blademaster
I'm moving to Brazil
+2,075|6905
A new video of the Microsoft Courier has been leaked onto the Internet, demonstrating in the video just how users will actually use the device. The video didn't show any keyboard but the tablet device will be used through various swipes, flicks and pinches to navigate pages.

It's hard to tell exactly the way the device works from the video, but there appears to be a physical home button in the middle of the tablet that brings the user to a home page or the last page viewed. The center of the tablet seems to act as a clipboard for images that allows you to navigate the device to transfer the images to another page.

The Courier tablet also comes with a camera built-in, which appears to be located on the left hand side of the device, which is activated from the top corner. Users can drag their hands down on either side of the device, bringing up a dual local search and a web browser for surfing.

The Courier seems to allow sharing of files through some sort of Courier file type, a PowerPoint file (PPT) and a PDF, sharing to a Windows XP machine in the video.
here is the video
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Dauntless
Admin
+2,249|7002|London

It looks interesting but my handwriting sucks
https://imgur.com/kXTNQ8D.png
.Sup
be nice
+2,646|6713|The Twilight Zone
I want this
https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png
TopHat01
Limitless
+117|6165|CA
Looks cool, could become the new way to take notes for school.  (If it doesn't cost a limb to get...)
Rod Foxx
Warblgarbl
+78|6244|Perth, Australia

TopHat01 wrote:

Looks cool, could become the new way to take notes for school.  (If it doesn't cost a limb to get...)
Who takes notes in school?

I've got one degree and i'm currently getting another and i still don't take notes

Last edited by Rod Foxx (2009-10-06 02:10:15)

Defiance
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TopHat01 wrote:

Looks cool, could become the new way to take notes for school.  (If it doesn't cost a limb to get...)
Yeah, they said the same thing about Tablets.

It's all just trendy hardware-debauchery. What people pay for, this cute little touch screen, is nothing more then a gimped laptop on top of some software that is not really innovative at all. Gestures? Old. Drag and drop files? I could do that right now, in Firefox.

Spoiler (highlight to read):
This clearly annoys me, the reason being: cell phones. Call it a flexible pet peeve. People sat in line for days, even a week iirc, to pay for an overpriced iPhone. Then they come out parroting all it's features that are based purely on software. The only somewhat innovative feature was the touch screen, and only because it was rare on the platform. Same with the G1, although people who buy that retain the dignity of a hardware keyboard as well. [/rant]

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