Amazing hardware, looks well thought out. Would never buy it with Windows OS though - I have a Surface for work with Windows 10 Pro and it's invasive crappy nagware.
Microsoft announces dual-screen Surface Neo
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#22Panos' 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.
Is there any info what they offer for developers? A simulator?
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#23Panos' announcement was hilarious. Announcing it 1.5 years before release though...
If it's supposed to sell for the 2020 holidays, it would probably be released by October 2020 or so, so it's more like 12-13 months. Still seems like a rather long lead time.
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#24I recently bought the Note10+ and really like the pen functionality except for the fact that the screen is a little too narrow for any serious writing.
I really like the idea of a A5 size screen for hand writing.
I'm a heavy onenote user and would be very interested in the Neo if its priced right
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#25"Partnering with Google" - Be very interesting to see how deep that goes. The google logo was on the homescreen of the demo device...
This device (Surface Neo) does not have a partnership with Google. It's a Microsoft device running a flavor of Windows. The other device they announced (Surface Duo) is Microsoft hardware running Google software (Android). Makes sense, as it's really the only way to get into the phone market and still have an app ecosystem.
its a very Microsoft thing to do to name a Microsoft product built on (aka extending) a Google product after a different unrelated Google Product.
If my friend has a Microsoft Surface Duo and I say "open your Duo" do I mean to unfold the phone, or open the google video calling app?
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#26I wonder if this will take off. People are Very entrenched in traditional laptop world, so this seems essentially useless for corporate settings.
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#27I wonder if this will take off. People are Very entrenched in traditional laptop world, so this seems essentially useless for corporate settings.
This looks more like a device to take notes on in meetings rather than replace a work laptop or desktop.
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#28When 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 re…
YUP. This will end up like all the other Surfaces of the past... It will just get used like a regular laptop, docked to external peripherals 99% of the time. It will run Word, Outlook and Edge, and be locked down so the user can't do anything new or interesting with it. I doubt that the majority of Microsoft's own applications will even be optimized for this configuration.
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#29The 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. disclaimer: work for MSFT
Yeah, this looks really nice. Probably also gonna stick with my laptop for now, but I could see this being amazing for note taking. I could really see this taking off at my school.
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#30I wonder if this will take off. People are Very entrenched in traditional laptop world, so this seems essentially useless for corporate settings.
This looks more like a device to take notes on in meetings rather than replace a work laptop or desktop.
So, limited use case, no specialty, and overlaps almost completely with a tablet.