still write with pencils.
macindrew 1 year ago
@macindrew >Microsoft doesn't have the programming skill
Gee, I'm sure that with all the talent they attract and the competitive nature of employment at the company, they lack skilled programmers. Because, you know, writing an entire operating system is so trivial.
thebsdguy 1 year ago
@thebsdguy - but they have never written an OS, they always buy their OS (or steal) it from someone else and slap their name on it.
tnoyy34rt 1 year ago
@tnoyy34rt DOS? Yeah, I refuse to run that stolen OS on my 16-bit 286.
Who did they buy/steal NT from, then?
thebsdguy 1 year ago
@thebsdguy - NT came from DEC and Dave Cutler... NT is based on stolen copies of VMS.
tnoyy34rt 1 year ago
@tnoyy34rt And OS X came from NeXT and Bertrand Serlet, didn't it?
Stolen copies of VMS? It's hardly similar to VMS.
thebsdguy 1 year ago
@thebsdguy - yes, but Apple paid $400 million for the purchase of NeXT, they didn't hire DEC engineers and steal it. And Avie Tevanian was the main engineer behind NeXTSTEP and OSX, not Serlet.
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no... "Those similarities could fill a book. In fact, you can read sections of VAX/VMS Internals and Data Structures as an accurate description of NT internals simply by translating VMS terms to NT terms."
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more here: snipurl. com /wc1k3
tnoyy34rt 1 year ago
@tnoyy34rt OpenVMS hasn't ever been useful outside of the enterprise market. NT may be similar to OpenVMS as far as the kernel is concerned, but not as far as the operating system as a whole. At all.
thebsdguy 1 year ago
@tnoyy34rt Oh, excuse me - you're talking about OS X. Sorry about that misunderstanding.
thebsdguy 1 year ago
@Microsoft: How stupid can you be? killing such a great great innovative Project =[
frankyd1987 1 year ago
@frankyd1987 - but you are forgetting MS has a horrible track record in building products from scratch... they can only "copy", they don't have the resources to "create".
Macinndrew 1 year ago
@Macinndrew You've got a point there ^^
frankyd1987 1 year ago
@Macinndrew Microsoft never innovates!? Look at the original Xbox - it had several features that no other console had. Built-in storage, the ability to rip audio CDs for in-game use, breakaway cables for safety, built-in Ethernet. Microsoft Surface? Who did they copy that from? This is only the tip of the iceberg.
thebsdguy 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@thebsdguy - but the Xbox was just a copy of Apple's Pippin.
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wikipedia. org /wiki/Apple_Bandai_Pippin
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Microsoft still uses Apple's processors to this day.
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Surface has been around since the 70's, it was an old PARC project.
macindrew 1 year ago
This is cool! its like a digitall journal! i will so buy this! this would be help full for college.
RandomDoomsday15 1 year ago
@RandomDoomsday15 - yeah, but Microsoft realized the iPad was far better so they canceled the Courier a week ago. HP canceled the Slate about the same day... Everyone understands the iPad is far too advanced to try and compete. You can learn how it works here;
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apple. com /ipad/design/
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apple. com /ipad/guided-tours/
Macinndrew 1 year ago
@Macinndrew attention all usrs Maciindrew acts like he/she is a hot shot expert about Apple/MAC/I-tech being the wave of the future but any comments the user makes are just mere poorly worded statements and nothing more. It is easy to see where this user has been and the user makes statements that are no where near factual. Don't be fooled by Maciindrew/Tnoy34rt (that's right the user operates under similar accountsa and other aliases)
shaithis45 1 year ago
@Macinndrew The Courier was a side project by some Microsoft engineers. It was never meant to reach fruition as a product. Marketing wanted them to show it off as if it was an actual upcoming product, which misled the public. Besides, why the hell would Microsoft sell a product with the same name as a font?
The Slate was meant to run Windows 7, which simply isn't a competitive mobile OS. It's like wanting the full OS X on the iPad - it simply wouldn't work out.
thebsdguy 1 year ago
@thebsdguy - yes, and i've told people that over and over, glad it's finally canceled so people don't think it was ever going to be made. Courier also means "person or a company employed to deliver messages, packages and mail" is my guess on the name. Yes, HP had to cancel the Slate since not only did it try and run Windows 7, but it used the battery hungry Atom processor... so it's back to the drawing board form them too.
macindrew 1 year ago
This video has been proven to be a scam, there is no such thing as a courier.
