Day 1 of the Consumer Electronics Show is drawing to a close, and a keynote featuring Intel is the perfect way to end the day. Intel is the driving force behind a seemingly endless line of devices that have helped shape the industry as we know it today, and this evening we should get a look at how Intel intends to continue driving innovation moving forward. Smartphones and tablets powered by the company’s next-generation Medfield processors will definitely be on display, and the company invested $300 million in ultrabooks so we’ll undoubtedly see a parade of slim new laptops on stage during the event as well. Will Intel have a few surprises up its sleeve? The keynote is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Eastern / 4:30 p.m. Pacific, so hit the jump and tune in for our live coverage.

7:26PM:Ok we were just told to take our seats and silence our phones so we should be getting kicked off in just a few minutes now.

7:28PM:Alright the lights are lowering now

7:29PM:Here we go starting to get things kicked off. "This place about to blow" is playing over the speakers just like it has at every other key note here.

7:30PM:The president and CEO of the CEA Gary Shapiro is taking the stage.

7:31PM:He's introducing Paul Otellini who joined the company in 1974 and became the firm's 5th CEO in 2005.

7:32PM:Today Intel is on pace to exceed $50 billion in revenue for 2011.

7:33PM:Shapiro says the ultrabook is reinventing the PC. Arguable that Apple was there first with the MacBook but we'll let him slide on that one.

7:34PM:Now we're watching a quick clip about Intel and computing experiences. Hmm, we see a smartphone on the screen. Perhaps we'll hear more about Intel's new Medfield mobile processor, which should be landing in smartphones this year.

7:36PM:Lots of clapping for the video, weird.

7:36PM:Intel CEO Paul Otellini is now taking the stage to much applause, and some whistling.

7:37PM:Otellini started at Intel more than three decades ago. "I've had a great front-row seat on the greatest revolution in modern times."

7:38PM:"What we've seen is nothing compared to what's on the horizon. IT is really a re-definition of what can be done with power computing. I like to describe this migration as one that goes from the era of a personal computer to one of personal computing. It's not about cameras or smartphones or PNDs, the devices themselves are less relevant. The more important question is: are we creating a better experience?"

7:38PM:"Every time we design a new chip we ask what experiences do consumers want, what can they compromise on, and more importantly, what shouldn't they compromise on?"

7:39PM:"We want our devices to think as fast as we do. We want them to be able to keep up with us."

7:39PM:"We want the same experience. Consistent computing means no compromise in quality or convenience. We want our devices to be aware of who we are, what we are and what we like. And most importantly our experiences must be secure."

7:40PM:"In a mobile and cloud driven world, the standards of security have to be higher." We're not just talking about malware here.

7:41PM:"Only a few years ago we introduced our 32nm processor technology. Last year we introduced a revolutionary 3D transistor on 22nm technology. This is now shipping codenamed Ivy Bridge. It promises to redefine the computing experience once again. We have line of sight to 14nm technology."

7:42PM:"Moore's law isn't about science, it's about the human drive to innovate."

7:42PM:"Today your smartphone has more computing power than existed in all of NASA in 1969."

7:43PM:Only 10% of mobile device activity is related to voice calls.

7:44PM:We wanted a no compromise experience on mobile phones and today I'm thrilled to announce that the best of Intel's computing is now coming to smartphones. lots of cheering!

7:44PM:"It's coming first to China, the largest smartphone market in the world with more than 100 million users."

7:44PM:Liu Jun the senior vice president of Lenovo is taking the stage to discuss the first smartphone powered by an Intel mobile processor (Medfield).

7:45PM:Lenovo believes devices will be powered by the cloud. "We are transforming Lenovo from a leading personal computer company to a leading personal internet device company." We heard that same quote earlier today when we were introduced to the Lenovo TV powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor.

7:46PM:The world's first Intel-based smartphone is the Lenovo K800.

7:46PM:The K800 is powered by an Atom processor with an "amazing user experience." It has a 4.5-inch 720p HD display.

7:47PM:4.5-inch is not big enough so you can wireless stream your HD content to your big screen televisions. "This phone has incredible multitasking performance without any compromise on the battery life. I'm confident that the users will be very satisfied."

7:47PM:The K800 will run on China Unicom on its 21Mbps network and will ship during the second quarter of this year.

7:48PM:The K800 is available in the Intel booth or the Lenovo demo area here at CES.

7:48PM:Lenovo also has a 10-inch tablet powered by an Intel Atom processor on the show floor.

7:48PM:"This is only the first step I firmly believe," Intel and Lenovo will see success in the mobile market.

7:50PM:Paul is showing off the Intel smartphone reference design. "It's much more than a reference design. It's a customer ready platform. Our partners can bring their own innovation and their own technology to the platform and bring their products to market very quickly." It has an 8 megapixel camera, full 1080p video playback, 6 hours of video playback, 45 hours of audio playback, 8 hours of talk time and 14 days of standby time. The reference design runs Android.

7:51PM:The device is less than 10mm thick, according to an Intel mobile employee that just joined Paul Otellini on the stage. It also supports NFC for mobile payments. We're currently watching the two hook up the phone to HDMI so we can browse the web.

7:52PM:The web browser is definitely really fast but nothing unlike we've seen on other high-powered Android devices. Now we're watching a gaming demo, the graphics look good but, again, it's a game that we've seen run just as well on other Android smartphones on the market today.

7:52PM:Intel worked closely with McAffee for security scans, data backup and restore, locking the device and more. It will be available for download from the Android Market when Intel's smartphones launch.

7:54PM:Now we're getting video queued up to demo the 1080p video playback. It looks awesome and there doesn't appear to be any stuttering in the frame rates. The quality doesn't hurt battery life, apparently. Lots of applause but we've seen plenty of smartphones with HDMI-out ports play 1080p video just fine. Still, we're excited to see how Intel's offering will differ in the future.

7:54PM:A quick time-lapse video showed that Intel's HD video can play longer than the competition, which is definitely awesome for commuters or anyone who likes to watch movies or TV shows on the go.

7:55PM:Intel took the application developers from the Windows side of its business to help on the Android experience, too. There's a small number of Android apps written for a different instruction set and Intel is providing tools to developers so that the apps run just as well on its platform as it does on other processors.

7:56PM:Angry Birds runs just fine. Does anyone care about Angry Birds anymore? This is the like the 5th time we've seen it referenced during this show.

7:57PM:Intel wanted to take the camera to the next level. The reference design has an 8 megapixel camera and it supports up to 16-megapixels, but "that's not enough." Intel says it will let users quickly take pictures -- under 10 in under a second. That's pretty, pretty amazing. High quality and high frame rate. We're impressed!

7:58PM:"The features you saw today are state of the art for smartphones. As you can see from the graphs behind me the Intel mobile platform outperforms other platforms today. More importantly, our reference design is more energy efficient... We've only just begun in applying our technology to smartphones. We've build an incredible platform for our partners to innovate on."

7:58PM:Sanjay Jha, Chairman and CEO of Motorola Mobility is now taking the stage.

7:58PM:In 1959 the two firms commercialized the first cellular phone.

8:00PM:Motorola is excited to combine Intel's technology in its products. Jha says he's most excited about the best silicon technology in mobile technologies and how it will allow the company to innovate in hardware, software and services. Jha is announcing that Motorola and Intel have entered into a multiyear, multi device strategic partnership around mobile devices and smartphones. Huge news here folks.

8:00PM:The first Intel based smartphones will be in carrier validation this summer with launch shortly after that. More details will be provided in the coming months. We're definitely excited about seeing what Motorola will deliver to the market.

8:01PM:Otellini believes it's time that we hold our phones to the same standards as we do our PCs. "Your full digital life is where you are, and without compromise."

8:01PM:"As computers become truly pervasive, the biggest transformations will come at the intersection of the virtual and the physical worlds."

8:02PM:Research shows most consumers still prefer shopping in a physical store. Intel's vision for the future of computing is that one experience doesnt have to replace the other. You can have the same experience whether you're online or in the mall.

8:02PM:Chris Aubrey, Vice president of marketing for Adidas is now on stage.

8:04PM:Adidas is melding the physical and the virtual. There's a wall of shoes - some are real and can be purchased in store, and some are models that can be purchased online. "The wall will react as the consumer approaches and can determine age and gender. It then allows the consumer to select a model he or she likes. He can zoom in to see it in greater detail or get more information on the product as well."

8:05PM:In addition, we've built in the opportunity to play videos from the wall. Not only that, it's integrated into social networks. You can see what consumers are saying about a specific product. It helps reinforce that he's making the right purchase decision. Adidas hopes that helps the consumer buy its products. A member staff will come out and complete the purchase over a tablet.

8:06PM:Then there are just a few more steps, the credit card can be swiped on the tablet and the purchase is made. "We just finished testing the wall in our London flagship floor last November." After just 2 weeks of testing sales were up 5 times the standard rate. After this, Adidas will perform a few more tests and then launch during the Olypmics in office. Neat stuff.

8:07PM:We're looking at Intel's 32nm Atom tablet reference design right now. It's fanless and designed for Microsoft's new Windows 8 platform that should be launching later this year.

8:07PM:Everything from Windows 7 "just works" on Windows 8. "This is good for developers, and it's great for consumers." Intel promises great new experiences on tablets with its reference design for manufacturers.

8:08PM:"For years Intel technologies have continuously raised the bar on what it means to deliver the best PC experience. We're raising it again with the ultrabook. In just a few short months since they have been on the market, ultrabooks have created quite a bit of excitement"

8:09PM:We're seeing a clip of Las Vegas people checking out ultrabooks on the street and saying "they're shocked" at how fast the devices turn on and how thin and light they are.

8:10PM:There are more than a dozen systems shipping from around the world today. Acer, Asus, LG, Toshiba, HP and Samsung are a few on display here. More than 60 additional designs are in the works for the back to school and holiday season of 2012.

8:11PM:Jeff Clark, vice chairman of Dell is now taking the stage.

8:11PM:Looks like we're going to see a Dell ultrabook in just a few seconds.

8:12PM:Clark just announced the next-generation XPS the XPS 13, an "ultrabook without compromise."

8:12PM:It looks great from where we are sitting. "It will set a new level of expectation and will set a standard moving forward for the ultrabook category."

8:14PM:The XPS 13 is 6mm at its thinnest point (less than a quarter of an inch), it has a machined aluminum structure and a carbon fiber base. The device also weighs under 3 pounds. It is an optimized 13-inch product, it has an edge-to-edge display, it's 15% smaller than other 13-inch notebooks and is more similar in size to 11-inch notebooks. The screen is made of Corning Gorilla Glass. It has a full sized keyboard.

8:15PM:Intel SmartConnect and Rapid Start are also built-in to the XPS 13. It is location aware, always on and always connected. "The same experience you have with a smartphone is the same experience you'll have with the XPS 13. Full Core i5 and Core i7 support with up to 9 hours of battery life.

8:15PM:Dell is also making the XPS 13 enterprise ready for IT departments. It has TPM, Dell Pro Support and a full range of configuration services.

8:16PM:"We think it's ultrathin, ultra beautiful and ultra responsive." It's announced today and Dell will begin taking orders in February.

8:18PM:Otellini is showing an ultrabook that allows a user to slide the keyboard back so that you can use the device sort of like a tablet. It's kind of neat but simply a reference design. It can also swivel and hide the keyboard entirely and turn into a tablet completely. Pretty cool stuff.

