The iPad was a major letdown to me, pretty much a glorified iPod touch. But this Courier from Microsoft is really revolutionary. I hope they bring it to the market this year
There are 2 major ways of introducing tech products:
1) introduce a real working product that just meets market expectaions (and maybe doesn't quit measure up) and evolve it over time to eventually incorporate the gee-whiz features.
2) show off vaporware with no scheduled release date to introduce FUD (fear, uncertainty, an doubt) into the marketplace. Wait and see what happens. Do nothing or introduce a "me too" type of product.
Car companies have been famous for their concept cars where engineers got a chance to play with lots of ideas. Some computer companies historically have been known to do analogous things. When it came to produce a car (or computer) for the real world, many if not most were underwhelming.
I'm not sure what you were trying to imply, Bernie. MS hasn't said a single word about Courier. S Balmer even denied its existence, so what's vaporwarish about this? I'm just excited about a new type of product that we can choose from.
2 models - 1 Celeron based and 1 Atom based, both with 10" screens. I've taken a look at the Viliv X70, S5's (too small and too spendy), the ClarioMiND (1 year old and already too outdated and not hackable enough), and even a couple of the tablet netbooks...