johnmonk66 1 year ago
es bien pero bn culera
alberttho290 1 year ago
If microsoft actually makes this product I will definitely will be buying, unless its more than $400
swcnut 1 year ago
Keypad-free computers have been around for more than a decade. In 2008 Bill Gates stood up at an industry event and unveiled the Tablet PC. Its like would dominate home computing within five tears, he said. Practically every large compuer company has since tried to crack the market. So far none has succeeded. And the first reviews of Apple,s offering, while marvelling at the iPad,s user friendliness, also wondered whether people would rush out in their tens of millions to buy one
pegobuilders 1 year ago
@pegobuilders Microsoft was definitely one of the first companies to push tablet pc concept onto the market ... but I think it was the boom in ebook readers that conditioned the market for iPad and other tablets ... people like the convenience of Kindle but want to consume other media like comic books in full color ... or read their RSS feeds and online magazines ...
RadoDani 1 year ago
@adrian... I think others are blinded that its about the software UI design rather than the actual Courier hardware and its capabilities. No where does it show you the real touch feature which can only be experienced when one uses it. I can totally see this "software demo" being on iPad today.
kidclam 1 year ago
@kidclam ... Omni group has similar software for desktops ... most likely it will be on iPad as well ... also have you seen iPhone OS 4 presentation ... the tablet PC are finally taking off ... I wonder how will Google and Nokia respond to this challenge by Apple and Microsoft ...
RadoDani 1 year ago
there are a lot of features from the ipad...like the home button (the same one, like the one on the ipad), the pinch to zoom in the photoalbums for a sneek peek, etc....
adrianmignogna 1 year ago
If this thing really come out, I will definitely buy it.
MrLakkadshaw 1 year ago
dimwhit - process power does equal battery life. so they still can keep 11 hours and 13 hours for 3G model. today's apple announcement is going to be sweet. i am a designer, so seeing this courier demo says ZERO about Courier potential. I see every function on there already on an iphone app let alone an ipad.
kidclam 1 year ago
atleast this is more more better than the joojoo. The joojoo, was an embarrasment lol.
fthis12345 1 year ago
nice thing, but it sucks for left handed people =P
Darkblazie 1 year ago
lol@myself
ghosle56 1 year ago
It takes finances to support every Technology one is suppose to develop through research
If you are getting a good deal with something which you need the most then thats a good thing rather than buying something that you don't need, I don't about other products.but its good to have a healthy competition in the market so monopoly doesn't takes over and a world where companies have to compete with each other....people are FORCED to come up with better ideas. I hope Microsoft push its big bucks
ghosle56 1 year ago
kidcl isn't that a good thing both for apple and apple developers?I mean Russel Peter's the Comedian? his career was launched in youtube. and the Betamax defeat by the inferior VHS cassettes despite the fact Betamax was a better Cassette than VHS but VHS gave rights to different companies to duplicate its products.Apple can still have its legacy BUT if apple gets KILLED in the Hardware section there will be less to compete with, and PC MONOPOLY all OVER AGAIN, Low End Products at High Prices
ghosle56 1 year ago
Coming from someone who doesn't understand the line of Macs that are available, target market and technical aspects of portables like battery life. If you would run an OSX on this, battery life would be 3 hours max running low CPU intensive apps. And someone who jailbreaks their ipod is NOT supporting any developers by jailbreaking (who is also complaining that it is not convenient for him) hard working developers who are trying to put dinner on their table every night. Way to go ossumguywill.
kidclam 1 year ago
@kidclam LOL
the processor is already scrambling to keep up with the required rendering (no GPU, remember?) and they are already running the overlocked iphone processor at full capacity 99% of the time. And I don't pirate apps on my jailbroken ipod, I only get apps that apple doesn't like for whatever reason. Please don't assume that I'm stealing from developers.
ossumguywill 1 year ago
@ossumguywill its extremely fast and the announcement today from Apple for system 4.0 has multi-tasking! Go explain yourself out of that one. 99% processing power??? 1% left for multi-tasking??? apple designed their own chip, i am sure it will accommodate. they designed everything from ground up. I think you are fooling yourself. Have you actually tried one? again this video is just focusing on software design...it can work on any platform, whether its ipad, courier or boohoo...
kidclam 1 year ago
@kidclam AHAHAHAHAH, "from the ground up" my asshole! They designed their own chip, but they designed it for the iphone! It's a shitty idea, and if they wanted to make a real tablet they should have used a more powerful dedicated ARM, not recycled the same mediocre processor from the iphone at a higher clock speed. And the multi-tasking will be slow, because like I said, much of the processor is being used up for rendering.