8:19PM:Two members of Intel's ultrabook team are on the stage going over some other ultrabook features. The two books are built on the third-generation processor family, Ivy Bridge (22nm). "The breakthrough allows us to take a beautiful thin and light form factor with a no compromise experience." First we're watching Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 running on an ultrabook. It looks pretty solid, actually, and we wonder what kind of graphics chip is in the machine they're demoing.

8:19PM:Oh there we go - no discrete graphics card required at all. Wow.

8:20PM:We see an ultrabook with touch built-in and one of the Intel team members is playing Fruit Ninja. Looks cool. We're also seeing how an Intel phone can be used to control the gameplay in another game. Using the phone's accelerometer the woman providing the demo is showing how she can control a plane in flight on her computer. Really cool stuff.

8:22PM:Now we're looking at a 360 video clip and how one of the Intel demo team members is showing us a 360-panorama view by simply swiping around the screen. The file sizes are huge but Ivy Bridge puts all of the performance strain on the processor.

8:23PM:In another demo, we're seeing a demo of the movie Cars being dragged from a hard drive to the Ultrabook. While it usually takes minutes, this just took a few seconds. Really fast file transfers.

8:24PM:In a partnership between Technicolor, Intel and Dreamworks, users have access to a wide variety of 1080p HD content. The application is called M Go and will launch this Spring. It will be available on Intel's App Up Center.

8:25PM:Intel's Wireless Display Receiver in televisions allows users to quickly play content on their ultrabook directly on their televisions.

8:25PM:Lame jokes about Ryan Reynolds now.

8:26PM:We're seeing a demo of how you can use an ultrabook to purchase gods from Target's website. Not sure where we're going with this...

8:28PM:Ah here we go, using NFC you can take your MasterCard and tap the screen and it will validate and authenticate everything to quickly checkout. In addition, you can use your Medfield smartphone for the same secure checkout process. All you need to do is take your phone and tap on the screen and you're good to go. Really, really, cool. Reminds us of tap-and-go NFC systems in retail stores now, but this is directly on the tablet itself.

8:31PM:Will-i-am is using an ultrabook to travel the world and create new songs in each new city. More information is available on his website and now he's coming on stage. He's technically the director of creative innovation for Intel Corporation.

8:32PM:"I have a whole year planned already, we started off in Japan and we're going to 12 countries for 12 songs," he said. He doesn't sound too excited, this feels a bit awkward.

8:32PM:He doesn't seem to know how to answer Otellini's question "How is technology changing the music business."

8:34PM:Will I Am is struggling to explain what he likes about ultrabooks. He says he loves it but he's just saying he loves that it's thin and light. Not seeing how ultrabooks differ from other notebooks that Will I Am could be using. This is awkward.

8:35PM:Will i Am raised money in Japan for those affected by the flooding so we'll hand it to him there. His first song from Japan is online now and it's called Willpower 360 on Intel.com.

8:36PM:We're hearing the song now.

8:36PM:Ok we heard 5 seconds of the song, nevermind.

8:37PM:He said today the Ultrabook is the new Ghetto Blaster.

8:38PM:"We are excited about helping create the future of computing" - Otellini. Thanks for joining us folks, it's all over now.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave his last CES keynote on Monday night and while it did mark the end of an era, things are just starting to heat up here in Las Vegas. We’ve got a big day in store that will be packed full of hands-on looks at all of the great devices unveiled during this year’s show, but Qualcomm is kicking things off on Tuesday with the opening keynote for day 1. Qualcomm subsidiary Qualcomm Atheros made several announcements Tuesday morning which included the unveiling of the Skifta Media Shifting Platform, a new wireless content streaming solution, and we’ll likely hear more about them during the keynote. What else might Qualcomm have in store for us? The keynote kicks off at 11:30 a.m. Eastern / 8:30 a.m. Pacific, so hit the break for our live coverage.

11:26AM:We should be getting started in just a few minutes. It looks like the last of the crowd is settling in.

11:31AM:We're told the keynote will begin momentarily.

11:35AM:The lights are dimming, which means this awful music should be ending shortly.

11:37AM:President and CEO of the CEA Gary Shapiro is taking the stage now.

11:39AM:He's talking about "the cause of innovation" and the "health of the global economy."

11:40AM:Shapiro is discussing how innovation helps create jobs and how he has traveled the world discussing innovation. "Every nation wants to be innovative, global leaders share the same desire they want to grow their economies and they want to improve the lives of their citizens."

11:41AM:Twitter helped power the Arab Spring. Broadband and mobile devices enabled global support for the spread of democracy in the middle east.

11:42AM:We're going over all that happened in 2011. Pandora and Spotify showing how music can be monetized, Steve Jobs's passing and more.

11:43AM:"2012 will be marked as a turning point in how innovation is used to solve problems around the world."

11:45AM:Our badge holders are made from recycled materials from last years show. Neat.

11:47AM:Shapiro is basically going over all of the areas of the show floor, from green products such as electric cars to health products and more. Qualcomm's CEO should take the stage shortly.

11:50AM:He's briefly touching on IPv4 moving to IPv6 and spectrum shortage and he hopes we find solutions so that no one is left behind.

11:52AM:"It's your internet and it's your government." Lots of clapping about Shapiro's suggestion that we sign the Declaration of Innovation petition.

11:53AM:"Innovation is CES and it is the pulse of our show."

11:54AM:We're touching on Qualcomm now so we assume CEO Dr. Paul Jacobs should be taking the stage soon.

11:56AM:Paul's passion helped create one of the world's first smartphones. Qualcomm then created an entire ecosystem that allowed for the launch of the world's first app store.

11:57AM:Alright he should be taking the stage and moment now there's a weird crowd on the stage now putting on a bit of a tron-like performance.

11:57AM:Kind of creeped out

11:59AM:Too early in the morning for this kind of techno blasting

11:59AM:Qualcomm chairman and CEO Dr. Paul Jacobs is taking the stage now.

12:01PM:Qualcomm's been in the consumer electronics business for more than 25 years creating mobile tech for phones, tablets, eReaders and more.

12:02PM:"Our mission is to push the boundaries of what's possible in mobile. We invested more than $3 billion in innovation during the past few years and those investments helped drive the 3G revolution. Today, our investments are laying the groundwork for the next generation 4G networks. We've shipped more than 7 billion chipsets worldwide, that makes us the #1 provider of silicon for wireless."

12:03PM:"There are more than 6 billion wireless connections worldwide."

12:03PM:Unlike most speakers, Shapiro is cool with us playing with our phones in the audience.

12:04PM:1.2 billion people access news on their mobile devices, that's 3x the circulation of all newspapers.

12:04PM:In 2011 mobile revenues for the wireless industry reached approximately $1.3 trillion, almost 2% of global GDP.

12:05PM:"the internet changed the world, but mobile is having an even greater impact."

12:05PM:"Modern life is becoming mobile-centric and no where is this more relevant than in emerging countries."

12:05PM:Emerging markets are expected to contribute over 50% of global GDP by 2015. They will be one of the biggest drivers of growth in the years ahead.

12:06PM:2/3 of internet users in emerging markets access the web using their mobile phones. In India, mobile broadband connections surpassed fixed connections. In Indonesia Internet cafes are seeing a hit to their business because their customers are accessing the internet on their mobile devices instead.

12:07PM:More than 1.4 billion new 3G connections are expected in the emerging regions over the next four years.

12:08PM:We're seeing a quick clip of people using their mobile devices around the world. It's kind of inspiring.

12:11PM:Qualcomm.com/CES has the video clip if any of you out there want to watch it.

12:13PM:Jacobs is talking about how Qualcomm works with emerging markets to help people launch their own businesses. Qualcomm provides these people with a package, including a phone, to help them get started. The penetration of mobile phones has increased so much since the start of the project that Qualcomm now has to add data connections. There are over 9000 entrepreneurs now serving more than 1 million customers. More than 47% who stay in the program after 4 months have doubled their income. 100% are profitable and more than 80% are owned by women.

12:16PM:In emerging countries mobile is huge for helping people escape property. Qualcomm Snapdragon is the most advanced and first all-in-one processor on the market. It includes graphics, processing, audio, GPS, and wireless 3G/4G tech all on one chip.

12:16PM:Before Snapdragon devices needed to have multiple chips to have all of those features.

12:17PM:Snapdragon processors now power 300 devices worldwide and 350 more are in development. That includes high-end and low-end products. "Our goal is to enable better phones for every market for the best price possible. We're proud to support the broadest range of mobile operating systems in the industry."

12:17PM:Snapdragon is now creating a lot of buss in the mobile gaming sector and we're working with the top gaming companies. We launched an app called Game Command (like TegraZone) and it offers games that are optimized for Snapdragon.

12:19PM:A mixed martial artist is on stage now to help promote gaming on Snapdragon. CES attendees can visit the Qualcomm booth to try to challenge gamers in a new title called Fight Game Heroes.

12:20PM:In addition to gaming, Qualcomm is working with Android partners on other fronts, including creating more affordable devices in emerging countries. Qualcomm is providing a blueprint for those manufacturers so they can make the phones cheaper, but still also help them stand out against other devices. By 2015 half of all smartphones will ship to emerging countries.

12:21PM:Qualcomm is playing a leadership role in Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system. Right now every single Windows Phone device is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop is now taking the stage.

12:22PM:"Over the last year we have been working in close partnership with Qualcomm," Elop said. "One element of our strategy supports opportunities and growth in emerging markets. The first key pillar in our strategy is a focus on increasing our lower-priced mobile business."

12:22PM:"We believe for many people, their mobile phone will be their first experience with the internet."

12:23PM:Nokia is helping entrepreneurs around the world with its handsets and it believes it can push it further with Qualcomm's Snapdragon technology. "Nokia is a gateway to the world."

12:24PM:"Windows Phone offered an alternative to patterns that are all too common in other ecosystems. In October we introduced the Lumia 710 and Lumia 800, the first "real" Windows Phones. Nokia Lumia has opened the Windows Phone gateway to the world."

12:25PM:"Yesterday, at CES, we announced our intentions to spread the Lumia brand to North America." It will launch the Nokia Lumia 900 n AT&T and the 710 on T-Mobile. The 800 and 710 will also be available on Telus and Rogers in Canada.

12:26PM:Elop is covering some of the specs of the Lumia 900 now, which we've already covered so be sure to read more about it on the homepage! We'll also be bringing you a hands on in just a few hours once the show floor opens.

12:26PM:"Nokia understands developed markets. Nokia also understands emerging markets. With Qualcomm we will address the unique needs of partners around the world."

12:27PM:"Our latest S4 series Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets will set the bar higher" - Paul Jacobs

12:28PM:"Snapdragon S4 will power your TV, your ultra compact notebook," as well as smartphones. The devices based on S4 Snapdragon processors will be on the market early this year. There are more than 20 manufacturers on board and 70 device designs already in the pipeline. Windows 8 will also support ARM and Snapdragon, and Qualcomm sees that as a great opportunity to "flex its muscles."

12:29PM:"Windows 8 is Windows reimagined and together with the S4 processor it's going to enable instant-turn on PCs... metro style apps will be kept up-to-date all the time, and it will do that while conserving battery life. That is something that we in the mobile industry know a lot about."

