If this is true, I’m betting that it will be the same Courier device that Gizmodo featured last year. And if so, this could seriously be a threat to whatever tablet Apple are going to release.

On Wednesday, Mr. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, will unveil a novel take on a slate-type computer during his evening keynote at the Consumer Electronics trade show in Las Vegas, according to people familiar with Microsoft’s plans. The slate will be made by Hewlett-Packard and possibly available by mid-year, these people said.

via Microsoft and H.P. To Reveal Slate PC Ahead of Apple – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com.