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We also know that there will be a dock for these handsets to leverage Windows 10 Mobile\u2019s Continuum feature, basically turning your phone into a desktop device with a monitor and Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.<\/p>\n
The Surface Pro 4 is expected to be an evolution of the Surface Pro 3 (which is defeating tablet trends by increasing sales<\/a> quite a bit year on year), and now Microsoft has copped on and started sales through the partner channel.<\/p>\n Questions I have:<\/p>\n We do know that Windows 10 head honcho, Terry Myerson, is feeling confident:<\/p>\n Stay tuned and we\u2019ll find out more \u2026<\/p>\n Petri Executive Editor, Brad Sams, isn\u2019t impressed by the wi-fi at the venue in downtown New York – so it\u2019s no different to any recent Microsoft conference:<\/p>\n Paul Thurrott isn\u2019t impressed either. Seriously, if you\u2019re going to invite the tech press to a live<\/em> event then don\u2019t you want them to communicate about what your are showing?<\/p>\n Here we go \u2026 it\u2019s all about \u201cmoments\u201d \u2026 \u201cwe live in one of those moments\u201d. \u201cLet\u2019s inspire. Create new experiences and new possibilities. Let\u2019s empower everyone to go further. To do great things. Changing how we touch. \u201d. And the stream died. Sorry.<\/p>\n Microsoft should look into building a cloud scale data center facility with content delivery networks and media streaming \u2026 oh \u2026 Seriously, why the frak do they use 3rd party streaming services?<\/p>\n Following Twitter, after 10 weeks there are 110 million activated Windows 10 machines. 8 million business PCs running Windows 10. There have been 1.25 billion Store visits on Windows 10. Devs making 4 times more money. Facebook is building new universal apps for Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger.<\/p>\n New devices are the next chapter of Windows 10. Features like Cortana and Continuum are software + hardware, Windows 10 + new hardware. Today is the \u201cstart\u201d of that next generation hardware (MSFT is doing cooperative launches with OEMs in the coming weeks). <\/p>\n All Xbox One machines will get Windows 10. Some special editions and the pricey gaming controller coming for Christmas. <\/p>\n Next up HoloLens. They want to show us something different that they\u2019ve developed internally \u2026 mixed reality gaming on HoloLens:<\/p>\n Turn every room into your house into a video game level. They show us Project X-Ray, he\u2019s going to defend the stage from an alien invasion. <\/p>\n He has a wearable hologram – a hologram you can hold. FRAK!<\/p>\n Spatial sound so you can use sound\/direction. The robots know the room and use it. Me want!<\/p>\n Starting today they are taking registrations for the developer kit, costing $3000 and shipping in Q1 2016.<\/p>\n That\u2019s the audience warmed up.<\/p>\n Eh. The new prison band from the future from a movie of the past. Sorry, I\u2019m checking my Twitter feed and checking my mail. At $249 it\u2019s the same price as the top end FitBit – you can pre-order today. Hard to win against a brand like that if you\u2019re the same price, even if you have more features.<\/p>\n Surface is worth 3.5 billion dollars per year. Now on to Panos Panay, the new leader of the entire devices family.<\/p>\n He feels blessed – HoloLens has him and the crowd excited – how new for a devices event at Microsoft!!!<\/p>\n The Lumia 950 family:<\/p>\n Two antennas in the handsets to get \u201calways on connectivity\u201d. They will give you the best connection they can find. 950 5.2\u201d is a hex core and the 950 5.7\u201d XL is a octo core CPU. Liquid cooling was added from Surface to make these phones as powerful\/productive as possible.<\/p>\n He is blowing through the specs – \u201cyou guys wrote about this already\u201d and jokes with the media in the room.<\/p>\n He\u2019s pushing the Windows 10 piece of the phones and how it uses the OLED to show info without unlocking the phone. <\/p>\n The camera is next (Lumia heritage). Triple LED natural flash (\u201cno redye\u201d and true colour). 20 MP sensor with Zeiss PureView lens. Optical stabiliser. And the usual dedicated camera button.<\/p>\n He\u2019s a stickler for the little design details. He pushes the button (natural reflex)- 4K video, which goes straight to the cloud. <\/p>\n 32 GB storage with SD expansion up to 256 GB, and it will support 2 TB when it eventually comes out – wow!