It's tablet-tablet everywhere, we have heard a lot about Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle, Cisco Cius, Dell Streak and now 'Microsoft Courier' to join the bandwagon. Courier: Microsoft answers to gadget world?
I have been following the news for quite some time that Microsoft is working on secret project headed by J Allard, Entertainment and Devices tech chief, which is close to its final prototype stage. I got curious to find the answers to some of the interesting questions like: What is so cool about this device? Is it worth to compare Courier with other tablet devices like iPad, a device from the UI guru Apple? Let's look at the device snapshot to find out:
Microsoft Courier is exact opposite of Apple’s iPad, it has twin screen that would fold like a book, a mashup of a pen (stylus) dominated interface with several types of multitouch finger gestures, and multiple graphically complex themes, modes and applications, 3x megapixel digital camera, pdf and MS Office support. Courier will use specialized version of Windows CE with a caveat that courier will only allow the applications that are designed to support courier booklet form factor. So, no-no to windows native applications.
Here is the link to check out more on Microsoft Courier:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIgNfp-MdI
That sounds sounds so much to see in this digital-journal!
Well, we may not be able to see this device ever commercially. I read another news sometime back at Microsoft Blog that Microsoft killed the project completely. As per Microsoft VP of communications Frank Shaw: “At any given time, across any of our business groups, there are new ideas being investigated, tested, and incubated. It’s in Microsoft’s DNA to continually develop and incubate new technologies to foster productivity and creativity. The 'Courier' project is an example of this type of effort and its technologies will be evaluated for use in future Microsoft offerings.”
Right after this news I started seeing other hardware companies like Asus who has originally launched their tablet projects with Microsoft Windows 7 are now switched to Android.
Muhammad Rizwan
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