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The Nintendo DS / 3DS?

A large amount of the software available for those consoles utilises a dual-screen interface in an interesting / useful way.

Admittedly not a device designed for creation (beyond the camera and associated silly visual effects), but the original DS came out of nowhere and proved a dual-screen device with a stylus interface could work properly.

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That, unlike the iPad, Courier, and the future Win8 devices, is legitimately a specialty device, and if you think that Apple's restrictive about what software developers can do, take a look at Nintendo's policies.

Then try browsing Hacker News, Gmail, or some PG essays on your DS. The DS is an interesting device and I love it to pieces, but comparing it to an iPad, a Win8 device, or a Courier tablet, is very, very tenuous.

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