With all the hoopla surrounding the iPad Microsoft may have snuck in a sneak attack. Microsoft is breaking out their own tablet device which could take the iPad out before it takes off. Engadget has a picture of a device from Microsoft that is being called the Courier tablet. It is a dual screen device that has Multi Touch and a Stylus. Gizmodo broke early images of the Courier in September, 2009.
The Courier is rumored to have NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 Chipset and run the same OS as the Zune and Windows Phone 7. Perhaps taking head to some of the knocks the iPad got the courier will also have a camera built in. Of course it is expected to have an EBOOK reader, which may explain some of the angles Microsoft had in mind when striking a deal with Amazon a few weeks ago.
The debate will rage on weather this device is real or just a Prototype but the video looks really good. With the UI on Phone 7 and now another slick UI on the Courier Apple had better be rethinking its concept of reusing it’s already 3 year old interface. Which is a lifetime in the world of technology.
For me personally, I have my HP Mini Netbook and that’s all I need.
[Image Via Engadget]