Witness Ridicules 'Hands-On' Reviews of Surface 206
Freshly Exhumed writes "Danny Sullivan over at Marketing Land has been tipped over the edge by various colleagues: 'After seeing yet another "hands-on" review of the Microsoft Surface tablet, I thought it would be interesting to shed more light on what exactly the journalists who assembled in Hollywood this week for the Surface launch event actually got to do with the tablets. In short, not a lot. Come along as I explain the hands-off reality of what I saw.' In response to Sullivan's criticisms, TechRadar contributor Mary To Many rebuts that merely touching something that does not operate nor even truly exist equates to an actual hands-on review. So, what do Slashdotters expect a "hands-on" review to reveal and/or include?"
Re:Oh please, get a life. (Score:4, Informative)
But you CAN actually use an Apple product when they are showed to the press. An unfinished product could be miles away from the promess made so the surface reviews are a moot point
Re:Oh please, get a life. (Score:5, Informative)
No, that is exactly what happens at Apple events. Two weeks ago when apple showed off all the newest hardware? Immediately afterwards all the journalists got to play with it hands on in finished form. Many were given review models to take home.
Re:Obviously a functional unit (Score:5, Informative)
However, the Surface tablet froze [betabeat.com] in the middle of the presentation.
Not only that, later on presenter was trying to show camera widget and it "only" took him 4 tries :). I stopped watching after that.