Originally Posted by Phil
Is it only me that thinks its a just an improved touchscreen?

That's exactly what it is.....
Multi touch, external object (camera etc) interaction and the controlling software however make it a world apart. Give it 10 years or so "surface" could everywhere and a large part of everyone's everyday life....fair play to Microsoft - while apple were pissing around with a click wheel they were pissing around with something much bigger....!