The first details of Microsoft’s dual-screen Courier tablet sent everyone into a tizzy. Then Microsoft proclaimed Courier dead before ever officially acknowledging its existence. But wait: is this email from CEO Steve Ballmer reason enough to hope for Courier’s future? More »
According to NYT Bits, Microsoft big boss Steve Ballmer will unveil a brand-spanking-new tablet PC developed in conjunction with HP at tomorrow’s CES keynote address. And, like some other fabled tablets, it’s said to have both multitouch and ereader capabilities. More »
More details on Courier, courtesy of Mary Jo Foley: Most interestingly, her sources say it runs Windows 7 underneath, the same way the Surface actually runs on top of Vista, and that Microsoft will actually make the tablet. More »
Microsoft’s Courier booklet was surprising, mostly because it was so far outside of what everybody now expects from a tablet. This internal video shows how Microsoft thinks we’ll use Courier. More »
Whether it’s Microsoft’s Courier or Apple’s own inevitable tablet, it’s hard to imagine any product besting this 1987 simulation demo of the Apple Knowledge Navigator. More »
Microsoft’s Courier tablet is actually one of a few different prototypes that J. Allard’s cooking up, says CNET’s Ina Fried and his team — a piece of the larger Alchemy Ventures project he’s running, reported by Mary Jo Foley the other day. [CNET]
