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Live Blogging CES 2008 Keynote

- Rob Bushway

Watch this article for our live blogging of Bill Gates keynote from the Bloghaus

Just starting....
boring CEA CEO intro
Bill Gates into'd, video intro
Can't hear him... all better now
Digital decade...history overview of their tech, handhelds, auto pcs...all showing their leadership
His last keynote...middle of July moving to foundation
Funny video montage of Bill and his friends looking at Bill's last day at MSFT. Showing him working out embracing life in a new way. singing..rapping...auditioning...trying for a veep spot...hilarious.
back to Bill...
Next Digital decade about connecting people...run on the cloud, tv, car, pc, etc
three elements of connecting
- projection displays, avideo and quality of rendering
- devices will be connected to offer it up, services, organizing memories across devices
- Power of the user interface...touch on windows pc', the iPhone, etc. Pen and ink, tablet pc, come together to offer the complete experience.
Vista 100 million users
New form factor devices like ultra mobiles
Windows mobile
Windows Live- tour of Live. Mika Kramer ( I did a podcast with her )
- giving a tour of Windows Live Hotmail
- Photo Gallery
- Live Spaces
so far just an overview of what they are currently doing
demoing Surface
- a touch application called freeride on Surface
talking about Silverlight
Olympics broadband MSFT technology partner with NBC
Robbie Bach on stage...VP of Entertainment and Media
- Xbox 17.7 million consoles sold
- Xbox live trmendous growth
- abc and disney bring shows via xbox Live
- Media Center extender - Samsung introducing new extender
- Mediaroom , dvr anywhere
- BT telecom set top box fox xbox for ip tv
- Zune - want to build the next social experience
- Zune social tour, see what your friends are currently doing with music, their favorites, and buying music based on what your friends are doing... the full circle
- car demo with Sync ( Ford
- Zune syncs to the car..Windows mobile data synced to car
- System upgrade to Sync..911 auto call when airbag deploys...update to Sync
- Windows Mobile 20 Million phones..outsells iPhone, Blackberry
- TellMe Demo ( voiced based search and purchasing over Windows Mobile) - Searching Movies because they spoke it, searching based on GPS. Pretty cool... she bought tickets for a friend and had it sent to her friends phone automagically
- Best positioned to deliver connected entertainment
Bill demoing Guitar Hero...rocking out
Over....nothing new really...glad I stayed at the Bloghaus

Events | CES 2008

1/6/2008 7:36 PM MST

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Sunday, January 06, 2008 8:33:55 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

The demo of the recognition piece reminds me of old school robot eyes/lcd glasses. Bout time!

Tim

Sunday, January 06, 2008 8:44:35 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

So aside from that...am I the only one disappointed by the lack of any announcements from MS? 2 hour long keynote that hasn't left an impression on me..

Tim

Sunday, January 06, 2008 8:50:44 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

Just finished watching this myself, and my first thought was, "Is this it? This is all Microsoft had to offer?" While I might be disappointed, I also think, theorize, hope and expect that Bill probably has something serious up his sleeve. Those recognition devices integrated into mobile phones with the total connected Windows Live thingie will get a big bang. I project that he wants Macworld to have its day and fanfare, and just when he steps down from Microsoft, will explode a huge device (huge as it relates to potential) that will make everyone remember and speak of him for the next five years.

archiwiz

Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:57:15 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

Awesome video montage! Bill Gates really showed his humorous side with that video, a side that I thought was non-existent till tonight. Love the products that Microsoft has in development, that picture recognition thing will be huge when it gets into Windows Mobile phones.

VT808

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