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Originally Posted by _CL
Too bad Microsoft killed the Courier project. It was targeted initially towards graphics, but it seems it could have been easily adapted for text books. |
they didn't kill it, it was vapourware to begin with just to get the pc crowd excited for something that wasn't there to begin with, when apple was shipping the ipad. Plus it was a crap backward device to begin with. Microsoft hasn't managed to design a decent interface or os for a smart phone, and they've been at it for decades, do you really expect them to deliver the paradigm shift to e-readers? Shhhhh....
Two screens is not the issue for academia, this is the wrong paradigm. The device should have a good screen size to cater for an a4 format, and be fast and responsive enough. It should also incorporate some innovation to cater for the lack of being able to physically browse through a paper, and for references, stacks of documents etc. etc. Two screens is just an anachronism that might look good on paper but won't be any more functional than just one. And obviously one can have two tablet format readers and use them as too screens.