Re: [CGUYS] Surface Computing - the future may be near

2007-07-14 Thread mike
It's not at all...but yea, that's the first thing I thought too lol Mike On 7/12/07, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that Surface Computing is a Touch Screen Kiosk turned horizontal instead of vertical. Another innovation from MS. Isn't it like a $10,000 iPhone, just a little

Re: [CGUYS] Surface Computing - the future may be near

2007-07-12 Thread Tom Piwowar
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/ Video crashed my web browser (FireFox Mac). Guess I'll have to turn on my PC. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em

Re: [CGUYS] Surface Computing - the future may be near

2007-07-12 Thread Tom Piwowar
I think that Surface Computing is a Touch Screen Kiosk turned horizontal instead of vertical. Another innovation from MS. Isn't it like a $10,000 iPhone, just a little bit bigger and bulkier? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND

Re: [CGUYS] Surface Computing - the future may be near

2007-07-12 Thread Chris Dunford
I think that Surface Computing is a Touch Screen Kiosk turned horizontal instead of vertical. Another innovation from MS. Isn't it like a $10,000 iPhone, just a little bit bigger and bulkier? Not really, no. * == QUICK

Re: [CGUYS] Surface Computing - the future may be near

2007-07-12 Thread Tom Piwowar
Isn't it like a $10,000 iPhone, just a little bit bigger and bulkier? Not really, no. You mean it can't make phone calls? What the am I getting for my money!? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following

Re: [CGUYS] Surface Computing - the future may be near

2007-07-12 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
The Table is a _Land of the Giants: the Motion Picture_ prop. The iPhone made into a table. Speculation had MS rushing this to market to prevent people from claiming that MS stole the idea from Apple. On 7/12/07, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't it like a $10,000 iPhone, just a

Re: [CGUYS] Surface Computing - the future may be near

2007-07-12 Thread Chris Dunford
Speculation had MS rushing this to market to prevent people from claiming that MS stole the idea from Apple. I don't really see how anyone could have done that, since the project has been known about for quite a while. For example, see this, dated March, 2005:

Re: [CGUYS] Surface Computing - the future may be near

2007-07-12 Thread Jordman
No, it's much less useful that that! Tom Piwowar wrote: I think that Surface Computing is a Touch Screen Kiosk turned horizontal instead of vertical. Another innovation from MS. Isn't it like a $10,000 iPhone, just a little bit bigger and bulkier?

Re: [CGUYS] Surface Computing - the future may be near

2007-07-11 Thread mike
Actually it's not a touchscreen but cameras placed to watch your movements. There are similar low end devices in use in some malls displaying things like fish swimming on the floor and kids try to catch the fish etc. mike On 7/11/07, Alvin Auerbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that