Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Courier Lives! http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Courier Lives! http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Wed, 22 May 2013 10:40:59 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 10:40:59 GMT Rev9 15 -15 -1 Coffeehouse - Courier Lives! ...on an iPad:

http://microsoft-news.com/microsoft-courier-concept-lives-on-as-apple-ipad-app-paper/

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/21a1e6b36fd647959804a023011d109c#21a1e6b36fd647959804a023011d109c Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:17:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/21a1e6b36fd647959804a023011d109c#21a1e6b36fd647959804a023011d109c cbae 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/cbae/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Courier Lives! I hope OneNote incorporates a lot of this stuff.  It would be a shame if Microsoft was bested by some of its own ideas.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/4742c98287284ea09cd1a023011df0d5#4742c98287284ea09cd1a023011df0d5 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:21:04 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/4742c98287284ea09cd1a023011df0d5#4742c98287284ea09cd1a023011df0d5 DeathByVisualStudio 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DeathByVisualStudio/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Courier Lives! I'd say Courier works hella better as a piece of software than hardware.

I'm sure that's no secrets, and why Courier got killed as a hardware project. Can you imagine MS sinking millions into a uni-tasker like the Courier, when a small software company can copy the concept and put it on a tablet?

People got so POd cuz it got killed, but that's absolutely the right call 100%

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/ad9f3c71bbdc4e058f37a0230120eae4#ad9f3c71bbdc4e058f37a0230120eae4 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:31:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/ad9f3c71bbdc4e058f37a0230120eae4#ad9f3c71bbdc4e058f37a0230120eae4 Minh 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Minh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Courier Lives! I hope Toshiba improves on their dual screen tablet by introducing some Ultrabook components to get the weight down. I think we're about 90% there in terms of available hardware technologies to make Courier a reality.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/6523c17396544daa89cca023012e86b5#6523c17396544daa89cca023012e86b5 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:21:27 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/6523c17396544daa89cca023012e86b5#6523c17396544daa89cca023012e86b5 cbae 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/cbae/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Courier Lives!

, Minh wrote

I'd say Courier works hella better as a piece of software than hardware.

I'm sure that's no secrets, and why Courier got killed as a hardware project. Can you imagine MS sinking millions into a uni-tasker like the Courier, when a small software company can copy the concept and put it on a tablet?

People got so POd cuz it got killed, but that's absolutely the right call 100%

Microsoft still could have put it out as software but instead they pulled the plug. IMO, it smells like no one else in Microsoft picked it up (OfficeDiv, WinDiv) because of "not invented here" syndrome.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/60df6f7ecc7942c3a551a023012fd9e8#60df6f7ecc7942c3a551a023012fd9e8 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:26:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/60df6f7ecc7942c3a551a023012fd9e8#60df6f7ecc7942c3a551a023012fd9e8 DeathByVisualStudio 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DeathByVisualStudio/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Courier Lives! @DeathByVisualStudio: +1, and I would add that Microsoft had better provide suitable styluses.

I'm afraid this battle is lost, though: OneNote may include several of the original ideas of the Courier, but that world of ink, paint and smudges is a lot closer to the iOS way of doing things than to the crisp and abstract Metro style. Let's at least hope in functionality.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/890811a13f164ab6ad47a023013774df#890811a13f164ab6ad47a023013774df Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:53:58 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/890811a13f164ab6ad47a023013774df#890811a13f164ab6ad47a023013774df Blue Ink 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Blue Ink/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Courier Lives! It is a pretty cool app. Too bad iOS is the only worthy OS on the market to run this application. MS wants to make Win8 a worthy tablet OS, but, it is not even out for months.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/eab30ca9914a4beaa9c7a023013ac217#eab30ca9914a4beaa9c7a023013ac217 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:05:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/eab30ca9914a4beaa9c7a023013ac217#eab30ca9914a4beaa9c7a023013ac217 magicalclick 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/magicalclick/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Courier Lives! Engadget says: Update: In case you were wondering, this is, in fact, the same Kickstarter project that Courier creator J Allard threw his money at when his pet project was axed by Microsoft.

 http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/28/tapose-resurrects-courier-concept-for-the-ipad/

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/ed9e7f5925ee4c95a1aea024007655eb#ed9e7f5925ee4c95a1aea024007655eb Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:10:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/ed9e7f5925ee4c95a1aea024007655eb#ed9e7f5925ee4c95a1aea024007655eb Ray7 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Ray7/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Courier Lives!

