BUILD conference keynote, part IV.  Windows 8 and Windows Live.  13 Sep 2011.

Chris Jones.

• InBox, multiple accounts

• Share calendars

• Connected address book

• Photos – photos from various places

• SkyDrive – accessible to developers
• Connect devices via Live – e.g. navigate hard drive
• Tunneling via Live ID
• Sharing photos via mail

• Connected contact list

• SkyDrive via web site, access to all connected devices

• Windows Phone 7.5, SkyDrive stuff

• New Acer touch screen PC with Touch

• Live apps are all written as new HTML5 Metro apps

• Hundreds of other features in Windows 8 we haven’t yet seen
• Sample apps

• Teams built apps in 10 weeks
• 17 teams, 2-3 devs per team, 10 weeks
• College interns built all of the sample apps
• Here are some of the interns

• Hmm, intern said “turn on their Slate”
• Steven, with more to say

• Windows 8 Developer Preview – pre-release – Visual Studio 11 Express, Blend 5
• Next milestone Beta.  Then RC, RTM, GA (General Availability)
• Driven by quality, not by a date
• Developer Preview will also receive updates
• Customer Feedback will drive fixes that they make
• http://dev.windows.com, can download preview, 10PM CST
• No activation