ossumguywill 1 year ago
@ossumguywill Any first gen machine will look meager in 2 years time. For now it rocks solid for what it needs to do. And with multi-tasking for Thurs announcement for 4.0 system I am sure it will work perfectly rather than be slow as you say. If it is slow then Apple really fucked up, but I don't think they will be this stupid. As for the iphone... it was to test the market for the iPad anyway. The sale of the iPod touch guarantees that the iPad will be a success.
kidclam 1 year ago
you guys don't get it. the ipad announcement is to lure potential developers to make this great. ipad is a platform for development. try to look at its potential rather than at face value. apple is only promoting the things they have added to it. the system + developers with their products is what will make it stand out. remember what i said, you guys will all be shocked when the apps get released, and other functions that apple usually don't need to announce until you use it and find out.
kidclam 1 year ago
I doubt it. They could have just made it run OS X, that would allow even more impressive apps due to increased library availability, plus no bullshit app store limitations from apple. Re-jailbreaking my ipod all the time is getting old.
ossumguywill 1 year ago
@ossumguywill your a idiot that has no idea about computers. Do you understand that a mult tasking os X would have a battery life of 4 hours. Do you want to go around and charge something twice a day? Think about it , if it has a full blown OS, than multi tasking, internet connected to wifi, and music. It would be too intense on the battery. It would not last very long. Multi tasking reduces the battery life incredibly.
CubanLUVash 1 year ago
@CubanLUVash hahaha, clearly you have no idea how the ipad works. First off, I would rather have a useful device that works for four hours than a useless piece of crap that works for ten. Second, the ipad uses an overclocked iphone processor so is already incredibly inneficient, and is already running at max processing power. Adding multitasking would slow it down, but not decrease battery life.
ossumguywill 1 year ago
@CubanLUVash hahaha, clearly you have no idea how the ipad works. First off, I would rather have a useful device that works for four hours than a useless piece of crap that works for ten. Second, the ipad uses an overclocked iphone processor so is already incredibly inneficient, and is already running at max processing power. Adding multitasking would slow it down, but not decrease battery life.
ossumguywill 1 year ago
when does this come out!!!!???
whoshavedmycat 1 year ago 2
@whoshavedmycat never
johnmonk66 1 year ago
Between Windows 7, Office 2010 and this, my faith in MS has been reaffirmed.
poopskinTheLiar 1 year ago
@poopskinTheLiar THIS restored your faith? Well I guess it is true what they say about faith, it is believeing in something that does not exist, there is no courier, this is a fake video
johnmonk66 1 year ago
@johnmonk66 *shrug* Well hell, if it doesn't come out there's always the iPad or HP Slate. this thing would be awesome, if it does come out.
poopskinTheLiar 1 year ago
@poopskinTheLiar
I was desperatley hoping the courier was real and I was planning to buy one, when windows admitted it was fake, I bought an ipad, and I am very happy with it. If the courier ever comes out, if it is like this video, I will buy it. But for now I still think the ipad is one of the greatest gadgets to come out in a long time
johnmonk66 1 year ago
@johnmonk66 And depending on if i and my friends can find the Chicago apple store so i can test drive a iPad, today could very well be the day i make my decision. However, whichever choice i make, i won't be able to afford anything until 15 days after i start working, AKA my first pay period.
poopskinTheLiar 1 year ago
@poopskinTheLiar Once you hold the Ipad in your hands you won't have a choice, you will buy it, lol
johnmonk66 1 year ago
@johnmonk66 - yes, the second a person touches an iPad they see the future... the iPad is beyond amazing! It's like something from 2025!
Macinndrew 1 year ago
@Macinndrew FedEx has my iPad on its way, and I've already used one. It's an excellent device. It's a tablet, it's versatile and a good tool, but it's not god's gift to mankind.
thebsdguy 1 year ago
@thebsdguy - congratulations... you'll freak at the speed and 20 hour battery life... sure it's not god's gift... but it's close...
macindrew 1 year ago
@poopskinTheLiar - well, the HP Slate was canceled as well... nobody can compete with the iPad, it's too far ahead...
Macinndrew 1 year ago
@Macinndrew As i said, there's always alternatives of course. The iPad, the Notion Ink Adam, so on so on...
(I just jailbroke my 1st Gen 8gb iTouch, BTW. Ha. 1st gens incapable of multitasking? 4.0, Meet backgrounder!)
poopskinTheLiar 1 year ago
@Macinndrew don't mind me Macinndrew boy, just making others aware of the misleading sack of shit that you stand for. Carry on :)
shaithis45 1 year ago
oh my god i can't wait , let's go MS
taopaipai17 1 year ago 2
woah now I could use that sucker at work
ChrisFromCali 1 year ago
This is WAY better than the iPad, unless you like over priced, over sized, inconvenient iPod Touches... but this is like, an actual computer. go MICROSOFT!
harley22x 1 year ago 29
@harley22x hell yeah the ipad is a major fail
sillystuff333 1 year ago
@harley22x Hey Harley are u on Twitter.
