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Microsoft Courier more Desirable than Apple iPad?

by Jay Garrett on March 9, 2010

Ok, so the iPad isn’t floating everyone’s boat is it?

I’ve actually been interested in Microsoft’s offering for quite some time now and there’s some more info seeping through about the twin screened tablet known as Courier.

So, we all already know that the Courier will react in a nice way to being stroked and poked by either finger or stylus but the video below also shows that Microsoft’s Courier has shrunk since we first got sneaky peeks at it.

The shrinkage will obviously help it be more portable and, as it looks to be around 5″x7″ and about an inch think, should be luggable +++ :)

It beats the Apple table by seemingly sporting a camera. The Courier, as well as having the pinch-zoom touchscreeness can also recognise handwriting when using the stylus which combined with being able to cope with multiple apps running is going to make Mr Jobs weep. I particularly like the cut and paste using the stylus shown in the vid below.

You are able to keep ‘Journals’ which, given its book-like form factor, are kinda like multi-media scrapbooks. This makes me think that the big M may be pushing the Courier as Filofax for the 21st Century. It’s neat that you can make a journal your homepage so if you’re off to a meeting you can have all your relevant notes, pics, etc right at the front of your do everything organiser.

According to the whispers on Engadget the Courier UX will be purring along using the Tegra 2 OS as found on the Zune HD and not Windows 7 – so a little similar to Apple’s choice of using the iPhone OS and not Mac OSX.

As I mentioned before:  We should be looking at the Micorsoft Courier UX as a small Surface device.  The OS indeed resembles the Surface operating system with the added bonus of mobile niceties such as maps and internetweb.

Reckon it’s a no-brainer to think that the Courier would make a great e-Book reader huh?

Microsoft is aiming to launch this in the second half of this year and it sounds like it will be keenly priced as they’re planning large volume sales.

Colour me interested – what say you?

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Alex the Android eBook has Two Screens and Smartphone Capabilities

by Jay Garrett on October 19, 2009

alex-ebook-readerEveryone say hello to Alex the eBook reader.

This lovely, and friendly sounding gadget comes courtesy of Spring Design.

This eBook reader not only has the usual black and white e-Ink screen it has another display that features full colour niceness!

Alex also throws in full web browsing over Wi-Fi and 3G (or EVDO/CDMA in America).

I love the idea that publishers can embed links in to the main text and create live footnotes for further reading in the colour section :)

Web content can be cached onto the device’s internal memory, and swapped to the monochrome screen to preserve battery life.

Alex apparently has ‘full smartphone cabilities’ as well but I’m guessing more info will surface ahead of its ‘before the years end’ release.

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Interview 1700 – Flipable Dual Monitors in a Single Unit

September 8, 2009 Click to read more →
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I prefer to work with multiple displays when I get the choice.
Keeping one for stuff I’m working on and the other for various other things just feels logical.
Well – instead of buying stands, separate monitors, etc you can go and get the InterView 1700.
It’s a dual display system in a single unit.
It consists of [...]

Change Your Mobile Phone Colour at The Press of a Button – chLCD Skins

June 10, 2009 Click to read more →
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D’ya fancy changing the colour of your phone merely at the touch of a button?
Have a gander at the pic – it’s not two different phones but the same changing its colour from purple to blue at the very touch of a button.
It can actually change to eight colours and does so by using an electric [...]

EKI Split Keyboard Twin Screen Notebook

August 16, 2008 Click to read more →

Granted, it’s not the prettiest notebook you”ll ever see.
There are also nicer split keyboards out there in the battle against RSI.
But, when you spit that keyboard; there’s only another screen inside!
Yup – two screens folded up into one keyboard.  What would be really neat is if that secondary screen was also a nice glass touch [...]