The iPad vs. Microsoft's "Jupiter" Devices

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A dozen years ago, Microsoft convinced major manufacturers to put Windows CE inside devices that looked like undersized touchscreen personal computers. The platform was code-named 'Jupiter' and shipped as Handheld PC Pro, and it flopped — it turned out that people wanted full-strength notebooks. But in retrospect, it was a clear antecedent of what Apple is doing — much more successfully — with the iPad.

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/04/14/209234/The-iPad-vs-Microsofts-Jupiter-Devices