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  • This literally made my jaw drop. How could they have been so stupid as to cancel this. I cannot fathom it.

  • this is much better than the hp slate!

  • Ballmer really needs to get out of Microsoft and let true innovators run the company. "Professional" Business Executives seem to only care about the bottom line.

  • This tablet could have been very useful for the enterprise, even if it never had become popular with the consumers.

  • That looks horrible. iPad ftw

  • @AlexFoeShizzle Oh please, this concept came out almost TWO YEARS before the iPad was even hinted at. A lot of people could have put this device to good use, and Apple just hopped on the bandwagon and took an unrealized idea before it came to fruition.

    The iPad is just a giant iPod touch, and everyone knows it.

  • @kippis05 Obviously you don't own an iPad...

  • @AlexFoeShizzle No I don't, but I do own an iPhone, and have friends who own iPads. For my needs (and the type of device), the interface shown on the Courier would have suited my needs better than the iPad.

  • @kippis05 cool, well you have your likes and i have mine

  • @AlexFoeShizzle shut up apple fag

  • @Biddybalboa lol cool....

  • lol, yeah i know, i was just writing so much i didn't really know what i was writing!

  • Just a matter of time before Google does this with two tablets that can be arranged side by side.

    * note all the gesture inconsistencies (double tap means "activate" not "stick a pin in it" and the "pinch zoom" gesture, when fingers move apart, means "zoom in" not "change to thumbnail view" ... sheesh)

    Everything else show can be done with a since tablet today using apps like Evernote or core functionality in Chrome or iOS.

  • I know I'll gladly wait in line for this Courier, if and when it comes to market..C'mon Microsoft, you only have something to lose, by, not releasing this. You should have done this in 09'...I can think of 57 people right now, who'd want one as well

  • No, receptical, they do. It's just that this one they were going to make didn't have windows in it so they said it would probably hurt their company. This could have been made before the real ipad if they weren't so afraid that people wouldn't buy it. So i think eventually they'll make this once they get it to go with windows software. It's much more cooler than the ipad and i don't even have an ipad! THIS DOESN'T EXIST YET, it was going to, FOR ALL WHO THINK THIS IS BEING SOLD OUT THERE.

  • @carameltwix2201 "cooler" or "more cool" but not "more cooler". Ooooh you are funny

  • I would have love to have this. My husband calls me tech geekie. Even on our budget I have nook color on steroids, android phones, apps to amaze the novice, AND just acquire the Toshiba Thrive, 2 all in-ones. This reallly could have been an IPAD killer. This would have made me think twice. I like a LOT!!!!!

  • Where can i buy this?

  • Das ist der Unterschied zwischen Apple und Microsoft. Apple hat die Eier in der Hose um neue Sachen auf den Markt zu bringen und Microsoft nicht

  • Microsoft doesn't have the balls to make this... =[

  • Too bad this didn't come out, what the hell were these guys thinking when they killed the project. It would have been nice for some games too. Flip it and one screen would be a keyboard and mouse, good for e-mail, programming, typing , etc. Too Bad.

  • Microsoft is shit: that's why this has never come out and iPad is the best..

  • @nicomors Than why you so scared and hating if your not worried?

  • @nicomors ...and pigs fly out of my grandmother's nostrils.

  • This reminds me when Fox cancel Firefly... plain lack of vision...and "coj-hones".

    They just don't have it...they just don't have it. ;-)

  • STEVE BALMER IS A BUM WHO MADE HIM THE CEO OF MICROSOFT

  • I would have bought this! So good job Gates and Balmer. This is what I wanted for a tablet. Something that isn't just a GIGA-phone, something that I can write on.

  • This I call it a tablet!

  • okay swag!?

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  • THUMBS UP IF YOU WANT A MS COURIER!!!

  • I would use this pretty much every day of my life if this ever came out. It's a shame it won't be a reality anymore =(

  • Steve Ballmer is an idiot when cancel this project

  • OMFG omfg The shit is the best tablet ever fuck apple ipad im buying this shit

  • Wow, this is awsome. Cancelling this products just strenghten my opinion that Steve Balmer is a dumb ass who has no vision. He just lives of Windows. No wonder why wall street does not like him. Actually, does anyone?

  • This just made me go crazy! I really want one of these - shame, shame, shame Microsoft! What a tease!

  • This video is not a real prototype but computer rendering of a concept. I like the design ideas. Too bad they never got around to manufacture one, otherwise it would have been a worthy alternative to iPad. It is more oriented towards productivity than entertainment.

  • Aren't promos, demos cool? Things WORK in them.