12:30PM:"Our leadership with Snapdragon is enabling us to work with PC manufacturers to deliver the lightest and thinnest PCs that are always on. Today, for the first time ever, you're going to see Windows 8 running on Snapdragon S4 and running on an AT&T 4G LTE network." Sweet we're pumped to see that.

12:31PM:We're seeing a brief demo of a Windows 8 tablet running on an S4 Snapdragon processor. Looks pretty swift and the mobile broadband option allows for 4G LTE through AT&T. "And, by the way, no fan." Wow. Lots of applause there.

12:32PM:Jacobs is now discussing how Qualcomm is investing heavily in the connected home and how it's working with consumer electronics manufacturers to create devices, like home appliances, that all talk together using HiFi technology.

12:33PM:Qualcomm and Lenovo have the world's first Android-based Snapdragon powered TV and it will first launch in China. It's here today. Liu Jun, senior vice president of Lenovo is taking the stage now.

12:34PM:Jun says Lenovo believes that all the new devices will be connected and powered by the cloud. "We are transforming Lenovo from a leading personal computer company to a leading personal internet device company."

12:34PM:"This year, we are bringing you the world's first Snapdragon based TV, the Lenovo smart TVs."

12:36PM:The TV looks pretty awesome, although its display looks pretty small from our seats. It has its own smart UI and application platform. From the main menu you can access internet applications and users can gesture to switch screens. No keyboard is required, the device has integrated voice control embedded in the remote. Pretty awesome looking technology. During the demo someone searched Ocean and it found a clip and then said "play video" and the clip started. Lots of applause.

12:36PM:The TV runs Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and has a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It can run the latest applications and can run console quality games. We're getting a demo of a racing game now.

12:38PM:Instead of needing a console you can just run an Android game on the television. We're looking at a Gameloft title called Asphalt Adrenaline 6. The graphics actually look decent even though they are blown up on the TV screen. Curious how the controls work, though..

12:38PM:"What we have seen today is just a start." - Jun

12:39PM:The TV will be on exhibit here so we're going to check that out for sure later today.

12:40PM:Jacobs wants to touch on education now, beyond the confines of the classroom.

12:40PM:"We think the eReader is the next mobile device to revolutionize the classroom."

12:41PM:"We believe to be truly effective, eReaders must deliver both text and video and have to be usable indoors and out." QUalcomm's Mirasol technology addresses all of those issues. It uses bio-mimicry which is inspired by the way a butterfly uses its wings to create power."

12:42PM:Jacobs is introducing a new eReader from a Chinese partner called Hanvon CAT eReader. It has more than 150,000 titles and 100 Chinese newspapers. More than 90% of the content is in color, it clearly runs Android given the controls at the bottom of the device. It looks neat but we're not overly blown away. It will be available next month in China.

12:43PM:500 million children in India lack adequate schools. Even with funding it will take too long to build brick and mortar schools, so mobile devices can help children learn now instead of waiting for infrastructure to be built.

12:45PM:Qualcomm has partnered with Sesame Workshop in India to help children in the New Delhi area. It helps prepare kids for school by delivering mobile material to their phones. Vuforia, another technology, uses the camera's cell phones and uses 3D graphics to overlay 3D graphics on top of the real world objects. It reminds us of augmented technology stuff. It's already used by 17,000 developers on 400 smartphones and tablets and is used in 300 Android and iOS devices. Sesame Workshop uses it and the president and CEO H. Melvin Ming is taking the stage to talk more.

12:46PM:"Qualcomm's Vuforia offers an exciting new dimension for mobile experiences" - Ming. "We're working together with Qualcomm to maximize learning on the platform." Now we're watching Rover Monster demo how it all works and I'm scared.

12:48PM:We're looking at a Sesame Street playset that allows children to use Sesame Street play pieces and when a camera is pointed at them from a tablet or smartphone they come to life. Similar to what we've seen with other augmented reality applications but this should be fun for kids.

12:49PM:Basically the tablet makes the playset come to life using Qualcomm's Vuforia technology. Qualcomm has a focus on empowering its partners to create intelligent toys.

12:51PM:Grover is rambling about something now.

12:52PM:Ok Paul Jacobs is back on the stage. "As you just saw, we're working hard to drive Augmented Reality to the next level. Qualcomm's tech is the first to recognize multiple 3D objects at the same time and it works at any angle, a full 360 degrees."

12:53PM:Qualcomm is also focused on healthcare and is working on new tools to help medical professionals treat patients. Qualcomm's light division launched a new innovative health solution that captures and delivers medical data and deliver it to any database formrom any wireless device. It's investing $100 million to help capitalize new developments in this field.

12:54PM:Dr. Eric Topol, the chief academic officer of Scripps Health just took the stage, he has a new book out that's being released here at CES. "We're preparing for a consumer healthcare revolution," Topol says.

12:56PM:One device allows users to view a cardiogram on their smartphone. It's called the Alive Core and you can simply put your finger on the back of a device and the cardiogram starts popping up on the screen. Pretty amazing stuff, maybe I can save money on my EKGs. "You can send it to your Facebook friends or your doctor," he joked, but he said he actually used it on a flight to diagnose a heart attack and save a life on the plane.

12:57PM:Now we're seeing a watch that shows all of its wearer's vital signs. In shows blood pressure (non invasive), respiratory rate, oxygen in the bloodstream, temperature and the heartbeat. "It's like an ICU on the wrist." It can change hospital beds to monitor beds, and when it's in the home and on the mobile front, it means you can look at your phone. "A culture of cybercondriacs could be created."

12:58PM:400 million diabetics in the world, over a billion pre-diabetics. The biggest problem is controlling blood sugars. We've never had continuous sugar levels being reported on a phone, but he's showing a product that allows a user to view their glucose level ever minute. It's a widget on an Android phone, pretty awesome. When the app is open you can view trends by hour, every 6 hours and more. We're honestly pretty impressed.

1:00PM:We're headed to an era where we can carry a DNA sequence on our cell phone and know which drugs we will react positively or negatively to.

1:01PM:Apparently heart attacks begin to happen a week or two ahead of time, and there's technology that will soon allow users to be alerted ahead of time through their smartphone. "It's about digitization of man."

1:03PM:"The Qualcomm Foundation is pioneering new health technology," - Paul Jacobs, "and to do this, we're partnering with the X Prize Foundation. CEO Dr. Peter Diamandis is on the stage now.

1:03PM:X Price Foundation wants to drive medical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity.

1:05PM:X Prize originally had a $10 million competition to challenge teams to take 3 people into space twice in two weeks.

1:05PM:Now X Prize is offering prizes in life sciences, environmental areas and more. We're not sure how this relates to Qualcomm right now other than the two are partnered.

1:06PM:Ok, he's announcing the Qualcomm Tri Quarter prize to bring the health technology from Star Trek to life. Sounds like they should be talking to the doctor who just took the stage before the X Prize CEO.

1:08PM:It's a $10 million purse, open to teams anywhere on the planet, and the goal is to revolutionize healthcare so we can have everything in the palm of our hands. The winning team has to be able to diagnose themselves without using a doctor or going to a physician and it has to be easy and fun to use. "If we can make this happen, we are going to drive an era of healthcare abundance so that anyone with a mobile device will be able to have healthcare in the palm of their hands."

1:10PM:"We're only at the beginning of what's possible for mobile," - Paul Jacobs. "We're shipping more than a million chips every single day. We're excited about these trends we've talked about this morning. Whether you're from a developed country or a developed country at the end of the day we're all living in mobile countries. There are incredible opportunities ahead in this age of mobile."

1:10PM:"We hope you think of Qualcomm as your partner on that journey. Mobile is transformative. It powers us. It inspires us. At the epicenter of all that is you." That's all! Thanks for joining us everyone!

It’s the end of an era. Microsoft announced last month that this year’s Consumer Electronics Show keynote will be the company’s last for the foreseeable future. The show definitely won’t be the same without Microsoft’s chief executive officer Steve Ballmer kicking things off with his unique brand of charisma, but all good things must come to an end. According to reports, Microsoft won’t have anything big to announce at this year’s keynote. Instead, Ballmer will recap the strong year Microsoft had in 2011 and discuss the company’s core consumer-facing products moving into 2012 including Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox and more. Mr. Ballmer always puts on a show, however, and we’re sure he’ll toss in a few surprises to keep things interesting. The keynote kicks off at 9:30 p.m. Eastern / 6:30 p.m. Pacific, so hit the break to follow all the action — and Ballmeresque yelling — as it unfolds.

8:54PM:Alright we're all seated and ready for Steve Ballmer to take the stage. Hopefully we hear some interesting news, although Microsoft did say earlier that it could just be a recap of the year. There's country music playing but we're not sure who it is.

8:55PM:Googled it for you, it's Scotty McCreery: Better than that. Not bad if you're a country fan.

8:57PM:We should be getting under way in about 30 minutes or so, enough time for you to order Dominos. Unfortunately we can't leave our seats to find a water fountain.

9:10PM:General admission is still filing in, we're just sitting here listening to the music.

9:14PM:Should be kicking off in about 20 minutes or so.

9:20PM:The music is still blaring but it looks like the people have slowly stopped flooding into the room.

9:27PM:We're being told to take our seats so this should be kicking off shortly.

9:29PM:And the lights are lowering!

9:30PM:"This place about to blow" is blaring over the speakers.

9:31PM:President and CEO of the CEA Gary Shapiro is taking the stage. "Welcome to the 2012 CES."

9:34PM:"In 1995 Bill Gates took to the CES stage for the first time to speak to the CES workshop, a small workshop. Bill walked into the Hilton by himself with his head buried in a book. He made some remarks, and then I fielded written questions from the audience. Bill said this revolution would be social. That was in 1995. In 1998 they launched a new concept, the CES keynote. We invited Bill [and others] to become the first CES keynoters. For 14 years Bill and his successor have taken the stage. As you've heard, Microsoft is taking a break from the keynote stage is 2013. As a company, Microsoft uniquely changed the world and productivity, more, Microsoft keynotes drew press. Microsoft took a risk on us early and we both benefitted. In the technology world we recognize change is the only constant. For CES and Microsoft to be fresh, innovative and enticing we agreed to a pause."

9:35PM:"We have nearly doubled in size since the first CES keynote. I offer gratitude and good will to Microsoft." He's comparing Microsoft to the founding fathers of this nation. "I would be shocked if a Microsoft leader does not return to this stage again in the next few years. Please join me in welcoming the CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer."

9:36PM:Ballmer is on stage now and Shapiro is giving him a photo album highlighting Microsoft and CES together. Aww.

9:37PM:We hope this isn't just a history of CEA and Microsoft together..

9:37PM:There's a weirdo techno mashup of Bill Gates making announcements on stage. The Rock has a few appearances. It's weird.

9:39PM:Ryan Seacrest is taking the stage. "Thank you for that one scream over there." Might have been Corey.

9:40PM:He's thrilled to be here, not sure if the audience feels the same way.

9:40PM:We're going to talk about and hear what's next for Microsoft and the tech industry. Seacrest is promising Microsoft's latest gear so hopefully we hear some new announcements.

9:41PM:Seacrest is asking what we can expect. "Tonight I have a tremendous show, frankly," Ballmer said. "We have a chance in the next year to raise our game and product line to the next level across phones, tablets, TVs and the Xbox. The heart and soul of that will be our feature attraction tonight, the metro user interface.

