Posted on 01/25/2016 3:03:56 AM PST by Enlightened1
Tablets on New England Patriots' sideline fail, preventing coaches and players from using the devices to review plays.
Microsoft's tablet partnership with the National Football League has not always been smooth.
After Microsoft struck a reported $400 million deal in 2013 with the NFL to have its Surfaces exclusively on team sidelines for reviewing plays, TV commentators kept referring to them as "iPads." At the time, it was said that networks were constantly reminding their talkers that the Surface looks nothing like an iPad and should therefore be referred to by its actual name.
Microsoft suffered another public black eye during the AFC championship game Sunday between the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots, when the tablets on the Patriots' sidelines apparently failed.
"They're having some trouble with their Microsoft Surface tablets," CBS' sideline reporter Evan Washburn reported during the game. "On the last defensive possession the Patriots' coaches did not have access to those tablets to show pictures to their players. NFL officials have been working at it. Some of those tablets are back in use, but not all of them. A lot of frustration that they didn't have them on that last possession."
The Patriots' tablets were soon restored to working order after the brief interruption, which a Microsoft spokesman blamed on a network connectivity issue.
"Our team on the field has confirmed the issue was not related to the tablets themselves but rather an issue with the network," the company said in a statement. "We worked with our partners who manage the network to ensure the issue was resolved quickly."
The Broncos, who apparently didn't suffer a tablet interruption, were allowed to continue using their tablets because NFL rules require the tablets to be shut down for both teams only if they malfunction before the game begins.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnet.com ...
The most entertaining part of this incident was the late-game TV spot called “Microsoft Surface Key Adjustments” or some such.
It’s a free-form ad that talks about what adjustments needed to be made or key turning point of the game. Last night’s was something about the Pat’s offensive line, but it really should have been about getting the Surface’s back online.”
Haha...
Is this another Teump vs. Cruz forum?
Oh wait...
Teump=Trump
Darn iphone keyboard :)
Third graders have better reading comprehension than you and you posted the article! Dumbing down of America.
Maybe Gates is just a Broncos fan.
By double do you mean WiFi and Cell?
Yes I do. I’ve never activated it (cell) because I’m not traveling. In fact it’s been bugging me activate cell since the day I got it, but I have no need for it now, so I haven’t.
And again, I’ve had no problems with networking on any of my iPads. 1st gen (no cell option), third gen (cell I did activate for a while while traveling) and my current 2nd gen iPad Air (cell not activated).
Perhaps your friends networking issues are with their WiFi and not the pad.
So the network failed for the visiting team but not the home team? No surprise there. At least Denver wasn’t deflating the balls to get their unfair advantage.
For some reason during the NFC Championship game Carson Palmer was going old school and looking at a binder full of photos. Maybe he would of played better if he used a Surface. :0
and no they do not ‘twist like a pretzel’.
The iPads are pretty dang durable.
All of the ones in my immediate family are still going strong.
Oh really? So whenever you put an apple device on wireless network the wireless network always performs flawlessly? It magically conveys automatic fixes to the wiring, routers, IP protocols and every other component used to bring that signal? Amazing! I want one!
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