Early Details On Courier, Microsoft's Take On a Tablet

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Early Details On Courier, Microsoft's Take On a Tablet

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 23, 2009 @02:21AM from the page-turners dept.

rbanffy points out an article on Gizmodo about Courier, a tablet (or more accurately, a booklet) in development at Microsoft. "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." A concept video shows off the ability to use the two different screens for separate purposes, like browsing the web or a photo album on the left and using the right as a notepad or workspace.

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Most important question... by Toe,+The · 2009-09-23 02:25 · Score: 2, Funny

Does it come in brown?
1. Re:Most important question... by Canazza · 2009-09-23 02:27 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You can have any colour you like, so long as it's Beige
  
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2. Re:Most important question... by Ronald+Dumsfeld · 2009-09-23 02:51 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  You can have any colour you like, so long as it's Beige
  They've been working to make 'that damn colour' acceptable for decades.
  
  But first they had to ban smoking everywhere so it doesn't go nicotine yellow in a few weeks.
  
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Courier? No thanks by Anonymous Coward · 2009-09-23 02:28 · Score: 1, Funny

I'll stick with Vera Sans Mono.
To make this device truly useful... by Bicx · 2009-09-23 02:47 · Score: 4, Funny

one of the screens could be replaced by a full Querty keyboard for rapid word processing. You could then hold it in your lap while typing with the speed of both hands.
1. Re:To make this device truly useful... by Foofoobar · 2009-09-23 03:01 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Querty? I think you put your keys back in the wrong order after cleaning your keyboard.
  
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2. Re:To make this device truly useful... by Bicx · 2009-09-23 03:24 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Uhat are you talking about?
3. Re:To make this device truly useful... by pavon · 2009-09-23 03:43 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Hou did yow end wp with tuo 'w' keys?
Can't Wait... by swanzilla · 2009-09-23 02:54 · Score: 4, Funny

...dual blue screens of death

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Re:It sucks by dtolman · 2009-09-23 03:09 · Score: 2, Funny

Yeah - what is MS thinking, trying to sell to hundreds of millions of customers, when they could go after a market of a few hundred thousand.
Re:Looks like a nice device by Golias · 2009-09-23 03:28 · Score: 5, Funny

I would mostly be using it in a bed to read something or surf the web and so on.
You can just come out and say that you want it for porn. It's okay.

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Re:Looks like a nice device by Golias · 2009-09-23 03:41 · Score: 2, Funny

You apparently cared enough to reply. Just not enough to explain.

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Am I the only one... by Comboman · 2009-09-23 04:18 · Score: 2, Funny

Am I the only one who expected the logo for a Microsoft product called Courier to use a different font?

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