Going into the Consumer Electronics Show 2012 Keynote we knew it would be Microsoft’s last. What we didn’t know is whether it would be extremely enlightening about Microsoft’s plans for 2012, or if it would be more of a review of everything Microsoft has done over the last few months. Unfortunately, it far more of the latter.
Actual product announcements were few and far between. Really there were only three things announced. First they discussed Fox apps coming to the Xbox. They are mostly on-demand video streaming from the various Fox brands including regular Fox (Glee, Simpsons, etc.), WSJ Live, Fox News Channel, and IGN. The second announcement was also for the Xbox: Sesame Street TV. It offers interactive episodes of Sesame Street. Now your kids can play along with Elmo and the gang. Release dates weren’t given for either of these products had. The third, and final, announcement of the night was that Kinect on Windows will be launching on Feb 1st. It can be [amazon_link id=”B006UIS53K” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]pre-ordered from Amazon[/amazon_link] for $250.
We decided to chronicle the keynote in images. Peruse through the gallery to see how the pictures tell the story of this year’s keynote.
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What?!?!?! No Windows Media Center App or Metro’d?!!??! Color me shocked.
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Well, to be fair, they essentially didn’t show anything new. This keynote was clearly for the general public, not hard-core tech fans.