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Microsoft "Courier" Pictures
tekgoblin writes to let us know that Gizmodo has some early shots of the new prototype "Courier" booklet (foldable tablet) on the way from Microsoft. "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."
What if I want a Comic Sans?
but does it run Linux?
Maybe Microsoft will learn from those mistakes and put a fake horse's ass on this device.
Oh, yeah, it's not easy to pad these out to 120 characters.
By the time this moves from prototype to release, "Booklet" will seem like the soul of wit.
"Microsoft Booklet Live Mobility Series Professional Edition" rolls off only the nimblest of tongues...
MS's ability to name things has always be bad.
Maybe Microsoft's wit for naming things is rubbing off on Apple. I mean really, iPad!?
Heh, Microsoft could say this is like an iPad, but with wings.
Look where all this talking got us, baby.
I can re-purpose my Hammer Pants for something!
Wow, with the Windows-experience wizard and the designers of Xbox and Zune on board, what could possibly go wrong?