{"id":9606,"date":"2011-11-18T09:38:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T09:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/microsoft_surface_update_available_its_an_ipoffee_table.html"},"modified":"2011-11-18T09:38:46","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T09:38:46","slug":"microsoft-surface-update-available-its-an-ipoffee-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/technology\/microsoft-surface-update-available-its-an-ipoffee-table.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Surface Update Available. It&#8217;s an iPoffee Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/uploads\/samsung-SUR40-microsoft-surface.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-none\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/assets_c\/2011\/11\/samsung-SUR40-microsoft-surface-thumb-500x333-10167.jpg\" alt=\"samsung-SUR40-microsoft-surface.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface is now <a href=\"http:\/\/microsoft-news.tmcnet.com\/news\/2011\/11\/17\/5937788.htm\">available<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/news\/2011\/11\/microsofts-table-sized-tablet-surfaces-in-pre-order.ars\">$8,400<\/a> or approximately the same price as 42 Kindle Fires or almost 17 entry level iPad 2s. A giant tablet-in-a-table, the super-sized 87 pound gadget runs Windows 7 and Surface 2.0 and leading edge processors from AMD. Obviously the market for this device is quite different than your traditional tablet customer &ndash; but it isn&rsquo;t clear exactly who needs these things in any appreciable volume. Perhaps it&rsquo;s just a halo initiative at this point allowing both Microsoft and Samsung to claim they are on the leading-edge in bringing us to a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/technology\/a-future-made-of-glass.html\">future made of glass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Cf7IL_eZ38\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in picking one of these big boys up &ndash; the bad news is you can&rsquo;t order it on Amazon. For now anyway there is a list of email addresses and phone numbers on the Samsung <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samsunglfd.com\/solution\/sur40.do\">website<\/a> allowing you to learn more.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Country<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Samsung   Representative<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>E-mail<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Australia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Claudio Cardile<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>61 02 9763 9543<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>c.cardile@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Austria<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Robert Lang<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>43 151615 3507<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>r.lang@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Belgium<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Christophe vande Kerckhove<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>32 478 382 130<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>christophe.v@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Canada<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Steven Atrill<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>905 542 3535<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>s.atrill@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Denmark<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Henrik Lehd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>45 61226600<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>henrik.lehd@samsung.dk<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>France<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Pierre-Thomas LouisDeSoultrait<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>33 01 49 21 71 03<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>pth.louis@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Germany<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Markus Eisemann<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>49 6196 66 1703<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Markus.Eisemann@samsung.de<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>HongKong<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Tony Yip<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>852 6056 2037<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>tony.yip@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>India<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Chetan Patnaik<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>91 935020 7264<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>p.chetan@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Ireland<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Ian Abernethy<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>44 7795 950559<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>i.abernethy@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Italy<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Federico Frigo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>39 0292 189651<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>f.frigo@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Korea<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>David Min<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>82 2 2023 6602<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>aiccoo.min@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Netherlands<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Richard Goedhart<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>31 6 13162518<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>r.goedhart@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Norway<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Lars Sterten<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>47 90840337<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>lars.sterten@samsung.no<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Qatar<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Manoj Ghai<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>971 506595063<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>ghai.m@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Donghyeon Kim<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>966 2 690 1426<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>kim.dh@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Singapore<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>John Chua<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>65 68333&nbsp;332<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>john.chua@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Spain<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Berta CondeGarciaBlanco<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>34 917143708<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>berta.conde@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Sweden<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Jan Wahlgren<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>46 706166696<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>jan.wahlgren@samsung.se<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Vincenzo Covelli<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>41 44 455 67 08<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>v.covelli@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>UAE<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Manoj Ghai<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>971 506595063<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>ghai.m@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>United Kingdom<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Ian Abernethy<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>44 7795 950559<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>i.abernethy@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>USA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Scott Sherrick<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>1 866 726 4249<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>scotts@sea.samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p> 2. Samsung global \/ regional HQ contact for multinational project<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Region<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Samsung   Representative<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>E-mail<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Global HQ (Surface BDM)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Jonghee Kim<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>82 31 277 0893<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>jonghee2.kim@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Pan Europe<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Pepe Dijkstra<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>44 1932 455077<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>pepedijkstra@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>APAC<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Yee Fong Liow<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>65 6833 1663<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>yf.liow@samsung.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface is now available for $8,400 or approximately the same price as 42 Kindle Fires or almost 17 entry level iPad 2s. A giant tablet-in-a-table, the super-sized 87 pound gadget runs Windows 7 and Surface 2.0 and leading edge processors from AMD. Obviously the market for this device is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158,172,196,188,118],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}