(This is not a usual head-to-head comparison for two products. Also I am not a fan of any of these platforms nor prefer one over another.)
After infinite number of rumors and waiting about Apple releasing a Tablet PC (iTablet for some), there is another product called Microsoft Courier surfaced. In fact, this is not a rumor or a concept, the product is in its late prototype stage already.
I will not talk about in-depth techonological advances of these products like other people, since there is Apple product for comparison. Yet, there are some people announced Apple won this one already, based on a huge nothing. I mean come on, you are not comparing “apples to apples”, there is not even one “apple” after all! What Apple does real good is to make people expect. This is a marketing game and Apple plays this real good. First you throw a rumor, get people’s attention, building more expectations and deliver the most of those.
On the other hand, there is this real product, which has some specifications revealed like dual screen and multitouch + stylus capabilities, even a video is revealed showing the device. This is a sleek device and looks helpful for taking notes and drawings in a class (we don’t know that much about multimedia capabilities yet). But since this is not Apple branded, additionally it is a Microsoft product, it is starting 0-1 against Apple.
