According to CEO Steve Ballmer, Microsoft has no interest in developing an e-reader that would compete with other devices such as Amazon's Kindle. He claims the company already has a device for reading, and he says "it’s the most popular device in the world. It’s the PC."

That being said, Ballmer is known as a passionate supporter of innovation and we expect that the Courier tablet will be a game-changer nonetheless. Microsoft has released its own tablet-compatible e-reader software called Microsoft Reader.