Crazy! Microsoft have impressed me.
My overall impression of MS is a company that has made a fortune out of follow the leader. You know, let the others take the risks of developing new and innovative products, wait and see how they go and if they are successful, tweak them enough to keep the majority of law suits at bay and then market them to our users using a combination of brute market force and disinformation.
But all that editorial opinion aside, this surface deal is way cool and looks slick and awesome. I can’t wait get my fingers over one and give it a whirl! It shows that a new interface age is upon us. I can’t wait until my studio is just a big multi-touch screen and a couple of speakers.
I guess what I’m expecting next is for Apple to come out and say, “Here’s a thin portable wireless multi-touch interface, that acts as the controller for any mac you have in the house, your Apple-TV, iTunes - whatever. You want to sit up in bed and read the paper on-line? You want to watch a movie streaming to your multi-touch tablet?”. Then they just have to say, it’s available now and you can buy it for $1,000 US or something. It’s probably not going to happen yet, but I’m sure we’re gonna see more and more of these products over the next 18-24 months.
My old buddy Tyson, who has been working for MS for a few years now posted a great movie up on his blog about this as well. Good old Jeff Han, the multi-touch daddy makes a few appearances.
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