Bill Belichick Has Had Enough of Microsoft's Surface Pro

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has had so much trouble with the NFL's Microsoft Surface Pro tablets that he refuses to use them in future games.

"As you probably noticed, I'm done with the tablets," he told reporters at a press conference on Tuesday. "They're just too undependable for me."

Microsoft signed a $400 million agreement with the NFL in 2014 to provide Surface Pro 2 tablets to coaches on the field. Before the Microsoft tablets, teams would typically employ fax machines and printers as part of the process for getting physical, aerial photographs of the opposing team's lineup for defensive and offensive plays down to the sidelines. These photographs were typically stuck in three-ring binders, which were reviewed by coaches and players at their leisure.

The Surface Pro tablet allows coaches to zoom in and out and annotate clips directly on the screen using the Surface Pen. Digital photos are also delivered much quicker than the old print system. But they can't access the Internet, for fear that a team's playbook could be hacked by their opponent.

Microsoft upgraded the tablets last summer to the Surface Pro 3 ($889.00 at Amazon) . Still, Belichick said today that he preferred the old system of print photographs.

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"I'm done with the tablets," he said. "I'll use the paper pictures from here on, because I just have given it my best shot."

Known for his very brief answers to questions at press conferences, Belichick's rant against the Surface tablets lasted five minutes and 25 seconds, according to NESN.