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Microsoft "Courier" secret tablet

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What it is

A short concept video of Microsoft's unreleased Courier, a dual-screen tablet designed as a digital notebook with clippings and annotation. It was first leaked by Gizmodo in 2009.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN treats it as a gold-standard concept demo and a what-might-have-been for dual-screen and digital notebook devices.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2010, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “It has also been my personal gold standard of a superb video demo.”

    Microsoft Courier concept demo, a gold standard video demo

    widgetycrank, 2011-02 · Strong recommendation · in “The Next Six Months”

  2. “I thought the Courier was a great idea not just for the dual screens but the software as well”

    Dual-screen tablet concept with notes and scraps software

    dhughes, 2013-08 · Recommendation · in “Ballmer forced out after $900M Surface RT debacle, analyst says”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: microsoft courier, dual screen, tablet, digital notebook, concept demo

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