Microsoft Codex — Forerunner of the Courier?

codex-book-postureThe Microsoft Courier is all over the news today, no doubt due to the two screens and special interface. Our readers quickly pointed out that they had seen a prototype of this before, and from Microsoft Research at that. It turns out they are correct, as Microsoft posted on one of their blogs late last year about the Codex. The Codex is a two screened device cobbled together out of two OQOs, those little 5-inch tablets.

The interface shown on the Codex is a hybrid implementation of a Microsoft tool made for Tablet PCs, InkSeine. The photos of the Codex show this graphical interface that is designed to be used much like the video of the Courier demonstrates. Write anywhere in ink and drag objects around. It is interesting to see where the Courier may have gotten its roots.

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(images from Microsoft)

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