Modified Microsoft Surface Pro 2 tablets to replace Polaroid cameras on NFL sidelines this year

Remember those images you would see during an NFL telecast, showing coaches and players going through a folder of Polaroid pictures? Those photographs were taken from the sideline, and from the coaches' box, to help find a weakness in the opponent's offensive or defensive formations. But starting with today's Hall of Fame Game between the New York Giants and Buffalo Bills, each team will use a new technology that will give both teams color, digital pictures, delivered to the coaches faster than before.



The new technology happens to be a fleet of Microsoft Surface Pro 2 tablets, modified ...