Very good idea! Either use it like a book or like an over sized Nintendo DS.

(prepare to be marked -600, very soon)

But.... can it play Crysis?

Well the picture looks interesting. Who know could be good, I'm interested. "several types of multitouch finger gestures" Could this be Microsoft getting ready to give Apple the big fat finger? First the Zune HD now a tablet, perhaps M$ is getting ready to at least try and give Apple some competition in these areas.

Finally I can get rid of all my paper!!!! This looks like the perfect sized multi-functional planner and small computer. I like it. Hope it sees daylight.

But seriously, I can see this working like a laptop too, lift up one side and view it landscape at the same time a keyboard lays itself on the other screen.

Maybe this actual device is going to be a glorified Kindle but it shows the future of things to come. Something like this in 13" to 15" for a notebook, credit card sized SSDs, its all looking good.

Very neat, would be interested to see Photoshop run on it.

Or Media Player? Watch TV episodes on the tube to work?

Imagine going to an interview with a resume sticking between the screens of one of these things.

Actually, that's pretty cool. back_by_demand, I was thinking the same thing, too. Having a virtual keyboard would be handy if taking notes (much easier to type notes than write them by hand, especially on a tablet).

Now that is a Be-a-U-Tee-Full looking tablet!

If only they'll release a 17" version.
Either way, I'd buy one and I'd definitely use it.

It'd be a multifuntion device. Laptop, eReader, Multimedia Player, Game consol, notebook, Ect, ect, ect....

Whatever it is, don't expect Microsoft to be building it. They aren't going to compete with their customers.

I'm impressed! Not that anyone actually gives a shit! lol

I'm impressed, but always worry that it looks better as a prototype than it will be in actual function.

I'm all about having a book-sized device (lxw, not in thickness) that I could use as an e-reader, for note taking, simple web/e-mail access. If done right, this could be very cool.

I just hope it's as impressive at launch.

Wow that looks cool. What happens if you get mad and slam it shut?

That's what I'm looking for only with e-ink screens. Would be awesome if one screen was e-ink and the other LCD. Could use the e-ink screen as a keyboard when in landscape mode or turn the LCD screen off and read a book at crazy low power.

I'd generally be only interested in battery life.
It's going to house some processor like an Atom Z series,AMD Geode, or ARM processor. Somost likely the performance won't be top, but if it has a 3 hours battery life or less, I'd find little reason to buy a device like this.
Also if it has no open format capability, I'd be less interested.

It's an interesting rumor to me because this is pretty much the same format as the next One Laptop Per Child machine on the drawing board.
If it turns out MS is working on something similar, it will mean that the OLPC project not only presaged the demand for cheap, small, under-performing laptops, but also the segment of dual-touchscreen keyboardless devices that fold up like a book.

Hmm. looks like MS took the lead on the tablet again. This design is great and looks rich and featurefull. Mac Tablet coming eventually, it would seem that microsoft may have set the trend on this product.

Maybe this is the way to go, I did wonder how a multitouch device was going to get past the limitations of Tablet PCs where the keyboard makes the whole thing huge, and twisting the screen that closing it on top makes it thick as a whale sandwich. On the other hand a "star trek" style PAD device has a screen always open to the elements so making a folding dual screen with the keyboard as onscreen touch sensitive is a great idea. We already have phones that have onscreen keyboards we tap on with a stylus so why not a bigger one we type with fingers.

Bosh an nVidia Ion, super slim SSD, built in RAM, USB connector, Windows 7 and i'll buy 5000 units tomorrow.

It looks good. Trouble with MS is that it could be rather expensive when it is first released.

If only the screens were detachable.

Wondered how long it would take somebody to come up with this format - I already have one - it's called the HTC Universal (aka XDA EXEC) - ok, being serious one of the screens is actually a solid keyboard (but I wish it was 'soft') and the other is only 3.5" but the principal's always been there and as a form-factor it's stunningly flexible.

Would be nice if this duplicated the full flip/rotate hinge - sounds bizarre but it does allow you to just chuck it on your desk in single 7" mode or, as I do regularly, have it at 90deg but back to front and stick it on the dashboard for sat-nav and in-car audio (UK law get's nasty about video

Please Please Please get this to market, or some guy in Hong Kong put one together - I'd even considered whether this could be done with two collaborating iPhones - but that would mean getting rid of my beloved XDA EXEC!