MrLakkadshaw 1 year ago
@harley22x I prefer my REAL Ipad to this fake video of something that does not exist
johnmonk66 1 year ago
@harley22x this isnt evern real, your looking at anime!!
madcap2003 1 year ago
@harley22x Agreed GO MICROSOFT! :P
fresco40 1 year ago
@harley22x i hate iPad as much as the next guy, but remember the last time microsoft tried making a cool new product(the zune hd)? Microsoft NEVER updated it, made it impossible for anyone to easily put custom apps on it, and TO THIS DAY it has a total of 8 apps in it's marketplace. Microsoft SUCKS at almost everything they do. Windows 7 being the one exception in a long time.
darkmind1234321 1 year ago
@darkmind1234321 microsoft is the best on what they do, apple stuff though isnt better then anything else, Apple are only good at marketing. Apple stuff wont corporate with anything that is not from apple, Apple only care about making money, so u gotta buy all from apple for it all to work together. I dont by from apple becuzz of principle reasons. Apple Sucks at almost everything they do. Marketing being the one exception
TheLarsArne 1 year ago
"better than the ipad" ? how so? haha its a software you twit.
kidclam 1 year ago
i love iphones... they are simply amazing..... how is this better than ipad? ipad does nothing special... while this enables one to do so many new things... like people have been saying.... the ipad is an oversized iphone or better yet an oversized ipod touch because it doesnt even make calls
TubbyWilliams 1 year ago
Better than the iPad.
abbcabbcabbcabbc 1 year ago 17
WAAAAAYYYYY BETTER.......
TheDinaroTV 1 year ago 2
To all the naysayers, losing the pen would compromise functionality; it would be damn near impossible to make an efficient digital keyboard with a device like this.
AdmiralAlpha 1 year ago
But my handwriting sucks. I would like to have the option of an on screen keyboard too.
finallyfreethinking 1 year ago
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Courier is vaporware based on Gates 90s failed concept!
quebuenoestaesto 1 year ago
Looks pretty neat. Where can I buy it?
RMCKIE 1 year ago
Better that the ipad
bvjorge 1 year ago 4
Very nice but lose the pen and get rid of that middle bar. Imagine if that book opened up with a flexible display to form one continuous screen.
olternaut 2 years ago
sony could do it lol
they have oled technology
jordanfitz9 2 years ago
@olternaut , The pen is good for writing don't you think? It's at least a good option. I'm more comfortable writing with a precision tool than my blunt finger :)
supercooldudeism 2 years ago 2
@olternaut
why i think the pen should be optional
thats just me
dluv4u2 1 year ago
you should see crystal book vid
compare it to this notebook
foxboy3000 2 years ago
Too bad Steve Ballmer said he's never even seen these videos before.
ChrisXMetal 2 years ago
this beats the ipad
lightingdog 2 years ago 2
I agree
Bjm702 2 years ago
@lightingdog , I would hope it could make use of apple apps, including the accelerometer, and the itunes store, ibookstore, all that jazz. I still like the iPad "device" better, but there are some obvious improvements that can be made (hmmhmmAT&T). Why can't they just give us all of what were asking for, lol, it seems so obvious!
supercooldudeism 2 years ago
this is so coooooooooooooool !!!!!!
I must buy this tablet !!!!!!
castanet308 2 years ago
esto si sería mucho más futurista y revolucionario que lo visto en el iPad
Llusancom 2 years ago
yo sé TIENES RAZON
adrianroam95 2 years ago
i love how that "cut &paste" takes the term literally... you cut the page and paste it...ihihihihi niicee...i wonder if those great fonctionalitites will be implemented in PC, netbook, notebook and Smartphones soon...
xtruma 2 years ago 3
great fake ... what a load of typical microsoft hyper crap ...
ceebails99 2 years ago
wow! if I had a life I'd really love one...
soulista 2 years ago
Very-very-very want it!!!
alexandr1989UA 2 years ago 3
looks cool but do u really need it? another fancy toy ....
50sorrowC 2 years ago 3
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copycats...
Seriously, if I was Steve Jobs I would just be sooo pissed all the time when people copied my shit. I would be so fucking angry.
brokenmonkey000 2 years ago
Obviously not as angry as Nokia, Kodak and Java who are all suing Apple for stealing their older technology to put in the useless, massively over-hyped iPhone.
