Gadget blog Gizmodo has a nice piece of Flash video demo-ing the capabilities of the Microsoft Surface table in peddling cell phone plans and handsets.
I don’t get very twitchy about being able to zoom in and around a coverage map, which is the first part of the video. Basically, “Yeah, so …”
But what is cool is the ability to put a handset down on the screen and up pops a set of cue cards (for lack of a better description) that give consumers a run-through of the key value propositions of the phone. Put down a second, different handset and you get comparisons.
Very cool stuff and it shows what is possible.
On the practical side, though … don’t all these wireless stores tether the handsets? And aren’t a lot of them just non-functional lookalikes?
UPDATE: Jason Goldberg of MTI, who writes the Retail Geek blog, has an excellent, detailed first-hand review of the AT&T Surface efforts.