Panos' announcement was hilarious. Announcing it 1.5 years before release though...
Microsoft announces dual-screen Surface Neo
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#12The addition of the keyboard is genius.
This feels like a very well thought out product. I might end up buying one of the full surface laptops + Duo because of my work flow. But, damn I would have loved to own one of these.
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#13Hardware aside, I’m not a fan of the delivery. The presenter comes across as fake humble and insincere.
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#14CNET's two-part series on Courier: https://www.cnet.com/news/the-inside-story-of-how-microsoft-... https://www.cnet.com/news/how-windows-8-kod-the-innovative-c...
Here [1] is the original concept video for the Courier. I remember it generated a ton of hype when that video came out.
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#15When the Courier concept was first shown, I almost couldn't contain my excitement. Now, ten years later, it feels like most challenges the Courier (and now the Surface Neo) tried to solve have been solved by bigger screens, better multitasking and great pencil support. New note taking and productivity apps benefit from the big screen and fluid resizing of apps that the iPad Pro and similar tablets provide. The separa…
It seems like the Nintendo DS worked because every single piece of software for it was written to use both screens effectively. With this, I can't imagine there will be hardly any software ever written for it specifically to use two screens, except maybe some first party stuff at launch.
I'm also worried about use on the go. When you're holding it in your hands, a folding device is a pain to use. If there was some reason you couldn't have a single large screen maybe ok, but as you say this is a solved problem.
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#16Will be interesting to see Microsoft return to the smart phone market. Satya Nadella's organization is much more geared towards catering products towards their demand signal instead of repeating Ballmer's blunder of always acquiescing to the Windows fiefdom.
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#17This looks like super cool hardware. The hinge in particular! I think hardware and software made by the same company can have big advantages. For me personally, I don't really see much use case for something this size the same way I don't see much use case for an iPad. If I have a lot to do, I'll use my laptop. If it's something quick, I'll use my phone. I don't have much need for an in between currently. I'm sure th…
> For me personally, I don't really see much use case for something this size the same way I don't see much use case for an iPad. If I have a lot to do, I'll use my laptop. If it's something quick, I'll use my phone. I don't have much need for an in between currently. I'm sure there are use cases for this that I haven't thought about, though.
As somebody who has tons of textbooks in PDF form, the ability to use something like this (or the iPad Pro, which I currently own) for reading, annotating and otherwise working with them is pretty damn useful. I'm especially excited about the Duo, since PDF's are unreadable on even my 6.5" smartphone and I don't always want to bring my iPad with me everywhere.
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#18This is fantastic. I've always found it cumbersome to write on onenote and have a browser / PDF reader open simultaneously. Split screen doesn't really work, especially in landscape mode.
Might finally be able to drop the paper notebook in my backpack if they can make screen larger on this one.
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#20Panos' announcement was hilarious. Announcing it 1.5 years before release though...
I think this is a smart strategy. They're trying to involve developers as early as possible to avoid repeating the Windows mobile mistakes. It'll also allow them to collect feedback and adjust the product before launching it. This will give it a greater chance of success.