Microsoft Surface still beyond developers' reach
Published: 12 Jul 2007 16:22 BST
On Thursday, Microsoft is planning to show its partners the Surface computer that it introduced in May.
But its partners will have to wait for a chance to do more than look at the tabletop computer.
Allison Watson, the head of Microsoft's partner efforts, plans to show off the touch-based device as part of a talk she is giving on Microsoft's innovation pipeline.
Watson also plans to announce that the software giant is forming a partner advisory council to help it decide how it should open up the product to outside developers.
"Starting in April, I think the hope is we can launch an actual [software development kit] for partners," Watson said in an interview at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference this week. "Before we do that, we thought we'd bring in real partners to help us."
For now, Microsoft is focusing the device, which costs around $10,000 (£4,930), on the hospitality, gaming and retail markets. Software development is limited to a few hand-picked partners.
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