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Microsoft Shows Off Some of that 3 Screens Strategy with Gaming

Posted by Warner Crocker | 03/07/2010 | 2 Comments

At TechEd Middle East, Microsoft Eric Rudder showed off a little bit of that “3 screens and the cloud” strategy Microsoft has been crowing about. The example was all about gaming. Rudder shows off an Indiana Jones game that he plays on an Xbox, a computer, and a Windows Phone 7 Series phone. The game’s state is saved in the cloud so you pick up where you leave off when you switch devices.

Tags: cloud computing, Gaming, Microsoft

Category: Mobile, Software

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Warner Crocker is a professional theatre director, producer and playwright and also a Tablet PC enthusiast. He is also a Microsoft MVP for Tablet PCs. Send email to Warner.

GoodThings2Life
Very cool. :)
DNel
I would love to see this work on my Zune HD. Microsoft has been horrible in supporting app wise the Zune HD (only 14 apps is pathetic!)

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