Microsoft "Surface" - coming out in late fall 07
Submitted by Charles Frost on Wed, 05/30/2007 - 10:01.
Just wondering about this new product, coming out late this fall/early winter.
It sure puts Wi-Fi in a different light...
Enjuy: http://www.microsoft.com/surface/
Cheers,
Bill
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I just watched a thorough piece on this technology
Great timing Bill.. I just watched on MSNBC (go figure) a detailed review of this innovative technology - most experts currently peg this at 3-5 years for meaningful mainstream revenue generation. An open source guy can appreciate the vision of coffee table PC action - tactile touchscreens - temperature sensitive or otherwise. Biometrics offers interesting table talk as well.
Another amazing innovation near-ready is the 100 dollar laptop, complete with its own OS with its own cute wrinkles - a review of this Digital Divide -relevant revolutionary on 'Technology Corner' coming soon !
We've got to talk about Unisolar shingles soon - would like to incorporate thiese with other energy efficient building products under contract.
Peace !
Between...
Between these two, I would say that the 100 dollar laptop is way more crucial. I think that the surface computing machine is a little too pricey (and impractical) for mainstream adoption. Sure, it's eye candy but it's basically a touch screen inside of a Ms. Pac Man - like casing. That's not innovation. Getting computers to people that don't have them that are high on imagination but low on resources promises to foster more innovation.