Those of you looking to get some hands on time with the Microsoft Surface will be startled to find that your first hands on consumer experience may happen as early as April 17th thanks to a partnership with AT&T. While not all stores will be getting a Microsoft Surface, it’s safe to assume that you’ll be able to find one sitting in the corporately owned major city AT&T locations.

The Microsoft Surface is a 30 in flat surface display system that is completely based off of touching the screen. Using gestures and even placing devices on it will provide you with some really unique capabilities that AT&T plan to take advantage of. The goal is to allow consumers to place phones on the Microsoft Surface to see more about it and even transfer ringtones, files, and games to it simply by dragging it from the screen to your device.

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