The only decent competitor to the iPad, the courier has been cancelled. The official Microsoft blog has the following statement:

“At any given time, across any of our business groups, there are new ideas being investigated, tested, and incubated. It’s in Microsoft’s DNA to continually develop and incubate new technologies to foster productivity and creativity. The ‘Courier’ project is an example of this type of effort and its technologies will be evaluated for use in future Microsoft offerings.”

Instead of creating a interesting take at the tablet market, Microsoft now favours the HP Slate. Pity, I thought that Microsoft was better than that