Sorry Apple fanboy, but just like all of the other bandwagon jumpers, stick up for a company that produces products that are not two years out of date on release.
jaktheruby 2 years ago
How is this a copy. Apple did not invent the touch screen or tablet. The multi touch "pinching" and "swiping" was not apples idea either.
bobsmith1127 2 years ago 3
Copied what exactly? Apple has yet to even announce that their making a tablet pc, mean while tablet PCs have been out for years. I'm so glad I'm not a fan boy of anything.
inlovewithi 2 years ago 3
Finally something to beat the damn Apple company!!!
Go for it Microsoft!
They did not steal apple's ideas damn u kimonap!
Sajedulguy 2 years ago 2
if microsoft would make this, the entire apple industry would just die. plain die. DO IT MICROSOFT!
brianizaninjaa 2 years ago 4
WOW ! Microsoft is verry creative !
BigSemyy 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
esspecially when it always steal apples ideas -_-
kimonap 2 years ago
Now, fanaly M$ will catch Apple.
NINJUTSU3K 2 years ago
I want one of those
tonks1988 2 years ago 4
This would suit my very specific needs!
GenoPeppino 2 years ago
Cool
ShuffleHolly 2 years ago
damn this looks cool.
xmagistar 2 years ago
just what I need
pegobuilders 2 years ago 2
ok so they seem to have an amazing idea so let me be the first to say it.
MICROSOFT GET YOUR ASS IN GEAR!
DO IT! MAKE IT! GET-R DONE!
15DjjC13 2 years ago 9
as long as this thing has e-book reader capabilities, I am SOOOO THERE. I'm a hard core apple junkie, but this design is just so much better.
fugee13 2 years ago
cool
Lionia13 2 years ago
Seems really cool... But I'd much rather type than write.
JadedXlm 2 years ago
I should note Microsoft's apparently filed a patent on a touch screen-keyboard technology involving typing without looking at the screen. Seems awfully appropriate.
JadedXlm 2 years ago
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No way, first innovative thing form Microsoft since .. well first innovative ever.
isi23isi23 2 years ago
this would be so cool for school! and if it had a etextbook app, you can read the textbook on oneside and take notes on the other!!! SO could use one... and u could still use a laptop to do word processing and stuff, but this could replace notebooks and pens and pencils and extra books much better! that way all you'd need is your laptop and Courier... sweet! i'd want to get it from a company where the products (laptop and tablet) would be closely integrated.... sounds like apple, yet microsoft.
YUPnNOPE 2 years ago
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im sorry fanboys but it has to be said: that hom button was an iphone ripoff
TheF1PinkVoltaDream 2 years ago
Thats complete BS....I have an mp3 with a home function button from before the ipod's initial release
ProgDrummerQ 2 years ago 8
Just like everything that comes from MS the propaganda is so much better than the real thing
leomendel 2 years ago
Seems you're quite butthurt. Needs some prep H?
Im buying one. ASAP.
MANTISxB 2 years ago 3
wait, is this real or fake?
mellodello 2 years ago
holy s....
that is AWESOME! :D
i want one
i want one
i want one
i want one
i want one
mellodello 2 years ago 3
наверняка будет дико тормазить.. это же билли
oktobervids 2 years ago
this is cool if this would be true!!!
byronneil888 2 years ago
and it's not apple so it won't be insanely overpriced just to be "unique" or "different" like a poser-follower.
emptycorp 2 years ago 7
I'll wait for the Apple one, so I'm sure it'll work ;)
gabriele1973 2 years ago
I would buy one for my construction jobs! It must be affordable tho!
liljeepz 2 years ago
Cooooooool! If the final product gets near that concept then i will absolutely be getting one.
JadedBeliever 2 years ago
Ролик представлен супер профессионально. Специальная музыка и приятный голос девушки, все рассчитано до мелочей.
ScarsRu 2 years ago
WOW!!
jacarrasco 2 years ago
На видео всегда офигенно смотрится.
iYuzver 2 years ago
Здорово!!!!!!
Salt1777 2 years ago 2
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Fake!
zightx 2 years ago
Show us the actual product and it will become any believable. So far it's just a nice concept.
DeVitus87 2 years ago 4
so right
ohtheplacesyoullgo29 2 years ago
Wow, that looks pretty good.
Jamiepullman 2 years ago 3
круть!!!
hazard0vich 2 years ago
Nice gadget!
vodkavoodooman 2 years ago