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October 15th, 2009 | 
Author: We love the computers and gadgets that exist right now, things that ourselves and our clients can use. However it is always exciting to look at what may be, and to think about better ways of interacting with the technology we use. http://10gui.com/ have been doing just this. The result is an excellent video that looks that the problem of user interface and then posits a very elegant solution.
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Ok this is not a product yet, but the rumour is that this is a late prototype. That should mean that it is not far from actually being released. Of course you can never can be sure of release dates with Microsoft. The first impression is this – Microsoft has come up with a tablet concept based upon reading, writing and organising information. To be honest this is what a tablet should do. It should be comfortable to hold in your hand, adding new content should be a breeze and it should synchronise with all of the essential workaday information held on your main computer. The touch of sharing work with named others is also nice. Too often we rely on email for sharing information. Email isn’t a great tool for this, and although there are other ways of doing this, unless it is set up for you most people take a the path of least resistance this. Its a problem that is technically nearly solved, socially not so, devices like this are a step towards more intuitive sharing.
You must guess that I like the look of this. It’s a step beyond carrying a smartphone, its not the overkill of carrying a laptop but it does look genuinely useful. I can imagine using this in a meeting, I can imagine sitting on the sofa with a glass of wine and doing some reading with this. A laptop is possible but not so comfortable or personable in both situations.
Who knows it may even be part of the evolutionary path towards the mythical paperless office.