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Originally Posted by wodin
I believe I'll be waiting for Microsoft's Courier! Wouldn't it be a huge Coup d'état if they announced next week?
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not likely. there's really no buzz for the courier anyway (unlike the iPad run up) and Microsoft already had their announcement at the CES keynote where Ballmer announced a cool new Slate pc concept from HP. that is likely what the courier would have been. it usually takes MS a while to copy apple effectively anyway, and since they only design the software and not the hardware (unless they switch, like the zune), i wouldn't hold your breath on the courier.
besides, this is a consumer product. microsoft is in no way a competitor to the iPad. apple has a way of determining who their competitors are and aren't and nothing microsoft has now or has ever had comes close to an iPad competitor. it is what it is.
besides, who would actually want one? its been proven that windows 7 is not built for a touchscreen interface so they would essentially have to come up with something totally new. like the zune. the zune was way late to the mp3 party but despite that after a couple years of refinement they finally have a quality mp3 player, nobody is buying them.