http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/ Engadget Comments for First Microsoft Surface shipped international, brute-force unboxed http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 4:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/.
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Yes it will play Crysis/doom (in high resolution).]]>Aug 20th 2008 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH3QNmXJpwY]]>Aug 20th 2008 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 4:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 5:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 5:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/
No.1 Windows Vista
No.2 Windows Surface

I mean serioulsy after the two month novilty has worn off, for what purpose are people going to be sitting around a table, which WILL NOT contain they're photo's from home. Why use maps on a big table, when you have them on your mobile phone, and why use it as a check in desk when there is someone waiting to greet you and take your bags!]]>Aug 20th 2008 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/
you are joking right ?

this is frickin' amazing.

Tell me: what is your experience of Hotel Internet kiosks ?

Scenario: I am in a hotel in lets say, some far off distant place I have never been before, Toronto. I am with my wife/girlfriend/hooker and we did not plan out every detail of tomorrow...

We sit down at our Surface, we order a drink, charge it to the room, we then look TOGETHER at the shows on in town, check out an Escort service for some added fun (the wife likes that), we then select a resturant having checked out the reviews in my favourite on-line magazines, Wired and FatLippedLicker.

What the frick is wrong with that. Or would you prefer it if Apple had come up with it.

If Apple came up with this the comments would be:

1. "Oh look how innovative Apple is", "so Minority Report", "bringing the Future to Today".
2. See how Apple is progressing from the supplier of expensive phones to commercial equipment with a real practical application.
3. Did you hear that Apple would be designning the console for the Space Shuttle replacement ?
4. I heard that all ATM machines would be Apple soon.
5. "Apple invented touch, look what it is doing with it".

Bottom line...This is an innovative product delivered in a purposeful package where one did not exist before.

As far as I am concerned the Multi-touch application was first invented by the University of Toronto, first portrayed by the Minority Report and first put into a pratical application by Microsoft.

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The impact of the Surface is actually far greater than you think. The degree of interaction that Microsoft applied to a relatively affordable unit is amazing. Imagine walking into your doctor's office in the future, lying down on a large version of the Surface and it using sensors to do a full body scan. ...or even download info that's stored on your phone (like a constant blood pressure monitor). Imagine walking into your dealership, setting your smartkey down on the Surface and it uploading all advanced engine diagnostics and providing an immediate readout of the problem. Imagine walking into your house setting your laptop, phone and digital camera and all devices automatically interact with your Surface.

To discount this is being really small-minded.

...if Apple did come out with this, what would they have charged? $150,000? This thing is actually cheaper than a full-loaded desktop Mac Pro. Microsoft has also said that they plan to make the consumer version available for something like the price of a laptop. Even if Apple did make this, given Apple's track record, it wouldn't have worked with anything that didn't have an Apple logo on it!

The great thing about this is that it really changes the game if applied correctly. This has the potential to make the current OS experience obsolete.]]>Aug 21st 2008 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.infusion.com) is the first and only official reseller of Microsoft Surface in the world and has had devices shipped internationally for some time now. Our London, UK office houses the first device shipped to the UK. There are known devices elsewhere in the world -- most of which were/are specifically kept out of the public eye. Look for

Surface is truly a fantastic device that allows for a completely new Natural User Experience that changes the game for collaboration in the physical and digital domain.

More info is available on my post here: http://home.infusionblogs.com/smillett/archive/2008/08/20/infusion-first-international-surface.aspx
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But.. I want to know how much this cost today? More than U$ 20k?]]>Aug 20th 2008 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/
I think the way forward would be a more iteligent version of the PS3 Eye thing so you don't have to touch anything but it can still control images etc.

Surely its better looking at images on an iPhone for $199, or on your TV that a table? and also you'd have to have a massive cable to plug it into the wall!!


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They had a display at the Joint Warfighting Conference in Virginia Beach. The thing was definitely fun to play with! ]]>Aug 20th 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/
It's built like a tank.]]>Aug 20th 2008 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/
*Drools*]]>Aug 20th 2008 6:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/--
Don't judge a table by its surface.]]>Aug 20th 2008 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/
BTW, I'd like to dare somebody hack one and turn into a giant iPhone. ;)]]>Aug 20th 2008 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/"It's beautiful!!!"
... and then your face melts.]]>Aug 20th 2008 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/ ]]>Aug 20th 2008 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/
Think along the lines of Minority Report. That's what they, and other companies, are shooting for. ]]>Aug 20th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/Aug 20th 2008 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/
Actually, "farkin massive" would be more common, I think.]]>Aug 20th 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/
The prospects of entertainment are endless. Sitting sharing your latest photo snaps with family and friends.

More importantly though. Imagine the precision of ordering your meal and paying for your meal. Split cheques would be a breeze with this thing.

Surface has the potential to be very useful. Its just a matter of thinking of places where it can be EFFECTIVELY used.]]>Aug 20th 2008 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/first-microsoft-surface-shipped-international-unboxed/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs7fDmPpZJQ

This is a very cool application that we have already produced, amongst many others. We have also made our internal blog available for everyones enjoyment. Check it out and let us know what you think!

www.vectorform.com/surface
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