Comments on: What Microsoft’s Surface Can Mean for Businesses http://technologizer.com/2009/12/15/what-microsofts-surface-can-mean-for-businesses/ Reviews, News, and Opinion About Personal Technology by Harry McCracken & Friends Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:49:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: IcyFog http://technologizer.com/2009/12/15/what-microsofts-surface-can-mean-for-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-31986 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:44:10 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=20970#comment-31986 Wasn’t this touch-surface think released like two years ago? That’s when I first read and heard about it.

]]> By: EU Drops Microsoft Browser Charges; Ray Ozzie On His Way Out?; Microsoft Pulls Stolen Code - SharePoint Daily - Bamboo Nation http://technologizer.com/2009/12/15/what-microsofts-surface-can-mean-for-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-31920 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:53:38 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=20970#comment-31920 [...] What Microsoft’s Surface Can Mean for Businesses (Technologizer)Microsoft put its weight behind touchscreen applications at its Professional developers Conference (PDC) last month, but that does not translate to immediate adoption by real people. That could change –sooner rather than later—as companies that develop business-oriented applications for Microsoft’s Surface tabletop computer try to take Surface out of its niche and into the office. [...]

]]> By: Stilgar http://technologizer.com/2009/12/15/what-microsofts-surface-can-mean-for-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-31919 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:04:57 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=20970#comment-31919 It’s useful in that you can plug it in bad remakes of good movies…e.g. The Day the Earth Stood Still. Er, if anyone saw that movie other than me.

]]> By: Bouke Timbermont http://technologizer.com/2009/12/15/what-microsofts-surface-can-mean-for-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-31918 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:17:17 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=20970#comment-31918 Even though I think touch-screen tables will be useful in the future to replace desks, these things aren’t ready now.

Here in Belgium one news-station started using it during the last election:

This is just a ridiculous gimmick. This became the laughing stock of the entire media-landscape, and now that news-station only uses the table to show an occasional headline.

I say the market isn’t ready for this yet.

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