  • Amazing concept

  • actually, what they're doing right now with live tiles seems more useful than a lot of this. I do like journal concept, though--that would be great for research papers.

  • Incrível!

  • thumbs up so more people can see this... does anyone know what font they're using??? I would kill to get it :)

  • Un vil plagio de iPhone y iPad!

  • @gmarrufoacosta el iPhone y iPad no son nada nuevo sino un "vil plagio" (???) de aparatos anteriores que hacian lo mismo.

    Ademas este video dice 2009.

  • Can't believe they canned this. Fucking hell I would get one in a heartbeat, it looks so awesome (and USEFUL).

  • Oh my god. Apple you watching this?

  • If this really happens, then it would fuck the shit out of iPad and it's iOS software.

  • This would fuck iPad and iOS!

  • I'm a happy iPad-user, but I'm really looking forward to see what Windows 8 and some great hardware will be like. On the other hand, what cool new features will iPad have at that time...?

  • the tablet that never was....

  • Keep dreaming Microsoft, Sammy is all over the place.

  • who in his right mind cancels a project with this much potential? You realize they would have put this into production in 2009 and they would have made a fortune. If Balmer canceled this he needs to go... period.

  • @luqven They haven't cancelled it. They just scrapped plans of mass-producing it, so they can improve it. Check out my channel for a recent demo of a prototype like this device. Microsoft Research collaborated with others to create it.

  • This video alone made want to buy a tablet, I now have HP touchsmart TM2, with InkSeine on it, it's as close as I can get to emulating a MS courier.

  • of all developers why did it have to be microsoft? lol!... and as always it didnt happen.. what r they gd at anyways... wishful thinking and empty fantasies... wake up! now go pick up an ipad and go back to reality!

  • Microsoft "Courier"  defiantly f**k and suck the apple i pad2

  • Might be a reality soon with your help. Check out kickstarter and search for Tapose.

  • They probably realised that they couldn't build it. Nice demo though.... made on a Mac..?? ;-)

  • this is what i need ..... damn cool and really useful one ever

  • this could have been a tablet with i could see myself use on a daily basis.

  • Why they cancelled this is beyond me. I would of bought this in a heartbeat.

  • God I wish this became reality... so many uses... Education, medicine, design, etc.... Everything would benefit from a dual screen tablet running this os... But now were stuck with the Sony s2 or whatever running honeycomb, which I'm pretty sure won't work well on am dual screen tablet...

  • Why Microsoft, why? Why did you cancel this? You could have easily beaten Apple if you'd created this as your first tablet thing, but no, you had to cancel it. And now I have to say - I hope Apple makes a dual screen iPad like this.

  • I want this!!!!!!

  • its ... this video frustrates me

  • The reason this tablet was cancelled is because of Steve Balmer. Let's face it, the guy is not a visionary. What he is a market expert. And the market says windows is very popular, thus Balmer ended this project to invest in more window tablets. So how well are those buggy window tablets going for you Balmer? You monkey of a man.

  • @MapleMeadows Discussed this issue yesterday in my product development class. It is just sad that hyper-active air-head Steve Balmer killed this product just because he thought it is not Windows. What an f-in idiot. This product was the true i-Pad killer and in many ways would have set the standard for Apple to follow. I fail to understand why MSFT does not fire the dickhead... What a SERIOUS waste of opportunity to be the first world class non Apple product...

  • I must have seen this 10 times. And every time I want this more. This is what a tablet should be.

  • Gimme Gimme Gimme, all night long

  • There a world of difference between fantasy and SHIPPING product.

  • Only the alarmist press has said anything about canceling the Courier. The Microsoft VP just said they weren't bringing it to market _yet_.

  • @Batou456 You and your adjectives.

  • THEY CANCELLED MAKING THIS?! IT CAN'T BE!!!!!!

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    free HD Wallpapers

  • i've been saying this for a long time. make a dual screen tablet the size of a comic book which you can turn sideways and use as a laptop by projecting a keyboard on one of the touch screens. when they develop foldable screens, the whole thing can be a giant tablet when opened

  • @neomp5 Think acer already did.

  • I want 1

  • iPad killer!

  • The only tablet that's sold me...

  • wait they cancelled this???

    this looks like something people would actually buy for their work...

    well back to iToys then

  • Check my channel out! Give aways soon!

  • I think the two major pieces that killed this were processors (bottlenecks) and batteries. The technology to run this as fast as the video and for 8hr+ just doesn't exist yet. I can barely get my iPhone running longer than 3 hours with constant use, this wouldn't last 2. Still, exciting times when this tech comes to fruition, and I can't wait! :D

  • why they canceled this ?!?!?!?

