CNET has published a two-part feature detailing the inside story of Microsoft's ill-fated Courier tablet (part one, part two). Courier, a foldable two-screen tablet envisaged as a kind of "digital Moleskine"—a digital analog to a leather-bound notebook ideal for note-taking and sketching—was an eye-catching concept, and its public cancellation dismayed many. The cancellation itself was something of an oddity; the product had never been officially publicised, existing only in the form of leaks and concept videos published by Gizmodo, but confirmation of Courier's demise was official and final.
The feature includes a number of details not previously public, including the scale of the Courier project. This was no minor research project or futuristic video production: more than 130 people were working on the project, and although the Courier team was far from producing final software or hardware, it had designed Samsung-built prototypes to allow people to get a feel for the Courier experience. Heading the Courier team was J Allard, the man who made Microsoft realize the importance of the Internet, later to become one of the key figures in the Xbox project.
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