longacre writes “Popular Mechanics takes the Microsoft Surface system for a hands-on video test drive. To be announced at today’s D5 conference, the coffee-table-esqe device allows manipulation from multiple touch points, while infrared, WiFi and Bluetooth team up to allow wireless transfers between devices placed on top of it, such as cameras and cell phones. Expected to launch before the end of the year in the $5,000-$10,000 range, the devices might not make their way under many Christmas trees, but will find the insides of Starwood hotels, Harrah’s casinos and T-Mobile shops.”Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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