title: Microsoft Surface pairing with Iphone
body: <p>I was able to get my hands on a new Samsung SUR40 Microsoft Surface device. I'm currently in making a proof of concept</p>
  
  <p>My sticking point is the ability to pair my iPhone with the surface. What I want to be able to do is place the iPhone on the screen and have the surface recognize the device. What I was thinking was using an identity tag produced from an iPhone app and placing the iPhone face down. But due to the infrared camera ability of the surface it sees nothing on the phone. I have seen it done before (<a href="http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2011/01/27/stunning-amnesia-connect-fuses-microsoft-surface-with-your-iphone/" rel="nofollow">Amnesia Razorfish</a>). Just wanting to know if anyone has any ideas on how this can be done?</p>
  
  <p>Maybe using a combination of WiFi scanning also might work. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I want to keep it simple as the user just having our app running on the phone than just slapping it on the surface, don't want to over complicate the pairing.</p>