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Microsoft Surface Coming To AT&T Stores In April

Posted by Radimus on April 2, 2008 – 1:35 pm
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This is a cross promotion to expose the Microsoft Surface to corporate markets as well as get some real world feedback.  This is a very interesting technology that will have some HUGE future appeal if Microsoft can make this ubiquitous for the home user market.

Microsoft Surface will give shoppers at AT&T retail stores instant access to information about their favorite mobile devices just by placing the device on the kiosk.

Microsoft’s multitouch Surface tabletop computer may be coming to an AT&T store near you. In the first public deployment of the technology, AT&T will put 22 of Microsoft’s Surface computers in four cities around the United States on April 17.

When customers place one or more of eight mobile devices — not yet including the Apple iPhone — labeled with a special optical tag onto the Surface, the computer will recognize the objects and let customers explore device features. AT&T has also created another customized application that will allow customers to explore its coverage map, zooming in and out and navigating across the country by using hand gestures on the Surface’s multitouch screen.

Initially, AT&T will deploy the Surface computers in two stores in New York as well as one each in San Antonio, Atlanta, and San Francisco. If customers warm to the application, AT&T is looking to expand to more cities and stores moving forward.

Link: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207001259

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  • doogald
    I'm hoping that it won't be too easy to swap those optical tags, because you know that some prankster will try.
  • hyedipin
    Looks pretty cool. I will stop by one when it is here.
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