Microsoft's Surface hits Sin City

Microsoft's Surface has yet to become a permanent act on the Vegas Strip, but the tabletop computer did play a one-night gig at Caesars Palace last week.

The it-list gadget was shown off at Caesars Pure nightclub at the drawing party for the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Among the celebrity hands that got to touch the Surface were those belonging to Jason Alexander, Don Cheadle, and Shannon Elizabeth, along with the fingers of some pro poker players, including Howard Lederer.

But it will still take more than a good card on the river to get your hands on the thing. The first units should make their debut in the coming months at early customers like Starwood hotels and Harrah's, which plans to put a unit inside the Rio.

For those who aren't counting cards, that's later than Microsoft had originally planned. However, Microsoft is accelerating plans to try to get the technology behind Surface into the home.

[Reisang]

One of the coolest from Microsoft

Well its been about a year i came across the surface . I pretty sure the platform will do real well if the surface team has put in a lot of stuff in it

[kool_skatkat]

Phillips and co

What happened to the other company that offer surface only call it differently. Can the table only be put horizontally? Vertically too... haven't seen that...

[ballmerisanape]

almost..

almost as cool as my iPod touch... but the touch isn't a big ass
table. It fits in my pocket.

[technewsjunkie]

Taking Sales orders: ONE to Harrah's, another to Starwood Hotels

It's long way to the top.

[rcrusoe]

MS "Bat"

You need a room the size of a casino to use this "big @ss table". I
don't see it ever becoming a successful consumer device.

[rdgadz]

how big is your desk?

or your kitchen table?

[dascha1]

Germ-free tech - Make dry erase Finger-based

I guess a lesson to learn would be how often you wash your hands
at the bar/casino/restaurant before and after hands-on. Then
again, the Dry Erase industry should include a paint palette on the
board-tray to dip your fingers into something as well.