http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Courier! Courier! Courier! :)]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
oooo I'm so excited! Finally some news that's more relevant to MY kind of lifestyle. I'm guessing it's just for Windows Phone 7 or pink (which runs Phone 7's underlying OS).]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Please be Courier. Please be Courier. That thing looks awesome.]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
Maybe they're going to open up Courier demos via Natal!]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
iMicrosoft

CALLED IT!!!

amirite

or amirite?

I know right?]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
I think MS is bringing us pneumatic tube communications for the 21st century. Write something on paper, drop it off in a tube and it will be whisked away to the nearest processing centre, where the message will be tweeted, facebooked and/or emailed etc, based on which you checked off.]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
That said, the Courier demo did have sharing a publishing as an element but I wouldn't consider it the overriding theme (unless it's about sharing in the sense that the user was lifting materials from all around her).]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
But you've piqued my interest.

But MS, I've got my guard up this time!]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100331/tc_zd/249700

64 gb zune]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
ummm.... You sound like an overly excited junior high girl.]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
I will also Welcome Courier and Natal.]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
I don't like the iPad .. but Courier doesn't seem that great either if the screens are only 7 inches .. web browsing could be a bit less convenient. Also the devices lack 3G .. which is a total bummer.

I'm more interested if they make a decent tablet OS for other tablet makers use.

Anyway I doubt this is Courier they are announcing .. sounds more like some silly collaboration tool. The excitement builds around the announcement only because people think it's something else.]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
Guys I think I may have something here.

look at the main color on the invite.

It's GREEN.

I searched for Green in different languages.

Green in Japanese is Midori.

Remember Microsoft Midori?

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/microsofts-midori-a-future-without-windows/

Hmmmmm. Just tossing that out there.]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
In San Francisco. Are they kidding me, now they're travelling to the other coast of the USA, straight into the "Holy Grail" hometown of Apple? ]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
Sad truth is sad. ]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
Web and video must be awesome on the Courier with its 2 screens.]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
Courier! Please!]]>Apr 5th 2010 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/GO Courier!
I'd much rather that than the iPad
]]>Apr 9th 2010 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Interesting idea Lay, except that they just released a new OS and wouldn't want to quash sales of it for the system to come out afterwards. Also, green is pretty common for the xbox marketing world. ]]>Apr 5th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Courier.. Courier.. Courier.. Courier.. I want that so badly to be announced as an official soon to be released product.. Based on what the concept videos have shown, this would be the ideal tablet for me..

PS: I hope Jim Courier does not end up announcing his return to tennis after all this.. :D]]>Apr 5th 2010 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
Hmm! Good one, if it wasn't for the kids pics I would have believed that too

Midori and sharing: "The basis for the platform centers around research related to Microsoft's Singularity project, and envisions a distributed environment where applications, documents, and connectivity are blurred in a cloud-computing phantasmagoria which can be run natively or hosted across multiple systems. The researchers are working to create a concurrent / parallel distribution of resources, as well as a method of handling applications across separate machines"

But sharing and having tubes delivered to you is communication, + kids pics and my guess goes to Pink/Danger thingy]]>Apr 5th 2010 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
My bet would be an app... for the iPad!

\sarcasm]]>Apr 5th 2010 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
Ok, this is observation #2 (bit of a stretch)

The font on the invite (It's Time To Share) seems very similar to the font used in the Courier UI in the videos we've seen. I dont know if that font is special to that device or it's the standard one MS just likes to use.]]>Apr 5th 2010 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/youre picking apart vapourware XD

I doubt this will be MS phone 7, after all thats already been 'released' so it makes me think of either courier ar the pink phone thingymabob

but jeez id love the courier :D]]>Apr 5th 2010 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
Other coast? They're both on the West Coast, dork. And Holy Grail? WTF? What the hell kind of crack you smokin, boy?]]>Apr 5th 2010 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Visual Studio 2010.]]>Apr 5th 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
Am I the only one thinking this announcement is NOTHING to do with Courier or Win7 Phone? Think about it 'SHARE' is the keyword here therefore.....

I personally think it will be a beta release of Windows Live Wave 4....the next release of Live Services (Photo, Mail, Messenger etc.) with integration with Office Web 2010 and Skydrive.

]]>Apr 5th 2010 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/not to burst any bubbles... but is this a coincidence?

http://zuneinsider.com/archive/2010/03/31/zune-hd-64gb-coming-april-12.aspx

Zune HD 64GB Coming April 12
by admin at 5:14 PM

What can hold up to 16,000 songs, or 20 hours of high definition video, or 25,000 pictures? A Zune HD 64GB that’s what! This morning we announced that starting April 12th you will be able to order a 64GB version Zune HD from Zune Originals for $349.99. All colors and custom etching will be available for you to create the ultimate Zune HD to your liking. In addition to the new capacity, we are lowering the estimated retail price on the Zune HD 16GB to $199.99 and Zune HD 32GB to $269.99...]]>Apr 5th 2010 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://bit.ly/tablet-courier-for-the-win]]>Apr 5th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
Like Angelina Jolie in Hackers? Mmmm.]]>Apr 5th 2010 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
Courier >>> Zune 64GB]]>Apr 5th 2010 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/Apr 5th 2010 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/microsoft-invites-us-to-mystery-event-april-12th/
"Time to Share", gives me the impression of a courier event. If I'm a lucky bastard, we might also see project pink.]]>Apr 5th 2010 3:24PM