14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is now officially promising to unveil some hot new PCs at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.
CES 2011 will kick off in just a few days, on January 6th, and is scheduled to end on January 9th.
However, as far as Microsoft is concerned, the true start of the global hardware event will be on January 5th, when the company’s Chief Executive Officer will take the stage of the opening keynote address.
“Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will kick off the 2011 International CES at the preshow CES opening keynote address on Jan. 5, 2011, in Las Vegas.
“This will be Ballmer’s third opening keynote address at CES, the world’s largest consumer technology trade show,” the software giant explained.
Some of you might remember the times when Bill Gates keynoted CES. Well, since Microsoft’s co-founder retired, Ballmer took over his CES responsibilities, and has been at the debut of the conference for the past three years.
And as it is the case every year, the Redmond company will have a presence at CES, look for Booth No. 7144 in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Central Hall.
The promise from the software giant is that attendants will have a chance at getting a sneak peek of “products and demonstrations including Kinect for Xbox 360, Windows Phone 7, hot new PCs and other new technologies.”
Speculation indicates that Microsoft has some sweet announcements lined up later this week.
Although the company failed to confirm third-party reports officially, it has apparently planned to unveil new Windows 7 Tablet PCs, namely slates that will compete with iPad, as well as other thin form factors running Windows 7.
Rumors also indicated that Microsoft might provide the first taste of Windows 8 at CES 2011, another detail that the company has not confirmed.