<\/p>\n The connector is USB type C to support 5 Gbps transfers. In less than 30 minutes you get more than 50% charge – great in the morning when you forgot to charge it and you can get it topped up while getting ready.<\/p>\n All this power and cooling and Windows 10 \u2026 the phone is a PC. Office, Skype, OneDrive, Edge, \u2026 it\u2019s the same package that you\u2019ll use on your PC. Continuum baby.<\/p>\n Hello is blowing his mind and making some noise.<\/p>\n Unlocking the phone: you just look at it – the Hello beta<\/em>. <\/p>\n The Microsoft Display Port is shown – how you connect the phone to your monitor, keyboard and mouse.<\/p>\n The phone is docked, and the start screen of the phone is the start menu on the desktop. He starts using Office and Outlook, using it with a mouse and keyboard. Welcome to the future.<\/p>\n The navigation experience is consistent with the desktop. He app switches, etc. He lifts the phone and he can still do all the phone stuff (texting, etc). Universal apps can scale between screen sizes (phone and monitor). <\/p>\n He does some productivity stuff, like editing a Word doc, copies a table, does Alt-Tab, goes to PowerPoint and pastes a table. It\u2019s the same as the PC, just with the universal app version of Office.<\/p>\n The Display Dock supports removable media such as a USB stick. He inserts one with pictures on it and browses the photos on the monitor via the phone. <\/p>\n He has full audio and 1080p. He plays the Jurassic World trailer on the big screen with surround sound in the theatre. And that\u2019s coming from the phone.<\/p>\n Back on stage to wrap up. The 950 is $549 and and the 950 XL is $649. <\/p>\n They want to make these the most productive devices on the planet. Surface Pro 3 has grown. We\u2019ve seen this (as distributors to resellers). There\u2019s a video of a small CAD\/CAM business using Surface to it\u2019s potential (touch, pen, CPU, mobility).<\/p>\n \u201cCompetitors are chasing it; it\u2019s pretty cool\u201d.<\/p>\n Do they double down and bring the thunder? Yup. Thunderstruck.<\/p>\n 6th generation Intel SkyLake CPU that is 50% faster than the MacBook Air. Up to 16 GB RAM and 1 TB storage. It\u2019s Surface Pro 4. Thinnest Core PC ever shipped. 12.3\u201d diagonal screen (by reducing the size of the bezel so it\u2019s the same size device). 267 PPI screen – 5 million pixels on screen, keeping the screen the best in the biz, IMO. <\/p>\n PixelSense technloogy. 0.4 mm gorilla glass. 1.1mm backlight. Custom chipset called G5 made by Microsoft. Takes the optical stack and brings \u201cbest pen & touch experience on any product\u201d.<\/p>\n The pen has an eraser on the back. He jokes that there\u2019s a pencil out there without an eraser, sorry Apple! 1024 levels of pressure. 1 year of battery life in the pen – rechargables break the flow of productivity. The pen connects to the Surface via a magnet by the looks of it – no loop required.<\/p>\n Office & OneNote are integrated. You can quickly launch OneNote and copy content to OneNote using clicks on the pen. An attempted Cortana demo tries to show off the new Microsoft Store in Manhattan – he doesn\u2019t get a spoken result and looks like he was stumped for a second, before recovering.<\/p>\n Inter-changeable pen tips are being introduced. You can select a tip that suits how you work – pencil, ballpoint pen, felt-tip pen, etc.<\/p>\n Surface Pro 4 is 30% faster than the Pro 3. He compares it to the MacBook Air – 50% faster than the Apple. <\/p>\n They stopped thinning the device at 8.4mm so there\u2019s still a USB port there! They demo the Surface Pro docking station – it also supports Surface Pro 3. Four USB 3.0 connectors, 2 x 4k display ports, Ethernet. It looks more like a hub, moving away from the big docking station of the past.<\/p>\n There is a new Surface Pro Type Cover. It is lighter, thinner, and stronger. There is a \u201cpro key set\u201d moving away from the older type keyset. This is also compatible with the Surface Pro 3. The touch pad is 40% larger. <\/p>\n On to Windows Hello:<\/p>\n\n
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Terry Myerson<\/h2>\n
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Panos Panay<\/h2>\n
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Surface<\/h2>\n
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