9:41PM:"when you said Metro you looked at me in a strange way" - Ryan Seacrest.

9:43PM:We're starting with Windows Phone. This is a weird interview format where Seacrest is interviewing Ballmer. "We took a different approach than everyone else and we have a unique experience," Ballmer said. "If you take a look at it, the other phones all make the sea of icons the sea of applications the view of the world. What we've done is Windows Phone is have a better way by taking your people... and we put them right out there in front of you. It puts people first."

9:44PM:"It all gets put together for you right on the screen." Basically we're going over what we already know about Windows Phone as a mobile platform, nothing really new here.

9:45PM:Derek Snyder the Windows Phone product manager is on stage now. He's explaining the variety of features available from various Windows Phone vendors. And he's showing us what Windows Phone software looks like. Not sure why we're going over all of these features again.

9:50PM:Sorry internet trouble real fast there

9:54PM:The Lumia 710 and Lumia 800 will also launch in Canada on Telus and Rogers

9:56PM:Ballmer and Seacrest are going over the Lumia 900, which we'll bring you a hands-on of shortly. Nokia just announced it an hour or so ago so be sure to check out our live coverage of that on the BGR.com homepage.

9:56PM:Ryan Seacrest seems to like the phone.

9:57PM:Seacrest is playing with the HTC Titan II also and sounds somewhat excited about it. Now we're going to discuss Windows PCS.

9:58PM:Ballmer said there are now 1.3 billion Windows-powered machines in use today.

9:59PM:Windows is the most popular smart device around, Ballmer said.

10:01PM:There's a short clip of the latest Windows 7 powered devices playing.

10:01PM:Ballmer said change is the essence of this industry. Two things are constant. 1: Things change. 2: People don't want to compromise on what they have today. They want the best of what they have and the best of what they want.

10:01PM:We see a couple of the new ultrabooks rolling through the video.

10:03PM:Chief marketing officer for Windows Tami Reller is discussing the benefits of Windows 7. This is really just a recap of everything Microsoft has done this year, we suppose. Hoping something more exciting comes later in the keynote.

10:06PM:We're seeing a demo of how metro UI can be used on larger devices such as touchscreen monitors and laptops or tablets. There's a lot of swiping, natural touch-based gestures similar to what users do with their Windows Phones. It looks solid.

10:06PM:An NVIDIA Tegra 3 chip is powering the demo device.

10:08PM:We're seeing a demo of the Windows Store and cut the rope. Neat, but it's hard to be impressed after seeing so many stores lately.

10:11PM:We saw a quick look at the Windows 8 app store but it's hard to be impressed after we've seen so many new ones proliferate the market.

10:13PM:We saw a quick look at the Windows 8 app store but it's hard to be impressed after we've seen so many new ones proliferate the market.

10:14PM:The live tiles remind us a lot of Windows Phone 7.5 tiles but there's a cool zoomed-out feature that lets you see all of your tiles in one place.

10:16PM:Sorry for the multiple entries we're running into internet problems here with multiple devices.

10:16PM:We're looking at some new thin and light notebooks that will surely hit the market this year.

10:18PM:Samsung Series 9. Spectre from HP with the glass lid. A few devices that were unveiled today during CES that should be in consumer's hands soon.

10:18PM:Ballmer said that, by the time this keynote is over, more than 25,000 users will have adopted Windows 7.

10:19PM:A choir is taking the stage singing gospel-style music.

10:20PM:We're being told to watch the LSU game I think.

10:20PM:Oh it's a Tweet Choir. We get it.

10:21PM:Kind of wish we were talking about an Xbox 720 or something instead.

10:22PM:That was entertaining.

10:23PM:Now Seacrest is talking about the Xbox. "Did you expect to go from ground 0 to a household name a decade ago?" Ballmer says he was bullish and patient and that it represents the best of its NDA and Microsoft is really proud of the gaming console.

10:24PM:Ten years later we're the world sales leader. We have over 66 billion Xbox users. perhaps the most amazing things is we have over more than 40 million xbox live subscribers tuning in on a regular basis. Some for games, increasingly it's really an entertainment hub."

10:24PM:"Did I expect it 10 years ago? No. But I bet on it 10 years ago."

10:24PM:Now we're going to see an overview of the new Xbox software. This is all just a big recap..

10:25PM:But Ballmer does promise something "even more different" so maybe we'll get lucky.

10:25PM:18 million Kinect Sensors shipped over the past year.

10:26PM:Greg Davison from Microsoft's Xbox team is taking the stage to show us what's new from Xbox (the software update that landed in December).

10:26PM:We're going to see Kinect's voice controls. These are all features that are already available to all Kinect and Xbox owners.

10:27PM:We just saw a demo for searching for Harry Potter using Kinect. It works well.

10:30PM:Now we're seeing how a Lumia 900 with the Windows Xbox Companion can be used to control the Xbox. We've tried this at home with a different device and it actually works quite well.

10:31PM:Comcast Xfinity on Demand's library will soon be launching on Xbox. There's also a new News Corp partnership that will bring The WSJ, Fox content, and IGN to the Xbox video library.

10:32PM:Fox will add Family Guy, The Simpsons, House and more. The new content should be available in 2012.

10:32PM:"We're working with some of the best known creative artists and production companies to create..

10:33PM:Sesame Street Kinect TV just took the stage to demo two-way TV. Are there any kids in the audience?

10:34PM:Microsoft took the current episodes from Sesame Street to turn them into fully interactive experiences. You can use your voice to interact with the show.

10:35PM:They are "watching and playing" Sesame Street. Elmo introduced a move of the day "throw" anda number "4". Now when elmo spills his coconuts children can act and pretend to throw coconuts at Elmo to help him collect them again. You have to see it to understand it better, but the concept is cool.

10:37PM:Now Elmo is taking the stage. Same sort of interactive demo going on.

10:38PM:In this demo the young girl is part of the Sesame Street show and she's interacting with the virtual objects around her.

10:39PM:"The number of things you can do with interactive entertainment, video interactivity together..it's going to be amazing." - Ballmer

10:39PM:"Just as Kinect revolutionized entertainment, we'll see it revolutionize other industries. Education, healthcare and many many more."

10:40PM:Kinect is coming to Windows on February 1st. Pretty big news there folks.

10:40PM:Microsoft is working with more than 200 companies including United Health Group, Toyota, Mattel, American Express, Boeing and many more.

10:41PM:Microsoft Office 2010 is the fastest selling Office version in the history of Office.

10:42PM:We're just going over a few of Microsoft's other projects. Skype users have used more than 300 billion minutes in the last year.

10:42PM:Bing has a 30% market share in combination with Yahoo in the U.S.

10:42PM:The final question: What's next? "Windows 8 is what's next!"

10:43PM:There's nothing more important at Microsoft than Windows.

10:44PM:Metro will be huge for Microsoft across all of its platforms. In 2012 what's next? "Metro Metro Metro!"

10:44PM:"And of course, Windows! Windows! Windows"

10:44PM:That's all folks thanks for joining us!

Microsoft is prepping to release a Windows 8 preview build during its Worldwide Partner Conference on July 11th, according WinRumors. Reportedly, the Redmond-based firm will “detail Windows 8 substantially,” during the conference, and it could present a second preview “building Windows 8″ video, which we hope will show off several of the OS’s new features. Microsoft first took the wraps off of its Windows 8 demo during the D9 conference in June, when Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky discussed the Metro UI and other features that will apply to both PCs and tablets. So far we know that Windows 8 will include Internet Explorer 10, and will be able to run both desktop applications as well as HTML 5 and Java apps that are designed for tablet-sized devices. Microsoft’s current demo devices run on Intel processors, but there are reports the company is running tests on ARM chips as well. The Consumer Electronics Association also announced on Thursday that Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer will give the opening keynote during the annual Consumer Electronics Show in January 2012 — and we suspect we’ll hear a lot more about the new OS at that time.

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That’s right folks, it’s finally time to sit back and watch as Nintendo unveils the console we’ve all been waiting to see: the next-generation Wii. Nintendo’s Wii has been an absolute blockbuster for the storied Japanese gaming giant. The company has sold nearly 90 million Wii consoles to date, but sales have slowed significantly over the past few years as the Wii began to show its age. With features like full HD gaming and controllers with built-in touchscreen displays, Nintendo’s next-gen Wii 2 will be an effort to recapture the early success of the Wii… but can Nintendo manage to appeal to casual gamers and hardcore gamers with a single console? Hit the break for our live coverage of Nintendo’s E3 keynote to find out!

11:43AM:Ok guys, we're making our way through the line to get into the keynote now... just passed through security.

11:47AM:Ok we're all seated here in the Nokia theater. Tons of folks in the house.

11:58AM:Music still playing, we're just hanging out here waiting for the show to get on the road. Nintendo's posting some trivia up on the display.

12:04PM:Thought the music died down a bit there but it was a false alarm. Hoping we get started in just a few minutes.

12:05PM:Lights are dimming down and lots of cheering!

12:12PM:We're watching a long video clip of Zelda 25th anniversary edition. Looked awesome!

12:12PM:Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the Legend of Zelda is on stage.

12:13PM:Sorry guys, a little technical difficulties — they have an orchestra playing various jingles from the new Legend of Zelda game right now. It's pretty hilarious.

12:14PM:For Zelda's 25th anniversary, there will be a new game for each of Nintendo's consoles.

12:15PM:The legend of zelda links awakening is the first title in the gameboy color console lineup - can download it today around the world by the day's end

12:15PM:Starting next weekend the Legend of Zelda 3D for the Nintendo 3DS will launch around the world. The graphics have been revamped.

12:16PM:On DSi in September, Legend of Zelda Four Swords will become available as a free download.

12:17PM:In September, on Nintendo DSi, the four-player co-op Four Swords will be available as a free download.

12:18PM:Legend of Zelda Skyward sword will be available this holiday season. There will be Legend of Zelda Symphony concerts around the world.

12:19PM:There will be a legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time CD as well as a Legend of Zelda 25th anniversary concerts. That will be released along with Skyward Sword.

12:21PM:The Zelda team thanks all of its fans around the world and the symphony is playing.

12:21PM:Nintendo's global president Sotoru Iwata is on stage now.

12:23PM:We're about to hear about Nintendo's new home platform. "Deeper and wider." The new platform will provide deeper game experience in even what the most passionate gamer has realized before. They will also be wider, appealing to the complete range of gamers.

12:24PM:The full details will be coming later this morning (lots of laughter).

12:25PM:This year there are bold new experiences coming to Nintendo 3DS and other franchises. Other areas are moving into 3D as well.

12:26PM:We just saw a quick Starfox demo - what we're seeing looks awesome although it doesn't appear to be real gameplay. Instead, just renders.

12:27PM:lots of applause. Now Reggie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo America is on stage.

12:28PM:"You want comfortable, and you want surprise." "Is it fair to ask, is it even possible to deliver, something for everyone?" This is what we are aiming for with Nintendo 3DS. That's coming in several ways.

12:28PM:We've got 5 key ones to show you this week. On the show floor you'll see these games in full 3D. On stage, we can only offer you 2D versions. First is Mario Kart - but now it's a tricked out version!

12:32PM:We just watched a great demo of the new Mario Kart 3D game (out before the holidays), and now he's introducing the new Star Fox game, which will launch this September.

