“The NFL has permitted teams to use Microsoft tablet computers during games this season, primarily for studying pictures taken before and after the snap,” Mike Wilkening reports for NBC Sports.
“However, Bills coach Doug Marrone was apparently without use of a tablet for at least some of Sunday’s Hall of Fame Game,” Wilkening reports. “After the Bills’ 17-13 loss to the Giants, Marrone indicated his tablet wasn’t operating in the first two quarters, per ESPN’s Mike Rodak.”
“‘I was told mine was going to work, and mine didn’t work,’ Marrone said afterwards, according to audio from WGR 550 AM in Buffalo,” Wilkening reports.
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: This is what the preseason is for, to work out the kinks and realize that you really want Apple iPads because they just work.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Steve” and “Jhowell” for the heads up.]
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Good thing it’s just a game. Smirk.
Next time it might not be… Headlines like “Boeing 777 pilots says its Microsoft Surface didn’t work to consult specific emergency procedure before crash…” is not far away…
http://news.delta.com/2013-09-30-Delta-to-equip-11-000-pilots-with-Microsoft-Surface-2-tablet-devices
Agreed. Exactly my point. I.e. the smirk at the end of my sarcastic comment.
Thanks for the info. I am putting them on my NO FLY WITH list. It’s tells a lot about a company.
That would be “Delta Airlines 777…” It’s not Boeings fault the airplane is operated by cheapskates.
What do you mean not far away, heck Microsoft has been delivering, since 1998.
http://gcn.com/Articles/1998/07/13/Software-glitches-leave-Navy-Smart-Ship-dead-in-the-water.aspx
No kiddin’? Hmmmmm.
(heh, heh, heh…)
They were allowed to use Microsoft Surface tablets so they wouldn’t have an advantage over teams that don’t use a tablet.
This is the fault of the NFL for accepting a payoff from Microsoft to make Surface the exclusive tablet for use in NFL games.
People need to stop being so greedy and consider the consequences. Instead of taking payoffs, choose what will work best.
I’m not sure they’re exclusive, because many teams still use the iPad for the IMPORTANT job of making sure the teams have all the current plays in their electronic play books.
Microsoft just wanted an excuse to plaster the “Surface” logo all over the place.
Hi, Wrong Again.
According to the following article, the Surface is the “exclusive computer of the NFL sideline.”
Source: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-03/nfl-allows-surface-tablets-on-the-sidelines-for-the-first-time
Delta airlines used the iPad to test the no flight bag theory and then went with Surface. Idiots!
chefpastry, that may be true, but…
http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/27/despite-multi-year-msft-surface-deal-nearly-all-nfl-teams-use-ipads-as-playbooks-says-apple/
With Paul Allen being the owner Seahawks, who did everyone expect to have the inside track for the NFL contract?
The NFL doesn’t allow so much as a pencil on the field without being paid a bribe, er, advertising money for the privilege of being seen on the field and by TV watchers.
The official do-hicky of the NFL . . . because they only use the best! 😳
Surface RT now advertised on television for $99 at a pawn shop in the Minneapolis/St Paul area: PawnAmerica
Over priced by $100 dollars.
Microsoft’s table collection grows… The Surface RT, The Surface, Surface Pro, and now, The Surface Halftime, cuz isn’t halftime when you take a break from doing what you’re supposed to be doing?!?
NFL = Non Functioning Laptop.
If your livelihood from your game or your plane relies on tablets, you damn well better have not only the most reliable, but you MUST have a backup for the time that comes when someone steps on it.
Just wait until Balmy gets his hands on the NBA…
NFL = Non Functioning Losers
iPad could not cut it as no one serious is writing software for it. The Coach failed to factor in his tech shortcomings.