Digital giants Microsoft and Apple is becoming more closely in the same market. These traditional competition in operating systems and media players seem to add a new field of confrontation - part of the fashion Tablet PCs.
Both corporations carefully conceal their "trump card", but information on their planshetnikah gradually penetrates into the Internet. This week, became known to some details about Microsoft's development under the working title Courier.
First, the device is created in an unusual format "booklet" - it is factored into halves with two seven-inch screen inside. According to available data, the screens are colorful, sensory and supporting the "multitouch" finger input and work with a stylus. No mention of the keyboard is not yet sounded, but aware of the built-in camera and support for Wi-Fi.
One of the key features of the gadget should be Infinite Journal - an online service that allows you to combine topics and keep together diverse objects such as web pages, notes and photos. It can also be used for networking, providing shared access to accommodation in the Global Network of materials.
According to PC World, the operating system for "Courier" is selected the latest Windows 7. However, Microsoft does not want to go there to install full versions of OS or Windows-based applications. Probably, the corporation will take advantage of the experience "ayfon", which usually are specially adapted versions of popular applications.
As for the hopes of competitors from Apple - planshetnika Tablet - his "secret weapon" would obviously be a function of e-reader. In any case, Apple is now in the midst of negotiations with leading U.S. media about the use of their content.