12:32PM:Mario Kart for #DS looks awesome -- there was driving under water, crazy effects, big wheels, even a hanggliver attached to the kart. This is definitely a title I'm picking up ASAP. It will be available this Holiday season.

12:34PM:Nintendo is building Mario ground-up for the 3DS. It looks stellar and we'll be able to play it by the end of the year.

12:35PM:Kid Icarus: Uprising will also be landing on the system. I'm actually blown away by the quality of some of these renders. Nintendo 3DS launched with a so-so game offering and these titles should definitely bring gamers back for more.

12:37PM:Kid Icarus will use the augmented reality cards for conducting battles. It will be in retail later this year, and will also allow 3 v 3 multiplayer battles. Now w'e're seeing Louigi's Mansion 2.

12:38PM:Lots of applause after the Louigi Mansion 2 demo. "It's not a simple revision. It's an entirely new game making extraordinary use of 3D and features not just 1 but several new mansions."

12:40PM:"It's time to show you more of third party developer work." We're seeing Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Ace COmbat 3D, Tetris, Cave Story 3D (lots of cheers), Resident Evil: Revelations (more cheers), Driver Renegade, Pac-Mac and Galaga Dimensions, Tekken 3D, Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D (cheering). Wow. We're impressed.

12:40PM:"The library of games coming to 3DS is unprecedented. Downloading the new eShop and browser will move you beyond anything Nintendo has offered digitally before."

12:41PM:This week's update will unlock 10 different 3D trailers and game demos will be available later this year.

12:41PM:We'll get classic titles from Gameboy, Gameboy Color, and older consoles throughe VIrutal Console. For a limited time we'll get 3D Excitebike. That game is 27 years old!

12:43PM:The biggest download news for 3DS concerns one of the biggest franchises in history: Pokemon. For the first time it will spring to life in 3D. Owners of Pokemon Black and White. When you start Pokedex on the 3DS you'll need to collect data via Spotpass, receiving from friends, or by scanning AR markers. Basically, your 3DS will become a Pokedex. Fans will love this.

12:44PM:You can assembles scenes of Pokemon together, save them on an SD card, and load them onto a PC to share with friends. It will be available exclusively through the eShop from Nintendo.

12:45PM:Perform the simple system update and you'll only need a couple of clicks to find the Pokedex. "It's our gift to you." "Nintendo 3DS means social, connection, it redefines interaction, and it delivers it all with a full 3D display."

12:45PM:"You might remember how the Wii name began to make perfect sense when you heard it as "We." It was clear how much fun "we" all had playing together. But in thinking about a new Nintendo system, we knew the prevailing thought would be this: yes the game will be right for all of us, but will it be a perfect fit for you? The answer is absolutely. We're so convinced of it, we put the pronoun in the name. SO today, welcome to the world, Wii U.

12:45PM:It's a system we will all enjoy together. It's tailor made for you.There's a brand new controller! Touchscreen. Looks like a tablet.

12:48PM:You can use the new controller for a ton of stuff -- working with Wii Fit in your hands, or even putting it on the ground and using it as a golf tee. It's amazing! Unlike anything we've ever seen before. Wow.

12:50PM:You can browse with it, share content to your television, draw on it. Control parts of games with it even (like attributes for a character in Zelda). Video chat. Wow.

12:50PM:The controller has a 6.2-inch touchscreen built-in.

12:52PM:All Wii games, controllers, and accessories can be used with it. With Wii Fit, it can display your weight. In gaming, you can access more controls. It will land in 2012. It has ZR, ZL, L, and R, buttons for standard gaming, but also a circle pad, and two control pads. It also has a gyroscope, an outward facing camera, and an accelerometer. "We created it so that the widest variety of games can be supported.

12:54PM:"It was not designed to be a portable gaming system" even though it shares some of the same characteristics. Data is wireless transmitted without latency issues. You can play with your HDTV in the traditional way, or you can place the controller by itself on a table and play smaller games without the need for a TV at all. Games can be structured to use two screens at the same time. We saw an example where people played baseball, golf, and others.

12:55PM:This can include web browsing using hte big screen to share photos and videos found online, or enjoying video chat while watching a TV program. "It's a new structure for home entertainment" The most important factor for gamers is how this structure can be implemented into gameplay.

12:56PM:It's up to developers to decide how they want to use the controller. Nintendo thinks there won't be a shortage of ideas. Our vision will include numerous ways to play.

12:58PM:Nintendo will be making Smash Brothers for Nintendo 3DS and WiiU to work together on both platforms. Wow that's amazing - lots of applause. Smash Brothers will be developed for both and will work together in some fashion. "This is a product for the future, but here in LA there's WiiU software to play this week."

12:58PM:This week we're providing tangible proof [this works]. In the convention center we'll find 8 different experiences. They aren't prototypes, just interactive demonstrations.

1:00PM:We're supposed to be seeing a demo of what it can do but it's basically just a video of a bird flying. Are we missing something here?

1:02PM:"Something that looks like Super Mario Brothers Wii is being called New Super Mario Brothers Mii. Your Mii plays right alongside Mario and you can watch the action on either screen." "There's a new "Chase Me" form of multiplayer. That world looks different if you have a Wii remote or another controller. If you have the new controller you have a birds-eye view of those chasing you." This seems odd to us, we'll have to see it live to see what Nintendo means here.

1:03PM:"These are prototypes not just actual games." "Nintendo will publish Lego City Stories" for the WiiU. Lego City Stories, a new open-world game packed with action, humor, and a whole city of Lego vehicles, is coming exclusively to WiiU and Nintendo 3DS. "Developers all over the world see a vast promise in WiiU."

1:05PM:Developers see it as a way to make games they were never really able to make before. Darksiders II will be on the console at launch, as will a version of Tekken. Batman Arham City will launch. Assassin's Creed is coming, too. Ghost Recon Online ( Tom Clancy's), too.

1:05PM:EA sports also coming to the new console.

1:06PM:Now we're seeing some demos of those games. The graphics look great, particularly in Ghost Recon Online.

1:08PM:Ninja Gaiden will also be making an appearance. Seriously we're blown away here, this looks like a totally new way to game.

1:09PM:"This is just the first pass. We've got a lot to look forward to when they arrive in final form." "It can satisfy all tastes." "We have invited Electronic Arts to join us on stage."

1:09PM:CEO of EA John Riccitiello is now on stage.

1:11PM:"We look forward to seeing great new EA content" on the new controller. "Imagine a shooter like Battlefield with Jaw-dropping graphics brought to you on a Nintendo system - that breakthrough controller." Imagine those games with an open online functionality" for downloading additional content.

1:11PM:"We're changing games from the thing that you buy to a place that you go. It's a better platform than we've ever been offered by Nintendo."

1:12PM:"We can't wait to see EA games on this new system."

1:14PM:There will be hands-on with 8 WiiU experiences at the convention center, which we'll definitely be checking out!

1:14PM:"I want to conclude this morning by asking you to consider four platforms. Nintendo DS, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and Wii U. Each is unique, but they share a common pedigree: it's called, innovation. The two screens and touchscreen of Nintendo 3DS changed gaming. The motion controller of Wii changed gaming. Last year in this theater you found out that glasses-free 3D could change gaming. And now, there's WiiU. This week you'll have a chance to hold WiiU's new controller in your hands and find out what happens when a second window opens to your world. Our presentation this morning is just the beginning. The experience begins right now, whether you're hear in the theater or at home."

1:15PM:"In short, at home, or onsite here in LA, you've got incredible new game worlds to explore this week. ON behalf of all of us, thanks for your attention today, and let the exploration begin. Enjoy the show."

1:18PM:That's it for us folks! Mad house rushing out of here to check out the new gear. Thanks for joining!

Welcome one and all to BGR’s live coverage of Apple’s WWDC 2011 keynote! Apple CEO Steve Jobs is on hand to unveil the latest Apple has to offer, and we’re expecting a huge event despite the fact that Apple is not expected to reveal a new iPhone model at the show this year. Instead, Apple will focus on software, with the big addition being the company’s new iCloud service. Apple will also show off more OS X Lion details during the keynote, but we have to admit: we’re much more anxious to see Apple show off iOS 5 for the first time. We think iOS 5 is going to be the most significant update to the platform since Apple introduced the App Store alongside iOS 2.0. A completely rebuilt notification system, basic widget functionality, a new automatic app update delivery mechanism and deep social integration are among the changes we’ll be looking for, but we’re certain that Apple has a few surprises up its sleeve as well. Hit the break for our live coverage of Apple’s WWDC 2011 keynote for the latest updates!

12:28PM:We're heading in and should be seated soon!

12:40PM:Doors are finally opening.

12:45PM:Alright we're almost seating, there are still tons of people pouring in.

12:49PM:We have a feeling the event might be starting a little bit late as we are getting reports that WWDC attendees aren't even in the building yet, but still in line outside.

12:59PM:"Please turn all your devices on silent."

1:01PM:Pair of MacBook Pros on stage, for demo time, obviously!

1:02PM:Steve Jobs is out! Everyone is applauding!

1:03PM:There are over 5,200 people here today — the biggest place we have, sorry to everyone who couldn't make it.

1:03PM:over 100 hands on labs, 1,000 Apple engineers, and 120 sessions.

1:04PM:We're here to talk about 3 things today. And we're going to talk about software. Hardware is the brain, software is the soul.

1:04PM:We're starting with Lion. Phil Schiller is up on stage/

1:05PM:Ha — he's trying to get people riled up in Ballmer-esque fashion.

1:05PM:"We have over 54 million active Mac users."

1:05PM:Sorry guys, we're having major camera issues! Working on it!

1:06PM:PC market has shrank 1% this year, Mac has outgrown the industry. Products are incredible like the MacBook Air

1:06PM:Leading in notebooks, over 70% of Mac sales are notebooks

1:07PM:Entire PC industry wants to copy our hardware. We make the best, not just hardware, but software, too.

1:07PM:Showing off OS X 10 years ago.

1:08PM:Next up is Lion. There are over 250 new features, only have time to show 10.

1:08PM:Multitouch gestures. We have built multitouch trackpads into all our laptops

1:08PM:Kinetic scrolling, multitouch zoom and taps and swipes

1:10PM:Phil is talking about fullscreen apps and how in Lion there is a simple swipe to get in and out.

1:11PM:Mission control is up

1:13PM:We're now seeing full screen apps — three-finger swipe will take you from the full screen back to the desktop/dashboard.

1:14PM:The three-finger swipes will also switch from one app to the next. To exit full screen it just takes one click.

1:15PM:PhotoBooth looks awesome full screen — especially with effects being added in real time as you add/remove them.

1:15PM:Three-finger swipe up on the trackpad will bring mission control back into focus.

1:16PM:Spaces can bee added simply by clicking at the top corner of mission control, and windows can then be added to a new space by simply dragging and dropping.

1:17PM:When you close a space in mission control view, the windows within will slide back into the main windows — very smooth.

1:17PM:Spaces can bee added simply by clicking at the top corner of mission control, and windows can then be added to a new space by simply dragging and dropping.

1:18PM:Schiller is talking about the Mac App Store now, which is now the number one PC sales channel for software, passing Best Buy.

1:19PM:The Mac App Store is now built right into Lion. There are also push notifications to alert users of updates. Auto updates are also supported.

1:20PM:Launchpad — a simple pinch gesture brings up an iOS-like inteface where you can access all of your apps and launch them.

