Office 2007 Microsoft Surface tabletops delayed un

In the event you had been keeping your breath for the very first Microsoft touch-screen tabletops, originally as a result of debut in November in chosen Sheraton hotels, Harrah;s ############s, and T-Mobile retail locations, you are able to exhale now.Microsoft is delaying delivery of the first Surface shipments till spring 2008, officials told News.com this week. It turns out customizing the hardware and software program that powers a “Big Ass Table” is harder than it looked. The Advanced Technology Center in Microsoft China is working on the Surface user interface (as well as the recently debuted interface, co-developed by Microsoft and T-Mobile for the T-Mobile Shadow).Microsoft is expected to deploy the multi-touch software program that makes the Surface tick in other form factors over time. In this futuristic video on the new UXEvangelist blog,Office 2007, Surface-like technology can be what powers the architectural-design table inside the featured SoapBox videoclip.Microsoft;s Surface delay has me wondering, yet again, whether Microsoft is spreading itself too thin these days. Sure, it sounds more fun to work on Xbox than Forefront Security services, but can Microsoft really be all things — consumer and enterprise — to all people and do it well?