You didn’t even have to open up your notebook computer Wednesday to hear the alarms and klaxons going off in the technology blogosphere: Someone had leaked images and video of a dual-screen, multi-touch tablet PC that’s supposedly in the “late prototype” stages at Microsoft. Gizmodo is the lucky recipient of the information regarding the Courier, said to be an actual device that looks more like a slim e-reader or portfolio than a tablet computer. The two 7-inch screens face each other book-style, and users can interact with them with a stylus or with their fingers.
This is unbelievable..... If MS actually does get this product out the door with even minimal aps plus a good implementation of book-reader software (instinctual and with wi-fi access to a large range of titles), it will mean two potentially very good products out of Redmond in a year.
I would actually buy one of these at a reasonable price. Reasonable in my book being under $500 with minimal apps, under $1,000 with a stunning set of apps.
It sounds like hardware costs will force higher price points and if Zune and Windows Mobile are accurate predictors, the software apps library will be a loooong time reaching critical mass.
So I expect a purchase will be a ways out there, but dang, something to look forward to and even lust after from MS. Wonders never cease.
BTW: Win 7 is the other product I find exciting.
In my use (testing) of it has proven very reliable and much more user friendly than either Vista or, dare I say it, XP.
Unless something significant occurs between now and the actual release, it will likely be the first MS OS I will recommend as an upgrade to my clients since the introduction of Vista.
Note: I do, reluctantly, support Vista Home and up since SP1 was released and have stopped doing downgrades to XP except in rare cases.
It seems worth mentioning that a large factor in my good 'review' of Win 7 is the fact it seems to be the first software release from MS to be reasonably free of bloatware. Not quite a 'lean, mean product', but close. (Or maybe Vista skewed my perception of reality more than I realize.)
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Will Microsoft's Courier Deliver the Goods?
Posted by: Renay San Miguel September 23, 2009 12:14 PMYou didn’t even have to open up your notebook computer Wednesday to hear the alarms and klaxons going off in the technology blogosphere: Someone had leaked images and video of a dual-screen, multi-touch tablet PC that’s supposedly in the “late prototype” stages at Microsoft. Gizmodo is the lucky recipient of the information regarding the Courier, said to be an actual device that looks more like a slim e-reader or portfolio than a tablet computer. The two 7-inch screens face each other book-style, and users can interact with them with a stylus or with their fingers.
I would actually buy one of these at a reasonable price. Reasonable in my book being under $500 with minimal apps, under $1,000 with a stunning set of apps.
It sounds like hardware costs will force higher price points and if Zune and Windows Mobile are accurate predictors, the software apps library will be a loooong time reaching critical mass.
So I expect a purchase will be a ways out there, but dang, something to look forward to and even lust after from MS. Wonders never cease.
BTW: Win 7 is the other product I find exciting.
In my use (testing) of it has proven very reliable and much more user friendly than either Vista or, dare I say it, XP.
Unless something significant occurs between now and the actual release, it will likely be the first MS OS I will recommend as an upgrade to my clients since the introduction of Vista.
Note: I do, reluctantly, support Vista Home and up since SP1 was released and have stopped doing downgrades to XP except in rare cases.
It seems worth mentioning that a large factor in my good 'review' of Win 7 is the fact it seems to be the first software release from MS to be reasonably free of bloatware. Not quite a 'lean, mean product', but close. (Or maybe Vista skewed my perception of reality more than I realize.)