1:21PM:The next key feature is Resume — when you launch an application in Lion, it will bring you right back to where you were when you left the software. The feature even works after a reboot!

1:21PM:Applications, Spaces and settings are all covered by Resume.

1:22PM:Auto-save — Lion will automatically save documents in the background with no need for the user to do anything.

1:23PM:The feature can be enabled and/or disabled for each document individually. There's also a lock feature that will stop auto-saving at a certain point.

1:23PM:Versions — like Dropbox, Lion will make past versions of documents accessible in a document history.

1:24PM:The Versions interface is similar to Time Machine — you can scroll through every version of a document with a smooth animated interface.

1:24PM:Sorry again for the lack of photos guys... we're working on it!

1:26PM:Now we're watching a demo of these new features. Launchpad really is awesome — think of it as a giant iOS home screen that is automatically populated with all of the apps on your computer.

1:27PM:Auto-save also means there is no prompt to save a document if you're made changes just before closing a program. When you open it again, it will be exactly as you left it — including cursor position!

1:28PM:With Versions — and this is awesome — you can view multiple versions of a document in live windows. This means you can actually copy/paste things from one version of a doc to another!

1:29PM:Feature number 9: Airdrop — this basically a peer-to-peer Wifi-based network that lets you move files from one computer to another by simply dragging and dropping.

1:30PM:When you drag the doc to another person's PC — which will appear automatically in Finder — they get a pop up where they can accept the transfer.

1:30PM:The last feature is a completely redesigned Mail app. Needless to say, it looks A LOT like the iPad version.

1:32PM:The coolest feature of the new Mail app is easily conversation view. Think Gmail threads but a little sexier.

1:32PM:Craig is coming back up to demo the new Mail app now.

1:33PM:The message list runs down the left side in a column just like the iPad version. Folders are further to the left, and they're hidden when you don't need them.

1:33PM:The search is enhanced, and it suggests searches as you type based on your mail and your search history.

1:34PM:Users can also search for keywords and date-ranges with one string. Awesome!

1:35PM:Finally, conversation view will auto-hide everything but the new content within each message. Craig just poked Gmail for now doing that very well. Wink, wink.

1:36PM:Lion also features a new migration feature for users switching from Windows, not just another Mac. There are over 3,000 new APIs total in Lion. Get cracking, developers!

1:36PM:Lion will be available ONLY in the Mac App Store. No more discs!

1:37PM:Lion will be about a 4GB download and a single purchase can be installed on ALL of your authorized Macs.

1:37PM:Lion will cost... just 29.99 when it's released. WOW!

1:38PM:Lion developer preview will be available today, and the release version will be available in July.

1:38PM:Next up... iOS 5! Scott Forstall is coming up on stage

1:39PM:To date, Apple has sold over 200 million iOS devices total.

1:39PM:That makes iOS the No.1 mobile operating system with over 44% of the market.

1:40PM:In the first 14 months, Apple has sold more than 25 million iPads. That's iPad and iPad 2 combined.

1:40PM:Apple has sold more than 15 billion songs through the iTunes music store across all platforms.

1:41PM:More than 130 million books have been downloaded through iBooks.

1:41PM:There are now more than 425,000 apps in the App Store, with more than 90,000 of them built for the iPad.

1:42PM:The iOS App Store has served more than 14 billion downloads, and more than $2.5 billion has been paid out to devs.

1:43PM:Apple now holds more than 225 million accounts on file, all with credit cards and one-click purchasing enabled.

1:44PM:iOS 5 is a MAJOR release, Forestall stressed. There are more than 1,500 APIs and more than 200 new features!

1:44PM:The first new feature being covered... NOTIFICATIONS!

1:45PM:Apple has served more than 100 billion push notifications so far.

1:46PM:Apple has completely redesigned the push notification system for iOS. Notification Center is the big addition. It combines all over your notifications into one panel that is accessed by swiping down from the top. Oh hi, Android.

1:46PM:Stocks and weather sit at the top of the notification center.

1:46PM:Notifications are no longer disruptive — they appear at the top of the display and they do not interrupt usage.

1:47PM:The lock screen displays recent notifications as well, and a swipe on a notification will open the applicable app.

1:48PM:A swipe brings you right to the relevant message, by the way, as longer as the developer makes full use of the notifications APIs.

1:48PM:Second feature: Newsstand

1:50PM:Newsstand lets users access magazines through a new, separate interface. It is accessible in the App Store and there is a new newsstand on the home screen where all of the magazines are accessible (it works like a folder).

1:50PM:Background downloading is supported!

1:50PM:Newspapers and magazines can take advantage of newsstand.

1:51PM:Third feature... Twitter integration.

1:51PM:Twitter is now built into the Settings app in iOS. Every twitter app will work with the new single sign on feature!

1:52PM:Twitter is now integrated with the Camera and Photos apps in iOS. Photos can be tweeted from either app now.

1:53PM:Other apps that have twitter integration are Safari, Maps, and YouTube. Also, contacts features contact integration — contact photos will automatically be pulled from Twitter.

1:53PM:Next feature: Safari. Nearly 2/3 of all mobile web browsing is done with Safari.

1:54PM:Safari now has a Reader feature that takes the story you're reading and eliminates all of the noise around the story and just displays the images and text from the body.

1:54PM:Safari will also let users email a link AND story content right from within the browser.

1:55PM:There's also a new Reading List feature that lets users save stories to read later. Uh oh, Instapaper.

1:56PM:Safari will also now include full tabbed browsing. Tabs are displayed across the top and switching between them is lightning fast. We're watching a demo now.

1:57PM:The Read Later feature is accessible on the same button as bookmarks, and it will save items across all of your iOS devices and Mac computers.

1:58PM:Next feature: Reminders. 50,000 apps were just made obsolete.

1:59PM:Reminders is a reminder and task feature that lets you set time or location-based reminders.

1:59PM:In other words, a date and time can trigger a reminder, or a GPS location can trigger a reminder. Reminder also sync with Exchange which is nice.

1:59PM:Next new feature: camera.

2:00PM:The iPhone 4 is now the most popular camera phone used to take photos on flickr and second most popular over all.

2:01PM:The new camera app opens much, much, much faster. Camera is also accessible with a double-tap on the home button.

2:01PM:The volume up button can also be used to take shots. FINALLY!

2:02PM:The native camera app now also has grid lines available and pinch to zoom works in the UI. There's even a zoom-lock feature!

2:02PM:There are now integrated editing features as well. Cropping, red eye removal, and one-tap enhance are all supported.

2:03PM:The seventh new feature being covered is a redesigned Mail app.

2:03PM:Rich text formatting is now supported, indentations are supported, dragging addresses between cc and bcc is supported, and so is flagging!

2:04PM:Search now supports content searching on the server as well.

2:04PM:There's also added support for SMIME for enterprise users.

2:05PM:Now we're getting a demo. Flags can be added and removed with a single tap, and there's also an integrated dictionary that lets you look up words in emails with just a tap.

2:06PM:There's also a new system-wide thumb keyboard available. Users can now split the keyboard into two halves and thumb-type very easily. Not sure how the split keyboard will be received, but it's nifty.

2:07PM:Eight new feature: PC Free. Uh oh... Tons of applause.

2:08PM:With iOS 5, users will no longer need a PC to activate iOS devices. FINALLY! The "post-PC" marketing is slightly more realistic now...

2:08PM:Setup is now done right on the device, as is activation.

2:08PM:Software updates are now OTA (over the air)!!

2:09PM:Delta update are supported as well, so only changes to the OS will be updates and the entire OS doesn't need to be downloaded.

2:10PM:Ninth new feature: Game Center. That's still around?

2:11PM:iOS is by far the most popular gaming platform in the mobile world, and Apple currently has over 50 million registered Game Center users. That's 20 million more than Xbox Live.

2:11PM:Game Center now supports user photos, game recommendations, and game purchase support right within Game Center.

2:12PM:Turn-based game support is now supported as well (think Scrabble).

2:12PM:iMessage is the next iOS 5 feature being covered.

2:12PM:WOW. Apple is launching a new iOS-only messaging service called iMessage.

2:13PM:It supports text, photos, videos, contacts, group messaging, delivery receipts, read receipts, typing indications, and multi-device support so you can move from an iPhone to an iPad and not miss anything.

2:14PM:It is fully encrypted as well, and it works over Wi-Fi or cellular connections.

2:15PM:Poor, poor third-party messaging app devs. We're now seeing a demo and it really is BBM for iPhone. Multi-platform is all app like WhatsApp and Kik have going for them now...

2:16PM:We're now seeing how easy it is to send photos and videos — the interface, by the way, is the same as the Messaging app so it's beautiful and familiar.

2:17PM:Those are just 10 of the 200 new user features. Others include TV mirroring, which let's you mirror your iPad 2 to your TV to Apple TV.

2:18PM:Wi-Fi sync to iTunes is now supported as well! Your iOS device will back up and sync to iTunes automatically over Wi-Fi. FINALLY

2:19PM:iOS 5 is available to developers TODAY. Fire up those accounts, fellas!

2:19PM:iOS 5 will ship to end users this fall.

2:19PM:The iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, both iPads and the two latest iPod touch models are all supported.

2:20PM:Next up... Steve Jobs is coming back up on stage to unveil iCoud!

2:21PM:iCloud has been in the making for 10 years, when APple realized the PC was going to become your digital hub — one device to hold all of your media.

2:22PM:A new problem has risen lately though — multiple devices all need the same data and it's become necessary to sync them all separately. Wonder where this is going...

2:22PM:With iCloud, the digital hub is being moved to the cloud.

2:23PM:So now, photos (even new ones as you take them), music, etc are synced to the cloud automatically and they become available across all devices.

2:24PM:iCloud also is completely integrated with your apps — everything happens automatically. "It just works."

2:24PM:"Why should I believe them? They're the ones who brought me MobileMe?" Steve joked. Zing!

2:25PM:Contacts, calendar and Mail are no longer MobileMe apps — they're now iCloud apps. For example, a new contact will automatically be uploaded to the cloud and synched across all devices. Changes to existing contacts are handled the same way.

2:26PM:iCloud also supports calendar sharing, so changes you make on your calandar will automatically be visible by anyone you share your calendar with.

2:27PM:Jobs also highlighted the fact that there are no ads involved with this service... at all.

2:27PM:MobileMe was $99... Mail, Calendar and Contacts with iCloud are completely free!

2:28PM:There are also three new apps coming with iCloud that weren't in MobilMe. The first is the App Store.

2:28PM:Apps purchased on one devices can now be added to any other device through iCloud.

2:29PM:For future devices, all apps are automatically added to all devices.

2:30PM:The next app they added is iBooks — books purchased on one device can be downloaded to all devices. Also, your read history is synched between devices as well, as is reading position.

2:30PM:Finally, Apple added automatic cloud backup.

2:31PM:The service will back up your important data once daily, and when you get a new device, all of your data will sync wirelessly from the cloud.

2:31PM:Uh oh... there are three more apps being added to iCloud!

2:31PM:First... Documents in the Cloud.

2:32PM:Documents now sync automatically via the cloud from one device to all your other devices.

2:32PM:Pages, Numbers and Keynote are all supported as of the latest versions of the apps, which have already been released. Sneaky!

2:34PM:There is a new interface within the apps that lets you view all of the documents that are synced to the cloud, and they all sync automatically.

2:36PM:Apps can store documents to iCloud as well!

