Microsoft Surface Virtual Pressroom

Published: May 29, 2007 | Updated: April 1, 2008
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The launch of Microsoft Surface marks the beginning of a new technology category and a user-interface revolution. Surface, Microsoft’s first surface computer, provides effortless interaction with digital content through natural hand gestures, touch and physical objects. Surface computing breaks down traditional barriers between people and technology, changing the way people interact with all kinds of everyday information — from photos to maps to menus.

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Feature Stories

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Look What’s Surfacing at Microsoft (May 29, 2007)

Press Releases

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AT&T First to Introduce Microsoft Surface in Retail Stores to Enhance Mobile Shopping Experience (April 1, 2008)

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Microsoft Launches New Product Category: Surface Computing Comes to Life in Restaurants, Hotels, Retail Locations and Casino Resorts (May 29, 2007)

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Product Information

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Microsoft Surface Fact Sheet (.doc file, 36 kb)

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Microsoft Surface FAQ (.doc file, 39 kb)

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Microsoft Surface History (.pdf file, 764 kb)

Executive Biographies

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Mark Bolger, Director of Marketing, Microsoft Surface Computing (.doc file, 31 kb)

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Jeff Gattis, Director of Product Management, Microsoft Surface Computing (.doc file, 30 kb)

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Nigel Keam, Software Development Lead and Architect, Microsoft Surface Computing (.doc file, 28 kb)

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Pete Thompson, General Manager, Microsoft Surface Computing (.doc file, 27 kb)

Microsoft Surface Photos

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Front view of Microsoft Surface
Front view of Microsoft Surface
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Microsoft Surface responds to touch, gestures and objects placed on the surface
Microsoft Surface responds to touch, gestures and objects placed on the surface
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With Microsoft Surface, you can plan a day of sightseeing without leaving your hotel lobby.
With Microsoft Surface, you can plan a day of sightseeing without leaving your hotel lobby.
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With Microsoft Surface, you can share digital photos with your friends as you would in the physical world, sliding them across the table with a flick of the finger.
With Microsoft Surface, you can share digital photos with your friends as you would in the physical world, sliding them across the table with a flick of the finger.
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Microsoft Surface allows users to interact with digital content through touch and natural gestures — they can stretch, share, and drag and drop digital images
Microsoft Surface allows users to interact with digital content through touch and natural gestures — they can stretch, share, and drag and drop digital images
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With Microsoft Surface, order a beverage during your meal with just the tap of a finger.
With Microsoft Surface, order a beverage during your meal with just the tap of a finger.
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Microsoft Surface puts restaurants, hotels, shopping and theaters at your fingertips.
Microsoft Surface puts restaurants, hotels, shopping and theaters at your fingertips.
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Use Microsoft Surface to quickly browse through music, dragging favorite songs onto a personal playlist.
Use Microsoft Surface to quickly browse through music, dragging favorite songs onto a personal playlist.
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View, sort, stack and organize photos with your hands on Microsoft Surface.
View, sort, stack and organize photos with your hands on Microsoft Surface.
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Instantly compare items while shopping with Microsoft Surface.
Instantly compare items while shopping with Microsoft Surface.
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AT&T will harness the power of Microsoft Surface to provide its retail store visitors with an interactive, unique and cutting-edge way to learn about the growing universe of mobile applications and devices.
AT&T will harness the power of Microsoft Surface to provide its retail store visitors with an interactive, unique and cutting-edge way to learn about the growing universe of mobile applications and devices.
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Microsoft Surface will allow visitors to AT&T stores to interact with mobile devices and content in a way that feels familiar by using touch, gestures and the placement of devices on Surface.
Microsoft Surface will allow visitors to AT&T stores to interact with mobile devices and content in a way that feels familiar by using touch, gestures and the placement of devices on Surface.
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AT&T’s deployment of Microsoft Surface will change the way consumers interact with mobile devices and applications. Visitors to AT&T stores will be able to review features of a mobile device by simply placing it on Surface, which will recognize the device and provide a graphical overview of its capabilities.
AT&T’s deployment of Microsoft Surface will change the way consumers interact with mobile devices and applications. Visitors to AT&T stores will be able to review features of a mobile device by simply placing it on Surface, which will recognize the device and provide a graphical overview of its capabilities.
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Microsoft Surface will provide shoppers at AT&T retail stores with easy, instant access to information about their favorite mobile devices, empowering them to make the best purchasing decision.
Microsoft Surface will provide shoppers at AT&T retail stores with easy, instant access to information about their favorite mobile devices, empowering them to make the best purchasing decision.
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Microsoft Surface and AT&T give customers the ability to explore their mobile worlds using touch- and device-recognition technology.
Microsoft Surface and AT&T give customers the ability to explore their mobile worlds using touch- and device-recognition technology.
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Visitors to AT&T stores will be able to use Microsoft Surface to explore interactive coverage maps at the national, state, local or street level, using simple touch and hand movement to scale and move the maps to determine their coverage area.
Visitors to AT&T stores will be able to use Microsoft Surface to explore interactive coverage maps at the national, state, local or street level, using simple touch and hand movement to scale and move the maps to determine their coverage area.
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Even looking at coverage maps becomes an interactive experience when visitors to AT&T stores navigate them by moving their hands across Microsoft Surface.
Even looking at coverage maps becomes an interactive experience when visitors to AT&T stores navigate them by moving their hands across Microsoft Surface.
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