TAMPA Bay quarterback Tom Brady was caught destroying a Microsoft Surface tablet with one throw in a video that’s gone viral.
The incident happened last night after Brady’s football team suffered a loss to the Saints.
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The loss was unfortunate for the tablet which was thrown at a metal box by Brady.
Surface tablets receive regular abuse from sports stars.
This is because Microsoft became the provider of tablet-based image reviews for the NFL in 2014.
The tablets replaced the black-and-white photographs that had been used for the same purpose for decades.
Previously, technical issues or just an athlete struggling to use the tablet have resulted in them being aggressively thrown.
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Microsoft reportedly paid millions for NFL to use the tablets.
There was an early problem with the devices being referred to as “iPads” in interviews.
The tablets are pretty popular devices and definitely shouldn’t be thrown in anger.
The gizmos are tablets that, by plugging in a keyboard, can also be made to work like a Windows laptop.
Microsoft launched the series in 2013 and the company has released eight iterations so far, nine if you include the Surface Pro 7+.
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