One modder just couldn’t wait for Microsoft’s Courier, so he took his Dell mini 9 and added on a USB touchscreen display. And surprisingly enough, it works.
https://gizmodo.com/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet-5365299
Nicknamed Harlequin, the device allows you to type and write on the right (the touchscreen) and read on the left (the original mini 9 display). Thanks to Windows 7’s native handwriting and speech recognition, those issues have been solved at the base software level.
Of course, the mod isn’t quite complete, its non-existent hinge mechanism defining this more as two interacting tablets than a sleek, compact book. So working on the system becomes a Ten Commandments enterprise involving lots of wires and juggling. But we’ll see whose product is done first, the modder’s or Microsoft’s. [mydellmini via SlashGear]
