A Non-Techie Windows User Talks Microsoft Tablet, Testifies on the iPad Experience

 

 

Prolific blogger Mary Jo Foley, who writes the essential “All About Microsoft” blog, reports on the potential future of Microsoft Surface, the multi-touch display technology Microsoft introduced several years ago. Specifically, she discusses how it might be adapted to a tablet device:

 

Microsoft user interface researcher Bill Buxton told the Globe and Mail that he expects Microsoft to be offering three years from now a tablet device that will be like a slimmed-down mini Surface.

That sounds all well and good… except for the three years part.

Har har. She then goes on to describe her own (favorable) experience with the iPad.

I’ve used and continue to use my 16 GB iPad with 3G and wifi a lot. (In spite of AT&T’s overly pricey 3G data plans, I’m glad I got one with both, as wifi hotspots are still few and far between in many places.)I toss it into my purse when I am going out for a few hours and don’t want to pack up my laptop and lug it with me. I use it to surf the Web, check my mail, read books using the Kindle app, keep up with Twitter (via the Osfoora Twitter client, which I still like a lot more than Twitter’s own iPad client or other alternatives).

Not exactly a money quote, but read the whole thing if you’re considering taking the iPad plunge and want the Windows perspective.