Amnesia Razorfish Connect lets your smartphone share your Surface

It’s practicality may be a bit questionable until folks actually start using Surfaces in their homes, but Amnesia Razorfish has now produced a rather unique way to share content between your smartphone and Microsoft’s would-be household device . The basic idea is fairly simple: just place your smartphone (or tablet) on the Surface, and then simply drag photos and other documents directly onto the device (where you can also, incidentally, preview them instantly). Exactly how that’s done isn’t clear, but the company says the so-called “Connect” system “utilizes a range of technologies including WiFi, Bluetooth, proximity detection, unique ID and phone accelerometer, depending on the type of phone and location.” Somewhat ironically, the system only works with iOS devices at the moment, but Amnesia Razorfish says it’s hard at work on bringing it to Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry as well. Head on past the break for the video. Continue reading Amnesia Razorfish Connect lets your smartphone share your Surface Amnesia Razorfish Connect lets your smartphone share your Surface originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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