Tech Thursday: RIP Microsoft Courier
Gizmodo first leaked information about Microsoft's Courier last September, and, I have to say, the thing looked friggin' awesome. Last week, Gizmodo announced that Microsoft had officially canceled the program (a program, I might add, that never officially existed, according to Microsoft), which makes me sad. Now, all we've got left is the iPad, which is just an over-sized, less-functional iPhone. However, many other companies are trying to enter the "tablet" market, but the latest big news is HP's purchase of Palm, and the supposed tablet that could come out of that deal. Either way, I'm sad to see the Courier go, but hope that Microsoft continues working on the concept; who knows, maybe they can create something tablet-like out of their impressive-looking Windows Phone 7 OS?
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this is devastating news :(
ReplyDeleteI was savoring my dollars until this lovely creature would be released.
My first reaction to this post...something already died that I didn't even know existed? Microsoft really screwed up their marketing if I never even heard of the Courier.
ReplyDeleteThey never truly acknowledged its existence, so they never wanted to market it. It was purely a gossip/rumor mill/tabloid fueled hype from last fall into early spring of this year. However, from everything I've read/heard, it actually existed, yet MSFT simply chose to avoid comment - perhaps because they never intended to release it?
ReplyDeleteHaha Aaron I had the same reaction as you - it died and I didn't even know it had lived. If a tech device falls in the woods...
ReplyDeleteIf this thing is so awesome how come Microsoft didn't make it?
No clue - that's what makes me sad. All the previews I saw were pretty awesome. Unless, of course, they couldn't produce it on mass scale and/or it cost entirely too much to do so...
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