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Bill G drops knowledge at CES 2007

12:50 a.m. · January 8, 2007 · by Eric Solomon

Unfortunately, JT actually showed up last year, and the Zune only got a few minutes of airtime. Bill Gates, with his usual stylish blue button-up, talked a lot about the digital decade and the need to connect all the various gadgets people use, like digital cameras and music players, with their PC. It's too bad Apple figured it out first and still have a throttle on the music-player market. There were a lot of buzzwords thrown around, although there was some interesting talk of a Ford vehicle technology that could use voice commands to control playback of MP3 players in the car.
It was claimed that the Zune now holds the second position in "our segment of the MP3 category," whatever that means, with a million copies sold. Everything we read has Sandisk in the runner-up slot, but perhaps Microsoft wasn't counting flash players. There was talk of Microsoft's commitment to the Zune (and a laughable talk of commitment to MTV Urge, which the Zune effectively freezes out), and for introducing new features with the Zune, but precious little when it comes to details.
If you want to see the keynote, which features a lot of information on Vista and the Xbox 360, check it here. Don't miss the gaming montage featuring a Postal Service track, which has me wondering: Would a Wii montage have a J-pop song? What would the PS3's theme song be?

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