2:37PM:Developers have access to iCloud Documents in the Cloud APIs with the iOS 5 SDK.

2:37PM:Macs and PCs are supported as well! This is a huge ding for Dropbox and the like.

2:38PM:Next up, Photo Stream.

2:38PM:Photo Stream will sync photos taken on any device to the cloud, and then to all other devices.

2:39PM:The functionality is all built right into the apps, so there is nothing new to install or configure. It all just works.

2:40PM:Photo Stream is also built into Lion on Macs, and on PCs it will work with the Pictures folder. What's more, Photo Stream will work on Apple TV as well.

2:42PM:Another feature of Photo Stream is memory management. It will store the last 1,000 photos on each iOS devices, and all photos on Macs and PCs. In the cloud, photos will be stored for 30 days so they can be synced to all other devices before they are automatically removed.

2:42PM:Eddie Cue is on stage now to demo Photo Stream.

2:43PM:He just took two photos on stage with an iPhone and as soon as he launched the photos app on his iPad, the photos wer already there.

2:43PM:Since only the last 1,000 photos are saved with Photo Stream, users can drag any photos they want to keep permanently into an album.

2:44PM:Last up... iTunes in the Cloud!!

2:45PM:This is what we've all been waiting for — music purchased in iTunes will automatically be synced to all devices.

2:46PM:Songs you've already purchased pre-iTunes in the Cloud can be downloaded on other devices for free.

2:46PM:For future purchases, once this feature is enabled, a song purchased on one device will be pushed to all devices.

2:47PM:Eddie Cue is back up to demo the service. Unless they throw us a curveball, it looks like music purchased outside of iTunes will not be supported by the service. We'll know for sure in a few minutes.

2:48PM:In the demo, it looks like they just snuck in a redesigned iPad music app.

2:49PM:The service is amazingly seamless. Buy a song on one device and it's available everywhere else immediately.

2:49PM:iTunes in the Cloud supports up to 10 devices.

2:50PM:WOW. Everything relating to iCloud, including iTunes in the cloud, is completely free!

2:52PM:Awesome — to set up iCloud, all you need to do is log in with your Apple ID. What's more, users get 5GB of free storage... and that doesn't include music/etc purchased through iTunes.

2:52PM:iTunes in the Cloud becomes available today for iOS 4.3 as a beta — the full release will launch with iOS 5 in the fall.

2:52PM:ONE MORE THING

2:53PM:iTunes in the Cloud is just for songs purchased from iTunes... but you might have music you got elsewhere.

2:54PM:These other songs can be synced to the cloud one time, and they will become available everywhere.

2:55PM:Rather than syncing, there is also an "iTiunes Match" application that will scan your library and match songs with versions available through iTunes. These songs will then become accessible just like iTunes purchases!

2:55PM:In addition, iTunes Match will upgrade all of those songs to 256 AAC.

2:56PM:iTunes Match service will be $24.99 per year.

2:56PM:That yearly fee will support up to 20,000 songs!

2:57PM:"If you don't think we're serious about this, you're wrong," Steve said. He's talking about the new data center in NC now.

2:58PM:"It's a pretty large place and it's full of expensive stuff."

2:58PM:This facility will manage all iCloud services.

2:58PM:It looks like that's it folks — thanks for tuning in!

BGR has landed on the left coast to bring you live coverage of one of the most anticipated tech events of the year: Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference 2011 keynote. Apple CEO Steve Jobs will be on hand with the usual suspects at his side to give the world its first look at the future of Apple software. In uncharacteristic fashion, Apple let the cat out of the bag ahead of the show this year — well, part of the cat, at least — so we know we’re in store for some goodies surrounding iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and of course, iCloud. We’re sure the crew from Cupertino has a few surprises up its sleeve, of course, so be sure to tune in for all the latest news as it breaks.

Bookmark this link and make sure to head there for our live coverage of Steve Jobs’ keynote! Coverage starts at or around 12:30 p.m. EDT / 9:30 a.m. PDT.

Apple announced that their popular iWork suite of apps are now compatible on iPhone and iPod touch devices a little earlier today, and you know we had to get up close and personal with them. For starters, the apps are full versions of the existing app that ran on the iPad, and even from browsing through the included sample guides in their respective apps and spending a few minutes creating new ones, it’s clear that there’s a level of capability here that just isn’t seen on mobile devices, let alone smartphones. The transition effects in Keynote are nothing short of amazing, and then when you actually take a second to realize this is happening on your mobile phone — it’s just mind-boggling. Apple really just set the bar for what applications on a phone can do. Again. All three apps are now available in the App Store as universal apps which support iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads for $9.99 each.

P.S. One note about Keynote: the app only works in landscape mode, even if you have the portrait orientation locked.

Apple on Tuesday officially announced that its iWork productivity applications, including Keynote, Pages, and Numbers, are now available for the iPhone and iPod touch. Apple has completely redesigned the applications to take advantage of iOS’s multitouch features. “Now you can use Keynote, Pages, and Numbers on iPhone and iPod touch to create amazing presentations, documents, and spreadsheets right in the palm of your hand,” Philip Shiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, said. “The incredible Retina display, revolutionary multi-touch interface and our powerful software make it easy to create, edit, organize, and share all of your documents from the iPhone 4 or iPod touch.” The applications offer improved document management and a tools button in the toolbar for quickly sharing documents without closing the application. Keynote, Pages, and Numbers are available in the iTunes App Store now for $9.99 each. Existing iWork for iPad users can upgrade for free, and the Keynote Remote is available for $0.99. Hit the jump for the full press release.

Apple iWork Now Available For iPhone & iPod touch Users

CUPERTINO, California—May 31, 2011—Apple® today announced that its groundbreaking iWork® productivity apps, Keynote®, Pages® and Numbers®, are now available for iPhone® and iPod touch®, as well as iPad®. Created for the Mac® and then completely redesigned for iOS and Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ interface, Keynote, Pages and Numbers allow you to create and share stunning presentations, beautifully formatted documents and powerful spreadsheets on the go. iWork apps are available on the App Store™ for $9.99 each to new users and as a free update for existing iWork for iPad customers.

“Now you can use Keynote, Pages and Numbers on iPhone and iPod touch to create amazing presentations, documents and spreadsheets right in the palm of your hand,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The incredible Retina display, revolutionary Multi-Touch interface and our powerful software make it easy to create, edit, organize and share all of your documents from iPhone 4 or iPod touch.”

Keynote, Pages and Numbers import and export documents from iWork for Mac and Microsoft Office; print wirelessly using AirPrint™; and include beautiful Apple-designed themes and templates. All iWork apps now include improved document management with thumbnail images that let you find your files quickly, organize them and group them into folders using intuitive gestures. From the Tools button in the toolbar, you can easily share any presentation, document or spreadsheet without leaving the app.

Keynote makes it easy to create impressive presentations, complete with animated charts and transitions. You can play your presentation in Full Screen view on the stunning, high-resolution Retina™ display or connect to a projector or HDTV for a large audience. Available separately, the Keynote Remote app allows your iPhone or iPod touch to control a Keynote presentation on any iOS device or Mac.

Pages is the most beautiful word processor ever designed for a mobile device and has everything you need to create amazing documents. Pages takes full advantage of the high-resolution Retina display on iPhone 4 and iPod touch so you can see all the detail and richness of your documents. To make working with text easy on iPhone and iPod touch, Smart Zoom automatically zooms in to follow the cursor while you’re editing and zooms back out when you’re done.

Numbers uses Multi-Touch gestures and an intelligent keyboard to help you create compelling, great-looking spreadsheets with over 250 easy-to-use functions, flexible tables and eye-catching charts. Just like Pages, Numbers takes advantage of the high-resolution Retina display and Smart Zoom to make working with text and cells on iPhone 4 or iPod touch easy.

Pricing & Availability
Keynote, Pages and Numbers are universal apps that run on iPad and iPad 2, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, and iPod touch (3rd & 4th generation). Keynote, Pages and Numbers are available from the App Store for $9.99 (US) each for new users, or as a free update for existing iWork for iPad customers. Keynote Remote is sold separately via the App Store for 99 cents (US).

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

Steve Jobs will give the Worldwide Developers Conference keynote in San Francisco on June 7th, despite currently being on medical leave from the company. We expect that he’ll discuss Lion, the new iOS 5 operating system, and more. We’ll be reporting live from the event, which will be held at Moscone Center in San Francisco. It’s a little bit curious that news of Steve Jobs broke during the Microsoft Windows Phone Mango event.

UPDATE: GigaOm, the source of this report, has updated its post explaining that it accidentally reported information from last year’s WWDC press release thinking it was new. Apple has not announced that Steve Jobs will be at this year’s WWDC keynote.

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Google’s top-brass got up on stage following this morning’s keynote for a quick Q&A session that we definitely had to check out. Want to know what Andy Rubin and company had to say about today’s announcements? Hit the jump to read find out!

Q: When are we going to see a general release of Honeycomb?

A: Just for background: we did an internal trick to meet the Honeycomb schedule, we didn’t make it available for phones. So we held back the open sourcing of Honeycomb back so people wouldn’t put it on phones and have a crappy experience… but now that it is done. Ice Cream will be the next open source release and that will be this year.

Q: With the music service, how does this ensure that you sell music? How are handling licensing issues?

A: What you saw today becomes a very compelling platform for music distribution. It is in our plans to sell their artists music, unfortunately, some of there terms thus far have been unsustainable and unscalable. The majority of the industry are very excited about the possibilities, we continue to be committed to where this can go. What we launched today is a completely legal service, it is storing content you own, in the cloud with enhancements. We just enable a much more convenient experience.

Q: Are we going to get a Honeycomb phone? Will the device updates be faster?

A: Ice Cream Sandwich is when phones will get the Honeycomb features, so that will be like a merge. A phone is eligible to get updates for 18 months as the platform versions appear. There is no minimum time frame to announce at this time.

Q: Can you talk about the business uses for Honeycomb tablets? Is it still just consumer based?

A: I think it is appealing to both. I use my laptop a lot less now and rely on my tablet to do most of my work email. I think the tablet experience really does make a strong business case and we have some new features including encryption and device management to address those crowds.

Q: What changed that incentivizes these carrier to now update quicker?

A: I think everyone  really values the ecosystem. What we realized is that there was no common set of expectations set. We think of ourselves of the coordinators of all this, and we really want to provide the services our customers want. They want upgrades.

Q: What does Ice Cream Sandwich delivery other than unification?

A: Our primary job is to make Android run on all devices. Unfortunately, I can’t pre-announce them, but we’ll but we’ll be rolling them out shortly.

Q: Do you anticipate them being any new hardware requirements for Ice Cream? Are you preparing another Google Device for the Ice Cream rollout?

A: We want all phones to run Ice Cream, not just new phones. The Nexus has been the device we’ve used to set the bar. The market works in cycles that revolves around the holidays and summertime. We’ll make an announcement in the future.

Q: Why is Music Beta only launching in the U.S.?

A: It is really hard to do global launches. It’s hard to sit in a lab and try and anticipates the world’s needs. The goal is to make it as widely adopted as possible. We have no intentions to keep this just to the U.S. once we have the kinks worked out.

Q: What is the quality of the streaming music coming down from the cloud?

A: We stream up to 320kbps, and that’s based on the quality of the file you upload. We do adjust that based on your network connection while you’re listening.