  • would have definately bought one :/

  • its more flexible for work & studies than the other pads of the market. I would buy one if they sell it some day. It seems perfect for my univercity & my art concepts!

  • i would have saved every penny just to buy this! this is amazing! BETTER THAN THE IPAD!

  • This would've been the perfect tablet for me. Imagine Photoshop and painter on this!!

  • As much as I hate Windows and love Mac, this looks really cool.

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  • nice,i like the book design

  • @xSlavic

    consider this for now,who interested /watch?v=cwFVrhDEdFI

  • I would so buy this.... if only it existed :( Why's all the really good stuff never released? It's a shame.

  • in the end, would have run under windows... so it would have been a disaster anyway ;-)

  • @wunderfantastike Yes, unlike every mac product in which you pay twice for the name, and get worse hardware. Then have almost every mac laptop crash. Good choice of company.

  • @camatticous

    uh... i see microsofts marketing department is alert and in full "crush" mode. how much did your soul cost? so far, a mac has never crashed (unless youre runninng windows bootcamped under a mac). It is more expensive, but imo you get a better system.

  • @wunderfantastike Except almost every macbook (albeit mostly previous generations) has had a hardware failure.

  • You know, I was absolutely EXCITED about this when this video first came out, but still no product. ARGH.

    MICROSOFT IS STUPID.

  • Recently MS announced that Windows 8 would be their riskiest move yet. Lets hope they really give us the wow factor like this product, and don't just confine themselves to what they already offer, but in a nice shiny packaging.

    I want MS to release some truly revolutionary products...more products like the Windows Phone 7

  • WTF why is this cancelled???

  • k woood star dhsd

  • This is 100% exactly what I need.

    Can't believe they canceled it.

    I would buy it tomorrow if they sold it.

  • @venom5809 we need to petition MS to release this. it looks great

  • @venom5809 Microsoft is developing windows for tablets and may be released along with windows 8.

  • @venom5809 Same Here! Great alternative for the Ipad. They shoulda called it the Ipad killer lol. Ah well I guess they don't like great Ideas.....

  • i love the ipad but i would not mind buying this. too bad they cancelled it.

  • Stop blaming Gates, Balmer is CEO now

  • it looks amazing!

  • microsoft is stupid to have canceled the project!

  • @samplane123 i know ima ipad fan but this looks so freaking better, but since bill gates is a retard to cancel this so back to the ipad.

  • I'm such an apple fanboy... but this looks really nice!

  • I would love this if it had a full on xbox live built into it. Not just a tracker but full games straight out of xbox library.

  • Wow, I could really use something like that!

  • This is actually fucking useful compared to the iPad.

  • Pretty damn cool.

  • this would be so useful. i really want one.

  • even if Microsoft did this they would put so many bugs into it that you would hate it they cant do anything right anymore just look at x box

  • come on Microsoft, bring this thing to life!!!

  • Do you all not know that this product does NOT EXIST?!

  • @panchamkauns but it damn well should!

  • Cool, the return of the PEN!

  • I would take this over the iPad any time, lol and I am writing this comment from my iPad btw lol... It's not that I don't like my iPad I LOVE IT but I hate apple as a company they are really awful to their customers, Microsoft is not even half bad when compared to apple ( and I know I owned 2 iPods 3 iPhones and an iPad, but that's only cuz no one was on the same level) hopefully things are gonna change soon :) don't u love change?

  • @samplane123 eh, i dont hate microsoft, just that when they advertise something as amazing it usually comes out bad.

  • @samplane123 too bad if it did come out it would've crashed a lot, and the touch screen would probably be horrible and unresponsive.

  • Dont you see that this is just interactive diary/contact book? Its even divided into halfs wich ruins large display! And you can arrange things there like in some ELLE or something... Soo boring and girly!

  • 1:30 "I pull up the WEB" lol

    You pull up the fucking web? Seriously?

  • Life like this....,Coolll...

  • What happend with the copyrights.

  • @stefaanslots All these feature will disappear to avoid "facilitate" copyright violation. But consumer wont know this until they are stuck with the 500$ device and a accepted EULA. Business as usual...

  • Sucks , iPad is waaaay better

  • It looks very cool. I really like the book design and journal interface. It reminds me of videos I used to watch way back as a kid about Bill Gates' vision of the future.

  • Ballmer is clearly incapable of leading Microsoft. I would have bought one of these because the way Apple is running things...Apple sucks and I would rather stay with Microsoft but thing is....Steve Ballmer could not give a rats ass. Epic Fail as a CEO. MS-fail.

  • i want to fuck the narrator's voice

  • @ByBleeker you want to fuck the voice? how the fuck is that possible?

