http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/Pages/HowToBuy/HowToBuy.aspx]]>May 3rd 2010 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/Yeah but it's not really promoted \ marketed and there's like no software at all available for it. I always LOVED the concept \ idea of surface...it's too bad microsoft hasn't allowed it to succeed beyond a very small niche market, if you can even call it that.]]>May 3rd 2010 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/You've already forgotten the reason for Surface? It was rolled out by Ballmer to prove that people actually worked in those "R&D" buildings at the Redmond campus, and to show that Microsoft had tech just as "cool" as the iPhone which Apple was getting ready to announce. This is a standard Microsoft tactic (Courier? LOL) going back 20 years. They make lots of PR noise to try and deflect attention from a competitor's product announcement, then the thing they hyped is forgotten or canceled.]]>May 3rd 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/Yeah! see knowledge, it helps a lot.]]>May 3rd 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/
so is the system by multitou.ch. we used their multitouch tables for 2.5 years now for various clients. and they don't have that horrible lag that the sony system has and a much thinner bezel..so you can build multiscreen surfaces.]]>May 3rd 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/ive seen the microsoft 'table' on show at gadget show live (im a UKer :D) this thing isnt just one of those things MS makes and forgets about, its a fulyl working thing, its genuinely amazing, i dont know why its not shown off more, genuinely, if i had the money id have brought it without a second thought.
unfortunately, if Apple brought one of these out, theyd market it as new and innovative, the tech world would praise it as life changing (even if it is worse than MS's model) and say MS copied apple
go figure]]>May 3rd 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/Maybe you should ask yourself why you don't have the money to buy it. Could it be a lack of reasoning skills? Hand in the wrong place at the wrong time? Just wonderin'

If the surface concept was actually a table, the kind people can sit at and do work on, it might make sense for some applications. But Surface isn't a table, it's a frikkin' box, and people have to sit sideways to use it, or stand next to it. It's interesting for five minutes, then it's annoying. Dumb in a huge box, is still dumb.]]>May 3rd 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/
Surface has been out for a few months, not years. But it's never gone beyond the niche market. It can also only be afforded by fairly rich organizations with some budget to throw.

Unfortunately, Microsoft don't think the average consumer wants the device.

Sony Ericsson, on the other, is just too eager to sell the average consumer something and update its firmware/software later to make up, not knowing that hurts its reputation. ]]>May 3rd 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://fluid.media.mit.edu/projects.php?action=details&id=71 is a more realistic concept of a worktable.]]>May 3rd 2010 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/
Awfully hard to market it when the cost is so incredibly high. It isn't remotely close for consumer level distribution.

Until the costs can come down, these concepts won't gain any traction. I think they are super cool and could radically change the way we interact with computers. Unfortunately, other tech is coming that can do the same type of thing for a fraction of the cost and significantly less space.]]>May 3rd 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://j.mp/microsurface-viewed]]>May 3rd 2010 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/That would be amazing.]]>May 3rd 2010 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/and starcraft 2. I love both!!]]>May 3rd 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/
the joystiq user names seem so out of place here on engadget, lol]]>May 3rd 2010 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/
And its kind of useless to buy commercially if it only works in Apple Stores.

Useful for commercial, where tables are often used to present info, like your contract or product info. Useless at home, where you usually interact with wall mounted elements, like a television. Thats why Natal makes more sense in terms of body based interaction. Capture your movements while you sit on the sofa.]]>May 3rd 2010 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/
Did I get it?]]>May 3rd 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/Apple is pretty good at ignoring niche markets for useless devices. I hear that Sony is going to line these ATRAC projector boxes with floppy discs and memory sticks for added weight. Every audiophile knows that weight=quality.]]>May 3rd 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/EPIC!]]>May 3rd 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/
While you sit on the sofa? Your statement pretty much sums up what is wrong with the an entire generation. Thanks, I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.]]>May 3rd 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/
Uh.. by then the iPad will weigh about 3 grams and come in a 45 inch model for a really huge game of Fieldrunners on your lap. And Microsoft will have their table.

Your point?]]>May 3rd 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/Cut an iPad sized hole in a table and stick a proprietary apple dock in it.]]>May 3rd 2010 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/Here is your [unofficial] Apple version. It is currently available for around $25k.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/]]>May 4th 2010 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/
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It is like the one in The Island though. But if I recall correctly, they actually used a Microsoft Surface for that.]]>May 3rd 2010 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/
Until they can make a nice, expansive 42" lcd multitouch display table with a solid glass surface so that you can put stuff on it, spill drinks on it, etc then it just isn't going to be good enough.

I'm actually kind of confused why we don't have this stuff now? Just make a big capacitive touch screen, make sure it is durable so it can function as a table, and have it use a touch based OS.

I've been waiting for ages for something like this for boardgames. Just load up VASSAL or Cyberboard to start to play a lot of classic wargames digitally at full scale, and then let game companies port their games over to a touch interface.

The real strength of one of these devices as a gaming platform is that rather than having everyone staring at a TV screen, instead you all get to sit around a table and be able to interact with each other face to face, with the digital medium just enhancing that gaming experience, rather than dominating it.

I'd hope that someday I'd be able to have just a digital table loaded with thousands of games that can be found at www.boardgamegeek.com that I can summon up instantly and let the computer do all of the fiddily management of of the game components and score tracking.]]>May 3rd 2010 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sonys-35-inch-atractable-to-be-industrialized-in-june-show-m/May 3rd 2010 9:46AM