Engadget [ http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/26/microsoft-gestu... ] has just uncovered a set of patents for a dual screen tablet (Courier, anyone?). The patents haven't been given to Microsoft yet, but they still show that Microsoft is still obviously interested in this form factor. Microsoft, do it! What do you think?
Just thinking about how Microsoft has all these get services and research that never really gets blended into one. I mean it was not untill recent that they started to really merge their services onto all of their platforms. They always seem to be one step behind and always seem to show off cool stuff in their research lab that never makes it anywhere. So how cool do you think a tablet with a great screen and great internals including some MS Surface technology, the intergration of services...
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**This was a concept device and was cancelled without ever being officially announced**
From Gizmodo:
It feels like the whole world is holding its breath for the Apple tablet. But maybe we've all been dreaming about the wrong device. This is Courier, Microsoft's astonishing take on the tablet.
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
