Your Digital Life

[Ed Hansberry]

<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2008/03/02/microsoft-video-your-digital-lifestyle-girl-from-mars.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2008/03/02/microsoft-video-your-digital-lifestyle-girl-from-mars.aspx</a><br /><br /><i>"This video has been shown at internal Microsoft events a few times. It always draws a great response from the audience, followed by internal email aliases flooded for days with requests for a link or high bandwidth version. I finally found it on MSN Soapbox and YouTube (thanks to whoever posted it there). It shows a whole bunch of Microsoft consumer technologies working together in this average guy's "digital lifestyle". Most Microsoft products featured in this video, including Windows Mobile, Zune, XBOX 360, and Windows Media Center fall under the Entertainment &amp; Devices (E&amp;D) division, arguably the best division to work at within Microsoft (biased personal opinion)."</i><br /><br /><br /><EMBED pluginspage=http://macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer src=http://images.video.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swf width=432 height=364 type=application/x-shockwave-flash quality="high" base="http://images.video.msn.com" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="c=v&amp;v=a8d98d01-7edf-4991-93b7-8554b9608b5a&amp;ifs=true&amp;fr=msnvideo&amp;mkt=en-US&amp;brand=" mce_src="http://images.video.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swf"></EMBED><br /><br />How many of those Microsoft technologies are in your possession?

[mrozema]

Now that I think about it, I've got all listed... Windows Mobile, Xbox 360, Windows Media Center AND Zune.

Scary. :|

[tnels!]

I'm 50 years old and cannot figure out how I survived all these years without xBox and Guitar Hero! Plus, I never thought about taking a picture of the inside of my frig and sending it to friends!! My life has obviously been as empty as this gal's ice box. Plus, I have an HTC phone, but I don't have a Zune! I certainly need both to keep up with this geek??

I do own 3 pizza shops. I cannot believe I have not set up a video games for my employees to play while working! This Digital World sure looks wonderful. But is there a hidden message in this video? After all, the geek still wakes up alone and single!

PS
I think I now know why Gates got bored with M$.

[noams]

X-Box, X-Box 360, Windows Mobile Pro, Window Mobile Standard, Windows Media Center + Extender

[virain]

I'm 50 years old and cannot figure out how I survived all these years without xBox and Guitar Hero!

Same here, I feel my live was dark and emty without XBox and Zune (although WM phone does a good job as a MP player), And probably because some of those things are missing from my life I have someone to warm me up at night.

***long quote trimmed by mod JD***

[mrozema]

Ah, I forgot to mention original Xbox in addition to my list above.

[Kacey Green]

who's the band in the video?

[ctmagnus]

who's the band in the video?

Magneta Lane (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Magneta-Lane/7340715442)

[Kacey Green]

Magneta Lane (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Magneta-Lane/7340715442)
Thanks magnus, that was quick :)

[Ed Hansberry]

Thanks magnus, that was quick :)

that and more info is at the post link

[ionen]

Nice presentation of Microsoft services, products and apps, I just love the song!

I'm using Windows (XP) with Live Gallery, Messenger and Live Mail apps, also Word and Powerpoint and WMP11 on my main computer.
Also i have a Live account with Spaces and SkyDrive. I also use FolderShare.

That's about it for me. I'd love a Zune and Xbox would be sweet too. Maybe in the near future, who knows :)


This being my first post here I want to say hello to you all!

[leyonchung]

Great. I like Media Center + 360 integration (if marketed it could be huge, yet so few of PC owners are even aware their PC & 360 can do this), and a big fan of Windows Mobile - but there are still ridiculous gaps in integration of MS services.

The XBL integration with Windows Mobile (as Live Anywhere) was shown in early demo form almost 2 years ago and now recently only a Zune XBL mobile integration is being discussed. XBL Anywhere integration with Windows Mobile devices (most of which are internet connected at all times) would have been a killer app that would have driven cross-platform adoption like crazy - where is it?

The content in the XBL Video Marketplace service can't be shared with (transcoded to) Zunes or Windows Mobile devices - with content availability being such a key driver of platform adoption, and Apple providing content sharing between iTunes, iPod/iPhone, and Apple TV, MS has missed another opportunity to gain cross-platform market share.