, DeathByVisualStudio wrote

I hope OneNote incorporates a lot of this stuff.  It would be a shame if Microsoft was bested by some of its own ideas.

OneNote would not be too bad as it is today if it only ran on half decent hardware with a good stylus (I still don't know how one can take notes with a keyboard or with fingers input).

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/5e27a7b584234f5bb1c6a02400bc7f44#5e27a7b584234f5bb1c6a02400bc7f44 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:26:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/5e27a7b584234f5bb1c6a02400bc7f44#5e27a7b584234f5bb1c6a02400bc7f44 Gio 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/giovanni/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Courier Lives!

, Minh wrote

I'd say Courier works hella better as a piece of software than hardware.

I'm sure that's no secrets, and why Courier got killed as a hardware project. Can you imagine MS sinking millions into a uni-tasker like the Courier, when a small software company can copy the concept and put it on a tablet?

People got so POd cuz it got killed, but that's absolutely the right call 100%

I agree with you, I think the courrier project is a good software one and I don't think I would want to have yet another piece of harware with me all day. Nevertheless, I think that good software needs good hardware to run smoothly and I think there is no good hardware for Windows slates at the moment.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/c4516e17a9864f11bf1fa02400bd04fe#c4516e17a9864f11bf1fa02400bd04fe Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:28:11 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/c4516e17a9864f11bf1fa02400bd04fe#c4516e17a9864f11bf1fa02400bd04fe Gio 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/giovanni/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Courier Lives! I'll take this one step farther.

Here is a thought, they "killed" it so Apple could make a software product out of it because Apple can charge more. Microsoft gets a kick back.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/6a99437a35b344768afba02500af2a95#6a99437a35b344768afba02500af2a95 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:37:45 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/6a99437a35b344768afba02500af2a95#6a99437a35b344768afba02500af2a95 WhatDoYouMean 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/WhatDoYouMean/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Courier Lives! @giovanni: I never thought of the Courier as an application; the sketching app is what got the spotlight of course, but what I was really hoping for was a device that integrated handwriting on top of everything (where it would make sense, at least). That's the minimum to justify the hassle of carrying a stylus around.

I still hope that someone will revive and extend the concept; not necessarily the foldable screen (the iPad proved that you can sell a portable device even if it doesn't fit in a regular pocket), but the overall experience.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/9198fd98f7504886ac02a0260005dc4d#9198fd98f7504886ac02a0260005dc4d Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:21:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Courier-Lives/9198fd98f7504886ac02a0260005dc4d#9198fd98f7504886ac02a0260005dc4d Blue Ink 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Blue Ink/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Courier Lives! I think the journal aspect of it with the two screens on both sides was appealing...sure the software was nice but there's something neat with having your own little journal you can carry around and virtually drop stuff in. But it wouldn't have worked...MS would have had to worry about yet another range of devices "couriers" because they would have to work with several manufacturers to build it (can't choose one and alienate the rest). If they built it themselves, then they'd risk alienating their partners b/c, if it took off, it would eat into tablet/slate sales.

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, cbae wrote

...on an iPad:

http://microsoft-news.com/microsoft-courier-concept-lives-on-as-apple-ipad-app-paper/

Oh .. and it currently sucks. After listening to the warnings that it isn't that great I gave them my £1.99 and tried it out. They have a *lot* of work to do. I'd start with the note taking and handwriting capture which was awful & unusable. They're next goal has to be to get the note taking working better than Notability.

I'm still a Courier believer though and hope these guys keep at it. At the moment I just see it that I've sponsored their project to the tune of £1.99. I hope they use my investment wisely.

 

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