  • When does this come out??

  • OMG!!!...I rather have this!...I've never seen anything so Awesome...why did thy cancel?...i say they still should have released it...that was so much cooler than the ipad

  • hmm i don't know.... i'm left handed... still cooler than ipad

  • the new microsoft ceo who canceled this should be replaced, what was bill gates thinking?!

  • The only thing wrong with this is the word "Microsoft".....

    I read that and I'm put off straight away...

  • Yucky design. You work on one screen and leave the other entirely waiting ? there's no freedom of hand movement like other tablets. I guess folding it would not have reduced the size considerably either, making it too bulky for a pocket. MIcrosoft was in their right mind to cancel tihs thing...

  • @prassun1saha put it in your pocket? lol

  • @prassun1saha rofl what are you on? she clearly uses both screens, the left one primarily for exploring content and the right one as a virtual desktop. There's as much freedom as with any other tablet, you cold it with one hand and operate with other. Folding it would reduce it's length by 50% (laduh) while making it twice as thick, pretty good trade off. I'm hoping what you meant by "pocket" was a tablet or laptop bag sleeve, in which case it will still be as thick as a normal laptop.

  • WOW... am realling waiting for this...........

  • Lousy video, her voice trails off at the end of each sentence, making it impossible to understand. Talk like an adult honey, not like a teenager, rapid machine gun style!

    Keep your voice volume up, even at the end of your sentences.

  • Microsoft made a realy bad decision.

  • @tanjoodo

    Wait until monday's announcement. You will be very surprised.

  • hahahaha this concept is over! Go Ipad!

  • @fixingbraincell so this would have been the only hindrance to the ipad, you're admitting it, and remaining an apple fanboy?

  • What a cruel world y would u cancel such a great thing

  • This thing has everything I want in a tablet PC.

    Great OS with so much futures. Apple's iOS is great too, but here everyone looks better. And sometimes at Apple's iOS I think: "Where is this future?" or "Why isn't this future here?"

    But this tablet has really everything i want.

    If it is real, I would buy it.

  • When it'll release? I would've more money.

  • @DewCh09 It's just vaporware, aka not a real product, and never will be in this form.

  • @burgundyyears Thk for more information.

    I'm so sad for this news.

    I hope somedays,it'll have this project before IPad is having for everyone. T-T

  • Im sad they canceled it D: Wahhh

  • This would've been perfect... I am really, really disappointed that they canceled this project. I would've bought one in a heartbeat. That's the problem with Microsoft. They just don't get it. The iPad is awesome, yes, and I'm anxiously waiting to see what Palm and HP have up their sleeve for a tablet (and phones too... I love webOS but the Pre's hardware is driving me nuts), but the Courier would've been my dream tablet. Microsoft- the company that canceled the Courier, but released the Kin. 

  • @samplane123 I read that Microsoft announced or put in some listing for a new product with dual multi-touch screens, a few weeks ago :D

    Sounds like they're working on the Courier!

  • i love how it has multi touch with pen and fingers

  • I was really hoping this would come out. I love the look, the way it could be used, and that its foldable.

  • Just another MS pipe dream that will never, ever ship. It'll go nicely with my matching Surface.

  • At first when I saw this I was like, Oh great, an iPad rip off, but I kept watching, and this thing is a billion times better than the iPad!!

  • @wutzerface77 accept this was in planning before ipad came out, they were in a race to see who would finnish 1st before they came out with windows 7. apple had been thinking of the ipad before this but people knew about the courier first! apple can suck it, your right this is way better. hopefully they will get started on this & get it out!

  • @samplane123 why did they cancel it?

  • I have feeling Microsoft "canceled the project" because it was merely just a vision. The video itself wasn't a demonstration of the actual device or a prototype--but merely a vision. I have a feeling that Microsoft either didn't possess the technology or actual innovation to pull off a product like this. I can release my own "vision" of someone floating in the air but that doesn't mean it's going to happen anytime soon.

  • @Mafia1779 a lot of people thought that, but now Toshiba released the Libretto. REALLY similar hardware, looks just like the courier! only difference is the ui since the libretto runs windows 7 with some new toshiba touch ui elements on top. so the technology is there, it sold out here in the us in like a day despite being $1100( cause it was just a concept product) so people WILL buy it. all microsoft has to do is make the software and probably bring down the cost/market it

  • Microsoft, I hate you!!

    Why haven't they made it?? Microsoft also has good ideas, about design and style.. but they just talk and never complete what they start. a pity!

  • Looking forward for this.....

    this is what you called a notebook.....

    it's sweet!

  • i want one =) thumbs up if you do too