Rumors are fun, especially when they revolve around tech heavyweights like Apple and Microsoft. What is even more fun is when these rumors are strengthened by revelations by blogs on the specs of the rumored devices. Gizmodo is one such quality site, which is claiming that Microsoft is, contrary to the ‘mere’ rumors floating around, actually working on a dual-screen tablet dubbed the “Courier”.
The device is supposed to be in the “late prototype” stage, with Microsoft currently working on user experience and developing design concepts through outside agencies. The tablet has a dual 7” screen in a booklet style and the screens are connected by a hinge. The hinge also has a iPhone-like home button at the bottom center of the booklet. The edges of the screens show how much of the wireless signals and battery life remain.
One will be able to input information either with a stylus or with one’s own fingers, especially to take advantage of the multi-touch capability. Demonstration video shows a lady working on her project while flipping data between screens to collaborating a journal and her online searches along with some contact details. Video available after the post.
I wonder how much change a dual screen tablet would really bring to the way in which computers are used. How many people would actually want to flip between two screens while working, except while copying data from one file (MS Word for instance) to another? No one will feel the need to watch a movie broken in half, or watch two movies at the same time for that matter. All a dual screen would add to one’s life is eliminate the ‘Alt+Tab’ functionality to switch between windows.
Iif Microsoft is really to release such a dual-screen tablet, it would hardly accepted on a large-scale basis. Unless of course Microsoft has a completely different section of the market targeted with this device. On a more practical basis, this looks to be a good portable computer that replaces your paper diary. Will this dual-screen touchscreen tablet bring about a new angle to portable computing (much like the netbooks did)? Only time will tell.
via [Gizmodo]
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