If by “at it again” I mean “losing time and market share to Apple.” 

Anyone with a pulse knows Apple recently released the iPad.  And, for all the hoopla, it’s a decent enough foray into the tablet market… But it’s not this (watch the video).

Certainly, the Courier looks to be an excellent machine – one that would likely compete nicely (assuming a relatively equal price point) with the iPad.  But what’s the old saying?  A bird in hand is worth two in the bush, and that’s where consumers find themselves today.  Buy an iPad now, or wait… apparently until 2011 for the Courier. 

The first details on Microsoft’s supposedly secret Courier project emerged last year, and its design for a folding, dual-screen tablet has drawn a great deal of attention. But this device has apparently been sent back to the drawing board.

Wah wah… While Courier is reworked, consumers are left with the iPad and Apple has a full year (at least) to modify and improve the device.  By 2011, iPad 2.0 will compete with Courier 1.0.  And, if the iPod / Zune battle is any indication, we already know how that will end.

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