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Microsoft's Surface Gets Touched, and Touched Some More
Yesterday we ventured out to the AT&T Experience stores in San Bruno, CA to check out Microsoft's Surface table, which is now appearing in four cities across the United States. Set to become available in all AT&T stores nationwide within the next few months, the Surface table is already bringing eyes and lots of hands to the four AT&T stores where it is located. Thankfully, we had our pick from six different tables and wasted no time experimenting with its interactive features.
Would You Buy a Microsoft Surface?
I'm definitely excited to play with the Microsoft Surface, and I think it's a great idea that AT&T is using it to feature phones. I remember when they announced the Surface and everyone kind of balked about the price (10,000 bones), especially considering the ads and videos on the website that depict regular people using it for pictures and art.
Otherwise, the price and functionality make sense as a commercial product for AT&T and the Starwood Hotel chain, but are any regular people going to buy this thing for personal use when a consumer version is released in 2010?
Microsoft Surface Coming to AT&T April 17th
Looks like Microsoft's high-tech interactive touch table won't be making its debut in Starwood hotels this Spring, but it will be available for the public to play with on April 17 in AT&T stores. According to Engadget, these $10,000 tables will initially be installed in NYC, San Francisco, Atlanta, and San Antonio AT&T stores.
AT&T is hoping that the tables will educate customers about all the handsets for sale (info about the phone is displayed when set on the table), and they'll also be able to purchase ringtones, graphics and videos directly from the table and drag them on their phones.
The Microsoft Surface Gets Celeb Attention and First Game
One of the most popular exhibits at CES this year was definitely the Microsoft Surface— a multi-touch interactive surface computer that is full of amazing features. Crave reports that the Surface was making its rounds at Caesars Pure Nightclub, with celebs like Jason Alexander and Shannon Elizabeth checking out its high tech functionality.
Set to be released by commercial partners like Starwood hotels this Spring, the Surface is already gaining lots of momentum.
Microsoft's 'Surface' Table Explored
While hanging out in Hollywood for the TCA press tour my gal BuzzSugar got a chance to get up close and personal with Microsoft's newly-announced 'Surface' table, which is a multi-touch table that aims to change the way we interact with digital content. Buzz reports that the device is going to be on display in Starwood Hotels, T-Mobile stores and some other places soon, but it's still several years from home use. Oh course, it has a hefty price tag of $10,000, so you better start saving up.
Is Microsoft's New 'Surface' Table Old Tech?
Wednesday's release of Microsoft's interactive multi-touch table "Surface," which uses cameras to sense objects, hand gestures and touch, made a significant splash with drolling techies but some are scoffing at the device technology for being less than "new." Case in point: When YumSugar went home to her fiancé Wednesday and asked him if he had seen the Surface table he said, (presumably in a sarcastic Napoleon Dynamite voice) "Yeah, I liked it a lot when I saw it two years ago." Ever the knowing geek, he forwarded me Jeff Han's presentation of the futuristic multi-touch interface in 2006.
Microsoft's New Surface: Interactive Multi-Touch Table
Last night at midnight Microsoft announced a new product, the Microsoft Surface, which is a multi-touch table that aims to change the way we interact with digital content. The table uses cameras to sense objects, hand gestures and touch. The user input is then processed and the result is displayed on the surface using rear projection.
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Daily Tech: Sheraton Hotel Lobbies Get the Microsoft Surface
- Sheraton Lobbies in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Seattle, and Boston have been outfitted with Microsoft Surfaces so guests can utilize its many applications. — Switched
- Bluetooth headsets are now getting the bling treatment by being covered with Swarovski crystals. Be prepared to pay $260 for this sparkly gadget.
Daily Tech: The Rio in Vegas Unveils Microsoft Surface
- The Rio Hotel and Casino's iBar is set to get six Microsoft Surface tables for guests to play games, flirt, send messages to each other, and order drinks. . .
Daily Tech: EA Sports Active Opens Two Temporary Stores
- Right up until Christmas, you can test out EA Sports Active in stores in San Francisco and Boston — EA Sports Active
- Walmart's Black Friday ad has surfaced — CrunchGear
- Firefox 3.6 Beta3 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users is now available to download — Lifehacker
- Hulu has just teamed up with EMI to offer music videos on its free video streaming site — The New York Times
- The Nokia N900 is now on sale in the US — CNET
- Find out how you can download videos to your iPhone — Switched
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