Microsoft invented the iPhone Duo back in 2009 [Video]

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/09/Microsoft-Courier.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1104" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">Those with very long memories might have spotted a resemblance between the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone-duo/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iPhone Duo</a> and a prototype device seen way back in 2009, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Courier" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Microsoft Courier</a>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">My headline is, of course, tongue-in-cheek: <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/microsoft/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Microsoft</a> never got any further than the prototype, and abandoned the project less than a year later. All the same, it is remarkable now to look back at it and see just how similar it is in terms of the integrated user-interface …</p> <a data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="iphone-duo,microsoft" data-layer-viewtype="search" data-post-id="1068939" href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/10/microsoft-invented-the-iphone-duo-back-in-2009-video/#more-1068939" class="more-link">more…</a>via You searched for iphone - 9to5Mac https://ift.tt/ZrTMqjP