Microsoft's 'Courier' Tablet

Courier is a real device, and we've heard that it's in the "late prototype" stage of development. It's not a tablet, it's a booklet. The dual 7-inch (or so) screens are multitouch, and designed for writing, flicking and drawing with a stylus, in addition to fingers. They're connected by a hinge that holds a single iPhone-esque home button. Statuses, like wireless signal and battery life, are displayed along the rim of one of the screens. On the back cover is a camera, and it might charge through an inductive pad, like the Palm Touchstone charging dock for Pre.

Until recently, it was a skunkworks project deep inside Microsoft, only known to the few engineers and executives working on it—Microsoft's brightest, like Entertainment & Devices tech chief and user-experience wizard J. Allard, who's spearheading the project. Currently, Courier appears to be at a stage where Microsoft is developing the user experience and showing design concepts to outside agencies.

http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet

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[BlackScream77]

if this could replace the 30 kilos of books i drag to school everyday then respect 2 you!!

[arodaman]

Uh yeah... so. I'm still going to get this thing if it works as advertised.

[iloveyou8forever8]

it got cancled folks...

[Eddoxx]

Really nice!

[ginito]

FUCK YOU MICROSOFT, you always come up with your prototype shit and never made it real!

Microsoft currier = DEAD PROJECT

Zune Phone = DEAD PROJECT

Mircosoft surface = (almost) DEAD PROJECT

msn watch = DEAD PROJECT

msn tv internet = DEAD PROJECT

Microsoft Ultra mobile pc = DEAD PROJECT (AND A FUCKING LIE! )

...and I am missing many others

Microsoft, you are FULL OF SHIT.

[borbetomagus]

This seems very impressive. I would have like to have seen it come to market, but Microsoft reportedly killed the project. I imagine it would have cost too much and it would have been an uphill battle matching the available apps to Apple's iPad. There will be Android tablets, some under $100. Check - Eken M001, enTourage eDGe, Marvell Moby, OLPC XO-3, Notion Ink Adam, etc....

[Risket]

This looks amazing! I feel sorry for everyone who buys every piece of crap that gets the Apple sticker slapped on it. I used to be one of those people myself before I started to prefer higher quality products instead of just what's "trendy". I'd love to pull this thing out next to someone with a iPhail--er "Pad".

[kcimmid]

oke ziet er al beter uit dan de Ipad..

[twinkertoy]

@BlackScream77 except you'll be a doctor by the time it comes out...

[RapidoyFurioso15]

this actually looks better than the ipad!

[08jackt]

this frinkin' pwns Apple's piece of crap :D GO MICROSFTO :-D