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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:23
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Jeff Liebermann wrote: > On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:12:08 -0800, John Navas > <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/06/microsoft_courier_details_report/> >> >> Could be an iPad killer -- Microsoft may have finally got one right. > > It was also leaked about 6 months ago. Nothing happened: > <http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/09/23/microsoft_courier/> > It sure looks nice. However, since it's Zune based (WinCE 6), my > guess(tm) is that there will be copious legal limitations and > entanglements limiting user installed software, music, user created It doesn't matter how great the hardware is, where are the apps? The iPad is going to be the 2010 "educational" toy and entertainment device sitter that parents buy their kids. Those kids with a Nintendo DSi in the car will be so 2009. The Microsoft product, if it's real, is going to be more of a product used for actual work. > apps, etc. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for Microsoft Surface: Microsoft Surface has been in commercial use for several years already.
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