The new demo they re showing now is the aforementioned SmartGlass, a technology intended to patch the seams among your Xbox, Windows PCs and mobile phone.
It will be pre-installed as the default music player on all Windows 8 tablets and PCs and on Windows Phone 8 smartphones, and it will be part of the 2012 console update for Xbox 360.
In this week's letter, his sapling of the week is wireless phone company Sprint PCS (nyse: PCS - news - people ), which is showing five consecutive quarters of positive and growing operating cash flow.
Compaq and HP recently announced plans to sell some of their PCs direct to customers over the phone and the Internet.
Metro PCS' first American LTE phone may be fast when it comes to download speeds, but not so much when it comes to basic functionality.
Gateway, along with Dell, convinced Americans that buying PCs through the mail or over the phone--and later on the Internet--was a good idea.
The new service, Xbox Music, will begin rolling out tomorrow on the Xbox 360 game console, with a rollout later this month to Windows 8 and Windows RT PCs and tablets, and on Windows Phone 8 mobile phones, with additional platforms later.
In fact, we get to talking about laptops and PCs, and have continued the conversation over the phone since.
Now, says Mr. Alvarez, in theory at least (and he cautions against being too optimistic) if Microsoft can deliver Windows 8 on tablets and PCs, then it makes the jump to Windows Phone much smaller for consumers, enterprise users and, importantly, developers.
While analysts are cutting forecasts for PCs and slashing those for ultrabooks, global mobile phone penetration continues to grow and is expected to reach 70% in 2013, up from 2% in 2000 and 28% in 2009 according to data published in Abundance by Steven Kotler and Peter Diamandis.
Unlike smart phone hacks or other mostly-theoretical vulnerabilities, PCs are constantly hijacked by drive-by-downloads that exploit browser flaws.
Easy Phone Sync is available to download now for both PCs and Macs in conjunction with an app for Samsung Android devices.
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With the same modern look and feel, Windows Phone 8 is built to work seamlessly with Windows PCs and tablets, Microsoft Surface devices and the Xbox 360 console so that files, music, pictures and videos can be accessed in whichever way is most convenient.
Through the power of the cloud, it effortlessly integrates the music experience across your tablet, PC, phone and TV.1 With more than 30 million songs in the global catalog, Xbox Music begins rolling out around the world tomorrow on Xbox 360 and later this month on Windows 8 PCs and tablets and on mobile phones, starting with Windows Phone 8 at launch and additional platforms later.
The high price point for both PCs and wired Internet access makes access to the web via mobile phone a much more attainable reality.
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With a similar look and feel, the same technology core, and the same built-in SkyDrive cloud service, Windows Phone 8 is built to work seamlessly with Windows 8 PCs, Microsoft Surface devices and the Xbox 360 console.
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This will help SPH - which owns large stakes in Singapore Cable Vision and cellular phone company M1 - deliver multi-media content to PCs and bring data to handheld devices like Palm Pilots and third-generation mobile phones.
With the new version, users will be able to make and receive free2 1-to-1 video calls over Skype between their Android phone and other Skype contacts on the iPhone, Mac, Windows PCs and even TVs3.
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Bluetooth, on the other hand, is aimed not just at PCs, but at a whole range of electronic devices, from your PalmPilot to your mobile phone, and pretty much any device you might ever want to share bits with.
Dropbox answered a new, vexing problem for a world where people carry a phone or two, and perhaps a tablet, but have files and photos stuck on multiple PCs, laptops and mobiles.
In addition, users can download the media content to the user's PC and search the contents of up to 5 connected PCs or smartphones simultaneously and import the music content from the user's PC or friend's phone into the user's play list.
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Many corporate customers, who buy mostly Windows-based PCs are eyeing the new Windows phones as possible adjuncts to their overall strategy, particularly since Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 share many characteristics and may be easier to manage as a set.
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