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Microsoft Surface shows the power of WPF

One of my favorite movies is "Minority Report". I used to be fascinated with the technology shown in the movie where everything was controlled with hands. Well its not too far we would be using such technology. Earlier it was UMPC and some of the smartphones that had touch technology, but with "Surface" Microsoft is going to change the way we work. Microsoft announced that it will ship a new table-based computer called Surface, code-named Milan. Surface has been a result of six years of research.

Surface features a 30-inch tabletop display whose unique abilities allow for several people to work independently or simultaneously. All the work can be done without using a mouse or a keyboard.

With Surface it becomes easier to transfer music to your digital music player like Zune. transferring photos to your cellphone also has become much easier. Just imagine company meetings taking place on "Surface" where everyone can contribute in the discussion which can be recorded and used for future purposes. This way company discussions can be more interactive and will take less time to take decisions as all resources will be available on table itself.

Surface will be a big boon for industries where any product can be displayed to the customer using surface where he/she can experience the product before buying it. It would be so cool that the payment can be made by placing the card on the "surface" and authorizing the payment.

As mentioned by Robert Scoble the interface has been designed using WPF. This really shows the power of WPF and what can be done with it.

All the information regarding Microsoft Surface can be found at www.microsoft.com/surface.

Microsoft | Microsoft Surface | WPF | Zune

5/31/2007 2:11:29 PM (India Standard Time, UTC+05:30)

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Contest | Microsoft | Zune | Mix

3/17/2007 1:58:37 AM (India Standard Time, UTC+05:30)

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