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Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:08:59 +0000

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By: Grant Hutchinson

Grant Hutchinson — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:15:43 +0000

People need to stop referring to these rumoured and conceptual tablet computers as “Newton” or “Newton-like” devices — with a wink and nod or otherwise. If people (such as yourself, Mr Paczkowski) had actually used a Newton for a reasonable amount of time, they wouldn’t continually spew this type of unfounded, comparative nonsense. Just because a device purports to have a tabletesque form factor, a touchscreen, and (optionally) a stylus, it does not automatically imply “Newton” — no matter how you define the underlying design or technology.

By: Fred Hamranhansenhansen

Fred Hamranhansenhansen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:55:51 +0000

They should change their name to Mockupsoft. Is this thing running Mojave or Cairo? How many malwares will it have at launch?

I love that it is a drawing but the device is thicker than the two computers I have with me right now. (MacBook Air and iPhone 3GS.)

I love that it’s a tablet but it has to sit on a desk to work. A desktop tablet. Who ever saw that coming? It’s called Courier but it should be called Draftsman.

I love that it has both multitouch, and a pen. All they need to do is add special glasses you have to wear to use it and they’ll have something really special.

The layout of the page on the right would be the single best layout Microsoft ever shipped. If it actually shipped.

If the displays butted up against each other, you could watch a full-width movie. Luckily that kind of thing is not popular with users.

Weird how Apple mockups come from the community, and Microsoft mockups come from Microsoft. People in the Apple community can’t make hardware, but they still get to express their enthusiasm in a mockup. Same with Microsoft of course.

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Tablet Shmablet: How About a Mud PC? [MediaMemo] | UpOff.com — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:14:03 +0000

[...] Shmablet: How About a Mud PC? [MediaMemo] September 23rd, 2009 The Wondertablet the guys at Gizmodo showed off last night looks cool. But you can’t actually touch one right [...]

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Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:01:59 +0000

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By: Mark Sigal

Mark Sigal — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:35:56 +0000

First off, this is a really cool looking prototype. Second, the obvious question is when will the real product ship and what’s the OS and tools side of the equation, as Apple has pretty much shown this to be the bar for success.

Clearly, Apple learned this lesson from Microsoft (in PC 1.0) but MS feels long removed from those days (i.e., cultivating and growing a software centered ecosystem), especially in light of all of the legacy that they have to support.

Btw, here are some thought on where e-Book is headed:

Rebooting the Book (One Apple iPad Tablet at a Time):
http://bit.ly/zOoEu

Check it out if interested.

Mark

By: Brian Green

Brian Green — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:41:56 +0000

Just saw the video at Gizmodo. This is very similar to a device proposed, but never developed, by a publishing company in France. I would definitely give this serious consideration if it was for sale. A computer with a touch screen but no stylus is seriously limited.

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Announcing the Microsoft Newton [Digital Daily] | UpOff.com — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:03:58 +0000

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