Microsoft Courier Not Shipping Until 2011
Microsoft Courier Not Shipping Until 2011
Posted 04/20/2010 at 11:12am
| by Paul Lilly
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The early success of Apple's iPad might have Microsoft rethinking its strategy. According to a report in the New York Times, Microsoft is having a tough time identifying a potential market for a dual-screen device that folds like a book. What's more, engineers have to figure out a way to maintain battery life, which is no easy task given the double-screen design.
"At first the idea was to market the Courier for designers and architects, but lately the company is thinking of a broader market of consumers and so would include e-books, magazines and other media content on the device," NYT writes.
The latest word from Microsoft engineers appears to be that the Courier won't come out until early 2011. If that's true, Microsoft would both be giving other tablet makers a potential head start, and would miss the all-important holiday rush.
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jlh304
April 20, 2010 at 5:12pm
I like the idea of the enTourage eDGe. It's a color touchscreen on one side and a E-ink display on the other.
Biceps
April 20, 2010 at 1:42pm
I am really looking forward to the Courier... but if something good that is oriented towards art and design comes out before the courier I may not be able to restrain myself. I hope that the additional time in the pipeline makes the courier a better product with a wide range of functionality. We shall see.
Baer
April 20, 2010 at 12:22pm
The industry is finally getting serious about Tablets. Some of the prototypes I saw at CES were amazing. I want one but I am going to wait untill the end of Summer as I am absolutly sure that there are better things on the way than what we have seen so far.
Keith E. Whisman
April 20, 2010 at 11:26am
The idea I had was to have a virtual soft keyboard on one side and a widescreen display on the other. Open the device to watch a movie that fills both displays. Offers a dual screen tablet that can be folded and closed to protect the screens,
Off the subject where is the NoBSPodcast #138? I need it. I'm feeling very ill. I need my fix.
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