CHESSNOID

It is weird to see products killed before they hit the shelves.  This microsoft product looked interesting and they have determined it to be a loser before testing it on the public.  They might be right.  Maybe technology is advancing so fast that this is considered old.

The video they made was very cool and it looked like it had potential. At least there are many other products out there still coming out.

Gizmodo:

According to sources familiar with the matter, Microsoft has cancelled Courier, the folding, two-screen prototype tablet that was first uncovered by Gizmodo.

We’re told that on Wednesday, Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer Microsoft execs informed the internal team that had been working on the tablet device that the project would no longer be supported. Courier had never been publicly announced or acknowledged as a Microsoft product.

It appeared from the leaked information last year that a Courier prototype was probably near to completion. The combination of both touch- and pen-based computing was compelling. Perhaps the strong launch of Apple’s iPad, currently the only available “mobile tablet” from a major vendor, caused Ballmer to reassess the commitment of Microsoft in a soon-to-be-crowded market.