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Is Microsoft’s Courier to be Blamed for a Rather Poor iPad?

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The “Ultimate Portable Device” continues to elude us even with Apple making available its iPad and Microsoft’s Courier yet remaining a distant dream.

When Apple launched its iPad, it was hyped as an epoch making event that has finally occurred, given the long wait that Apple had held us captive in. Yet soon to follow were the free flow of frets and fumes from fans and followers.

Murmur about the yet mythical Courier Device by Microsoft has been doing the rounds of the geeky vineyard for quite some time now, labeled to be the ultimate device personified. Yet a closer look into the marketing strategy adopted by this micro goliath may give us a thought to ponder.

Months before Apple started feeding us with bits and pieces of information about the device that it was about to launch – read iPad – noise also started flowing in about another wonder device, the Courier from Microsoft. In fact, so strong the noises were that it led many to believe that they finally would have a device that does everything. Then, a pattern began to emerge – that of Microsoft talking about a new wonder device, starts showing the world images that leave people yearning for more, and then deny everything just when Apple is about to introduce something big.

The rumble of the thunder device from Microsoft got rolling just when Apple was giving the final touches to its wonder product – the iPad. Has the impending threat of the Courier rain may have forced Apple to launch their iPad in haste? A haste that may have placed to waste, years of preparation by Apple, for its iPad falls way short of all expectations. Now is that a grand marketing maneuver aimed at forcing iPad to make a false move. No one knows for sure, but it does make one to think.

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Sovan Mandal (2404 Posts)

is the senior tablet and tech corespondent for goodereader.com. He brings a international approach to news that is not just applicable to the North American market, but also Asia, India, Europe and others. Sovy brings his own writing flavor to the website and is interested in Science Fiction, Technology and Writing. Any questions, send an email


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  • http://www.tiange.com.au/ Malcolm McCaffery

    interesting point about the potential strategy to get apple to launch the iPad in haste, i think this is quite possible.

    let's hope the courier does get released this year

  • Maveriker

    Good article, but dispense with the creative sentence structure! It's great to be creative enough to manipulate your sentences in this way, but the style seems like it's just for the sake of it–rather than making things any clearer for the reader. (ex “…so strong the noises were…” gimme a break! Just write “The noises were so strong, in fact, …” or “In fact, the noises were so strong that…”)

    And the “may have” in the sentence “Has the impending threat of the Courier rain may have forced Apple to launch their iPad in haste?” is totally redundant. Read: “Has the impending threat of the Courier rain forced Apple to launch their iPad in haste?”

    Anyway, I'm not at all disappointed by the iPad (except maybe for it's lack of a camera, which is still rumoured to appear at official launch, we will see on Friday!)

    What many see as the iPad's current shortcomings mostly come down to apps. It is up to app developers to truly make the iPad all it can be–and I am optimistic that app developers will take advantage of all the iPad has to offer beyond iPhone/Touch possibilities.

    Granted, multitasking and flash have been omitted for speed and operation, and that may be seen as a shortcoming; but really, it was never meant to be a full desktop in your pocket (and even with large, powerful computers, flash is volatile, and multitasking still bogs down desktop memory). I'd rather have a portable device that is efficient, fast, doesn't stall or hang, and is really good at doing one or two things at a time really well than a hundred things that cause battery and useable memory drainage.

    At any rate, the debate will go on until we've all had a chance to review these new devices in hand. In the meantime, consider editing your articles more carefully, as I'm sure your readers appreciate the quality with which the information is presented just as much as the debates themselves ;)

  • jquire

    This another one of those articles that has been built on thin air. The writer know about as much about the iPad as I do yet he states that, “its (Apple's) iPad falls way short of all expectations”. I am buying one as soon as I can (probably on opening day). You should buy one too then post an article about the experience. At that time, I would be delighted to reply and give you my two cents worth about whether the device lives up to its billing or whether it has fallen flat until that time, all is empty speculation.

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  • VisitorZero

    Apple make great computers. They're not for me. I don't know why I have to constantly defend my position on this issue. I'm a very experienced PC user and I never question the personal preference of a Mac user. My Mom is a Mac user and it works great for her. That being said, Mac users question my allegiance, constantly, as if I'm destroying the world by choosing a different computer.

    I recently worked with a Mac, intensively, for a few years in a row, using most of the same (or similar) applications that I use on my PC. But after 2 or 3 years with a Mac, I still couldn't find simple items in the OS. I can find everything I want on a PC . I can self-service the PC. I can self-upgrade the PC. I can tweak the system. I don't have to send it in for repair. I'm still not experiencing the viruses, system crashes, and low performance, that Apple propagandists would have us believe are inherent/inevitable with the PC environment.

    I also don't have major hardware issues – in the last 9 years of PC ownership, I have replaced one malfunctioning CD drive. Between two PC's, I have happily added four extra hard drives, three sound cards, and two video cards; I have turned old yard sale PC laptops into quality audio playback devices for theatrical tours; and I have created acclaimed theatrical audio designs and highly-effective financial planning presentations. Where's the problem? With a PC, I get the computing experience I enjoy, for pennies on the Mac dollar.

    Apple makes great computers. They're not for me. That's why I'll take an HP tablet over the iPad. I would appreciate it greatly if Mac users would drop the attitude and simply respect my choice, as I do theirs.

    As a side note, I really like my old 2nd Gen iPod Mini. I found it in the trash with a spent battery. I replaced the battery, in ten minutes, using two small screwdrivers. The independently-manufactured battery kit cost $16.10 in parts and shipping and it holds an 8-hour charge. Boo-Yah!

  • achalddave

    First off, I must say we've gone mad. Preordering the iPad which 1) we haven't tried and 2) doesn't seem to do much except look cool really makes you look like an “idiot” as PcWorld says.

    To the author: As much as I despise Apple, their elitist behavior would make me believe they haven't hastened the release of the iPad. Apple releases products it really believes in [and sometimes they're wrong: Newton, iPad], so it wouldn't have done this just b/c of Courier. Especially not on _rumors_. Maybe if they knew something more… Then perhaps. But even then, if they thought the Courier was amazing and game changing, they wouldn't release this. Sure, they'd get a few months of being first, but after that it'd be all downhill. Lots of smartphones were created before the iPhone, but the revolutionary thing didn't bow down to timing. I suspect the same for the Courier, if it's real.

  • achalddave

    First off, I must say we've gone mad. Preordering the iPad which 1) we haven't tried and 2) doesn't seem to do much except look cool really makes you look like an “idiot” as PcWorld says.

    To the author: As much as I despise Apple, their elitist behavior would make me believe they haven't hastened the release of the iPad. Apple releases products it really believes in [and sometimes they're wrong: Newton, iPad], so it wouldn't have done this just b/c of Courier. Especially not on _rumors_. Maybe if they knew something more… Then perhaps. But even then, if they thought the Courier was amazing and game changing, they wouldn't release this. Sure, they'd get a few months of being first, but after that it'd be all downhill. Lots of smartphones were created before the iPhone, but the revolutionary thing didn't bow down to timing. I suspect the same for the Courier, if it's real.

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