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after watching the video of the courier here:

http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet

I was wondering, how have they got around needing to rest your hand on the courier when you are writing with the stylus? presumably when your hand makes contact it registers a touch as your are writing which you wouldn't want - anyone thought about how they might have got round that?

is it as simple as when the pen is in contact all other touch is disabled?
 
I was discussing this device whilst at Microsoft yesterday, we were talking about the use of commodity devices in the enterprise and how easy it was to integrate them with the right planning.

Anyhow, there's only one prototype courier in existence at the moment, but retail development is being looked into.

Dealing with the hand pressing on the screen would be relatively simple as it's going to be a large contact point, and there are other touch & pen devices already in the market (like Wacom's Touch & Pen!!) that address this.
 
JasonRS said:
I was discussing this device whilst at Microsoft yesterday, we were talking about the use of commodity devices in the enterprise and how easy it was to integrate them with the right planning.

Anyhow, there's only one prototype courier in existence at the moment, but retail development is being looked into.

Dealing with the hand pressing on the screen would be relatively simple as it's going to be a large contact point, and there are other touch & pen devices already in the market (like Wacom's Touch & Pen!!) that address this.
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and is that how they address it? By detecting a surface area and not enabling a touch at that moment if the pen is being used?
 
joescrivens said:
and is that how they address it? By detecting a surface area and not enabling a touch at that moment if the pen is being used?
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Pretty much as far as I am aware. :)

It's interesting to know there is an actual working prototype though, that means the tech is there and it may be quite easy to produce saleable products. Did you get a chance to see it? I'm fascinated by the device but probably never buy it as it's not something I would find useful.:lol:
 
Amp34 said:
Pretty much as far as I am aware. :)

It's interesting to know there is an actual working prototype though, that means the tech is there and it may be quite easy to produce saleable products. Did you get a chance to see it? I'm fascinated by the device but probably never buy it as it's not something I would find useful.:lol:
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Not seen it, it's tucked away in a lab in Redmond or wherever the E&D lab is.

It came up in discussions around iPad, the upcoming HP "Slate" and Win7 phone. Of the 3 (4 if you count the courier) only the iPad is a tangible product today.

Win7 phone is being so tightly controlled before launch that even MS engineers at TechReady (their internal conference) a couple of weeks ago weren't allowed near it. The courier wasn't at that event, so it's a good while away, although more of Natal was...
 
must be something like this


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very cool, some of the ways they've used it is a bit far fetched but you see this all the time, they come up with a technique then need to think of an application for it. It shows off what can be done however then someone who was looking for a way to do something uses it and it just makes sense
 
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/switched-on-courier-courts-the-creative/

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/11/entelligence-what-can-courier-teach-the-market/

A couple more links about the Courier and what it could bring to market. I pretty much agree with both. The problem with most of the new tablets that are coming out is that they are for consuming content and not creating content. However the other problem with that is devices designed for consumption will always sell more than devices designed for creating.

If there is any chance of releasing this in the near future I think MS should definately try and display it before the worldwide release of the iPad (late may), yeah they are different products but I think it would definately dent the sales of the iPad if it's as good as it appears to be..
 
Amp34 said:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/switched-on-courier-courts-the-creative/

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/11/entelligence-what-can-courier-teach-the-market/

A couple more links about the Courier and what it could bring to market. I pretty much agree with both. The problem with most of the new tablets that are coming out is that they are for consuming content and not creating content. However the other problem with that is devices designed for consumption will always sell more than devices designed for creating.

If there is any chance of releasing this in the near future I think MS should definately try and display it before the worldwide release of the iPad (late may), yeah they are different products but I think it would definately dent the sales of the iPad if it's as good as it appears to be..
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i don't. who wants to create or consume on two tiny screens with a physical divide inbetween and a device reliant on a pen you can lose?
 
I think a few people will be going "wow". The thing with both the iPad and the Courier is that neither is actually something that people really "need" it's mostly a "want". A courier will sway quite a few people with no real need for an iPad to the next greatest thing, the Courier. :lol:

Also what makes you think it is reliant on a pen? It uses essentially the ZuneHD/Windows Phone software which doesn't need one, it would however come with one for handwriting and more creative tasks (and I assume an active digitiser like a wacom tablet).
 
Amp34 said:
I think a few people will be going "wow". The thing with both the iPad and the Courier is that neither is actually something that people really "need" it's mostly a "want". A courier will sway quite a few people with no real need for an iPad to the next greatest thing, the Courier. :lol:

Also what makes you think it is reliant on a pen? It uses essentially the ZuneHD/Windows Phone software which doesn't need one, it would however come with one for handwriting and more creative tasks (and I assume an active digitiser like a wacom tablet).
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if you are using it without a pen then you may as well have an iPad and take advantage of a bigger screen rather than 2 piddly ones, like you said, this is for creating and not consuming, the pen is reliant on the creation part of the bargin
 
It's still not reliant on the pen, and either way it you wouldn't be able to do things on the iPad that you could do on the Courier.

Either way both have their positives and i'm not going to sway you specifically about anything other than the iPad so...
 
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