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Invain
06-29-2007, 10:42 PM
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

Watch the videos.
Majestic
06-29-2007, 10:54 PM
That's about 3 weeks old, but yeah, multi-touch is awesome.

In fact, a retail version of it was released today, in the iPhone. It's not the "soft" touchscreen that you see on a Treo, etc. It senses proximity, duration of touch, accepts multiple touches, pinches, or swipes at once, etc.

Of course, the display Microsoft is using is $10,000, but it's cool, nonetheless.
ddegroff
06-29-2007, 10:57 PM
Yeah I was watching it going, well apple will release something way better. Oh wait they did today. :thumbup:
Majestic
06-29-2007, 11:15 PM
Well, Microsoft beat Apple to the punch as far as exhibiting operating systems they can't actually sell or implement without a $10,000 dislpay, but yeah......Apple purchased Fingerworks quite some time ago and began implementing some of their tech into the iPhone.
sCaRz*Of*PaiN
06-30-2007, 01:14 AM
Go outside and meet some girls. ;)
WillKuenzel
06-30-2007, 07:20 AM
Says the guy with over twice the number of posts as the other combined.

*looks at own post count, goes outside*

Cool technology, btw.
bjohnso
06-30-2007, 09:44 AM
Wow, that's pretty amazing.
WBBIRL
06-30-2007, 10:15 AM
Go outside and meet some girls. ;)

rofl...


The technology you use in the consumer market is leaps beyond whats currently out there. Its the same idea as the internet speed... government has internet that is much much faster then a T3 line and we have (on average) 6000 kbps down and 2000 kbps up. T3 is 45 mbps both up and down.
mikey4402
06-30-2007, 11:29 AM
computer of tomorrow? i dont think so. i think it would work well in the class roomsetting or in a board room. but at that price i dont see that happening...
BFGUITAR
06-30-2007, 11:41 AM
Amazing!
When they were splitting the bill through the credit cards on the table, I thought to myself, this is exactly what science fiction has been writing about... Were going to rely on computers ALOT more in the future. Lets hope science fiction is wrong about WW3 :p
sCaRz*Of*PaiN
06-30-2007, 12:32 PM
Says the guy with over twice the number of posts as the other combined.

*looks at own post count, goes outside*

Cool technology, btw.You mean the one getting married?

And ROFL @ post count. ;)