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The Gates Keynote at CES… Just Add Excitement
By Dave Peterson | January 6, 2008
I just watched the Bill Gates keynote at CES and I’m feeling underwhelmed. It’s not that they didn’t talk about anything cool. The multi-touch table computer is very cool. It’s just not terribly new, as technology goes. I’ve seen videos demonstrating this stuff for many months. And everything else just felt like pale remakes of products and services from other companies. The jokey video at the beginning was the best part, and that’s kind of a shame. I’m not a Microsoft hater, I’m just not seeing a lot there to feel passionate about. Next week, we get the Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld. I’m expecting an update to the iPhone and maybe to Apple TV. But that’s only version 2.0 on the two things he announced at last year’s show. I’d really like to see something I’m not expecting and don’t know about. I can hope, right?
Astonish me, Mr. Jobs.
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