Mary-Jo Foley는  ZDNET에서 마이크로소프트 소식만을 전문적으로 기고하는 기자이다. Mary의 Site를 방문해 보면 마이크로소프트의 최신 소식과 기술 등을 확인할 수 있는데 최근 9월22일 Mary가 올린 글을 보면 마이크로소프트의 “Courier”(쿠리어?)에 대한 소개가 나와 있다.

Courier: Microsoft’s new take on the Tablet PC?

아래 동영상을 통해서 구체적인 모습을 살펴볼 수 있다. 한마디로 말하면 “멋지다”

또 하나 재미난 내용은 그 동안 베일에 쌓여있던 Pink에 대한 마이크로소프트의 실토(?)도 확인할 수 있었다.

Pink and Microsoft Tablet (Take 2): A couple of updates

Pink: Yes, it’s a Microsoft-branded (but not Microsoft-manufactured) phone. Yes, it also will feature premium mobile services (like the Zune video store and music subscription/purchasing). I wouldn’t be surprised if Pink looked like — or at least was targeted at the same demographic as — the Sidekick, given the Danger folks have been at the core of Pink’s development team since Microsoft acquired Danger in 2008.

Last I heard, Pink was being built on top of the Windows Mobile 7 core, which is in development, but now not expected to be available on phones until late 2010. Does that mean it’s impossible that the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2010 will be the Pink launch pad,as one Mac site reported this weekend? I’d say it’s still possible that Microsoft could show off Pink (privately or publicly) at CES. After all, Microsoft already chose an ad agency to handle the Pink campaign. It’d make sense for Microsoft to start trying to build buzz for Pink earlier than it actually will ship.

Pink (or whatever it is codenamed these days) definitely still seems to be an active project. Stephen Chapman over at UX Evangelist — who is quite skilled at combing through on-line job sites and resumes — recently sent me this mention of Pink on LinkedIn:

관심을 가지고 찾아보니 벌써 출시될 휴대폰의 이미지도 얻을 수 있었다.