Q: Microsoft has been talking about the digital home for two decades but nothing has happened. Why is Google@Home different?

A: We look at it a little differently. We’re not trying to invent the next killer application, we’re trying to turn everything in your home into an I/O device at an extremely low cost. We’re counting on the imagination of the developers to really develop this ecosystem.

Q: What is the time table for some of appliances or devices? What does a manufacturer have to put into its electronics to enable it?

A: We’re not quite ready to announce what the technology is, but it is very low cost. It’s wireless, not Wi-Fi. It’s low power. It involves a software stack and a small piece of hardware. We should see these devices by the end of this year. We’re working with partners to get them embedded into their current devices.

Q: How do you reconcile some of these new services with shrinking data allowances from carriers?

A: We go through these cycles. And right now we’re going through a cycle where there is heavy network congestion. The next technology step, be it LTE or 5G, will alleviate a lot of these problems. Also, most of the consumption will happen at the workplace or at home, so that will solve some of the issue.

Q: Why did you choose to create a different protocol for Android@Home? How does this relate to the smart grid?

A: First, we haven’t announced what we’re using, so it could be anything. *laughter* Energy monitoring is extremely interesting, but you need to have granularity. You need to know what is chewing up kilowatt hours, not just that you’re chewing up kilowatt hours. [Not sure why, but the answerer and questioner stopped talking. Guess that's the end of the answer.]

Q: How much do you really think about Apple when you put out these services since you not-so-subtly mentioned Apple?

A: We were just trying to have a little fun. It’s great to have companies competing for the hearts and minds of developers. When that happens, consumers are the ones who win.

Q: Is there any way to report pirated materials?

A: We make it very clear in the terms-of-service that users need to upload legal material. We’ll respond to requests from rights owners as necessary.

Q: Is the XOOM getting preferential treatment?

A: The XOOM is new, I think it is only two months old — the power of Android is that it isn’t a single product. Knowing what I know internally, we’re going to see some really interesting things coming really soon.

Q: Will the upgrades be international or U.S. only? Sometimes similar devices have not gotten upgrades as quick as their U.S. counterparts.

A: We hope for this Android Alliance to be international, you saw Vodafone on the slides from earlier today. We want this to be a global thing and we’re working to do that.

Q: What is your stance on UIs like TouchWiz and Sense?

A: Android was designed to be customizable and scalable from the beginning. The benefit is that the framework is smart enough to consistent across hardware. I don’t believe in having an open platform that commoditizes industries, I think allowing skins is really important. I think it is an important selling point of Android.

Q: Does Android have a malware problem?

A: We have our sandbox technology on our device side and we are looking into technology on our Market site that will help mitigate these issues. Last time something snuck through it took us 50 minutes to catch it. We’re working to tune that, but it’s important to note that we are not going to achieve our security goals by “locking down” the platform.

It’s a beautiful day in San Francisco, California today — the perfect setting for the Google’s 2011 global developer conference, better known as Google I/O. The battalion of Google staffers is currently putting the finishing touches on the Moscone Center before it’s swarmed by Android enthusiasts, developers and the press, and we’re here to bring you the action live. What does Google have up its sleeves for this year? We’ll find out soon enough. The Day 1 keynote kicks off at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time, 12:00 p.m. Eastern, and we’ll be live blogging it right here in this post. Be sure to check back then for the live coverage, and don’t forget to refresh the page for all the details as they break!

11:43AM:We've found out seats! There is a great buzz in the room. Google VP Andy Rubin is a few rows in front of us, and we're ready to rock. T-minus 17 minutes!

11:50AM:Here's what we see on stage: a Life Fitness exercise bike, a main speaking podium, a podium left of center with a video-based projector and a few Apple laptops, and a right of center podium with two Android devices hooked up to speakers.

11:54AM:Five minute warning. Get your popcorn ready!

11:58AM:Voice over PA: "We should begin in 2 minutes."

12:01PM:Now taking the stage, senior Vice President Vic Gondtra

12:02PM:"We want to thank you for making Android the global phenomenon it has become. This year, for the first time we did something new. We allowed developers to set up their own viewing parties."

12:03PM:"We are humbled by your enthusiasm and thank you for sharing your most precious resource: your time."

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12:04PM:"Today we are going to focus on three things: mobile, momentum, and 'more'"

12:05PM:"Remember this device?" *holds up a G1* "We were on one carrier in one country, and now, we're everywhere."

12:06PM:"We've activated over 100 million ANdroid devices worldwide."

12:06PM:"There are over 312 devices in over 120 countries."

12:07PM:"Today we're activating over 400,000 Android devices every day."

12:07PM:"Today, we've announced that we've hit over 200,000 apps in the ANdroid Market."

12:08PM:"It took the Android ecosystem to see 1B application installs. 5 months to get to 2B. And today, we have 4.5B application installs."

12:09PM:"This wraps up the momentum section. Now we're going to cover Mobile and show you 2 exciting new services that we're announcing today."

12:09PM:We're about to see some demos!

12:10PM:"Today, we're announcing Android 3.1 for Verizon XOOM owners."

12:12PM:New features include: a new multitasking functionality, resizable widgets, Android 3.1 devices can act like USB hosts (allows you to download images directly from digital camera to tablet; supports game controllers, keyboards, mice, etc.)

12:13PM:"Android 3.1 is not just for tablets, it's coming to Android 3.1 this summer. Google TV will also be getting the Android Market."

12:14PM:"Let's look a little further down the road. Our next mobile release: Ice Cream Sandwich. We're targeting a Q4 launch and it will be our most ambitious launch to date."

12:15PM:"We're taking our Honeycomb holographic UI and mutitaking UI to Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS from now on)."

12:18PM:We're seeing a demo of head tracking and OpenGL. Running on the GPU, the device's camera can track your movements and orient the screen and applications to your point of view.

12:19PM:"Now we're going to shift topics and talk about media. We're going to announce a new service."

12:20PM:"Starting today, users can rent movies from the Android Market and stream them directly to their devices using the cloud."

12:22PM:"Movies have a 30-day rental period. Once you being watching you'll have 24-hours to complete viewing. You can also stream the movie over your browser and watch on your computer."

12:22PM:"We enable offline viewing with a feature called 'pinning'. What this means is that these movies will be automatically downloaded to the device and viewable offline; like when you're on an airplane."

12:23PM:"In addition to playing back movies we can rent movies directly from a smartphone or tablet. There is a new section in the Market with categories and featured content; similar to the applications and books sections."

12:25PM:"Verizon XOOM 3G users will begin getting Android 3.1 today and it will include the movies rental feature. It will be available on smartphones running Android 2.2 and higher in the next few weeks."

12:25PM:"We just talked about movies, what's the other content we love?" MUSIC!

12:26PM:Paul Joyce is on stage: "Today we're introducing Music Beta by Google. No wires, no syncing. You music is stored in the cloud so you can stop worrying about storage and starting enjoying your music."

12:27PM:"Applications will be available for both PC and Mac. It will help you get the content you already own into the cloud."

12:28PM:"We have a new feature called 'Instant mix'. Select a song and Instant Mix picks 25 songs that are similar. Unlike other services, Mix actually listens to your track and finds similar sounds tracks... it's truly ingenius." ZING!

12:29PM:"My phone connects to the cloud. I'll never have to use a cable to get songs on my device again!"

12:30PM:"We cache music that is recently played. So you instantly have access to songs when offline. You can also pin songs to your device, making them available offline at all times."

12:31PM:"The best part? If I get a brand new phone all I have to do is sign in, my music is now right there right away."

12:32PM:"We're really excited about this service. We're rolling it out in beta today, you can add up to 20,000 songs to your library and... at least while it's in beta... the service is free."

12:32PM:"It will roll out in stages, to the U.S. only at first. All those attending Google IO that are based in the United States will get an invite (eat your heart out), others interested can visit music.google.com/about to apply for the beta."

12:34PM:"We're creating a new team that will determine how quickly devices will get updates when we push out new Android platforms and for how long they will get those updates."

12:34PM:"We're jointly announcing today, that devices from our partners will receive updates for 18 months as long as the hardware allows."

12:35PM:"Now we want to talk about 'more'. ABout our vision for the future."

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12:37PM:"Today we're announcing Android Open Accesory" which will provide hardware makers the ability to create hardware that will work with any mobile device."

12:38PM:We're seeing a demo of the Life Fitness bike controlling gameplay on an Android devices that encourages and tracks progress.

12:39PM:Open Accessory supports USB now and will support Bluetooth in the future. They are also releasing a hardware development boards."

12:40PM:We're seeing a demo of someone moving a XOOM tablet that is controlling a physical labyrinth board.

12:41PM:More information is at accessories.android.com

12:42PM:"This program is completely open. No NDAs, no feeds, no restrictions."

12:43PM:"So we're going to go one step further and talk about what the ultimate accessory is: your home. We call this vision ANdroid@Home."

12:44PM:"We want to think of every device in your home as a potential Android IO device."

12:44PM:We're seeing a demo "Hello World" type application that is controlling the stage lights.

12:46PM:"To bring this vision to reality we're partnering with Lighting Science. You can buy Android@Home light bulbs beginning later this year."

12:48PM:Next, we're working on something called Project Tungsten. You can enjoy your music throughout your house, syncronized, via this Tungsten boxes. And these protocols will be completely open to developers."

12:51PM:We're getting a recap of what we've covered.

12:53PM:We're seeing the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1... and we're all getting one.

12:54PM:Thank you and have a great Google IO. That's it folks. Thanks for tuning in!

You know what time of the year it is? Google time. Google’s I/O developer conference kicks off tomorrow in San Francsico with the company’s keynote, and we’ll be covering it live. Make sure to tune in tomorrow at 12PM ET for all the action coming to you live. We’ll be sure to see whole lots of Android, but what else is the search giant cooking up? You’ll have to check back to find out

During his Embedded System Conference Silicon Valley keynote recently, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak took some time to rag on Paul Allen’s decision to sue Apple, Google, and other companies over patent infringement. “Paul Allen should be out there investing in companies that are doing something, making products, actually making a new future for the world, and not ‘I’m going to sue people, and get in bed with the lawyers to make my money.’ That’s not the right way,” Wozniak said, according to The Register. Wozniak referred to Allen’s strategy as a “patent-troll thing,” and said “any fifth grader could come up with the same approach.” Woz also said he was so perturbed by the Allen’s lawsuit binge — and the big company strategy of paying engineers to file for patents long before the tech is actually available – that he decided to bail on the Microsoft co-founder’s speech at the Computer History Museum to instead indulge in some Marie Callender’s pea soup with friends.

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We went hands-on with RIM’s new touch and type BlackBerry Bold 9900 / 9930 on Monday — the only device announced at BlackBerry World yesterday — and today we’re back with live coverage of RIM’s BlackBerry World 2011 keynote. RIM just recently launched the BlackBerry PlayBook, and its first tablet was also the first device to give the world a taste of the company’s QNX operating system. RIM also introduced BlackBerry 7 here at BlackBerry World 2011, and it could very well be the last major release of the BlackBerry OS before RIM transitions to QNX on smartphones as well. This is definitely a time of transition for RIM, and so we’re looking for some more insight as to how RIM plans to stem the tide of iPhones, iPads and Android devices, and stay competitive. Will the company shine any more light on its crucial strategy over the coming months and years? The keynote kicks off soon so hit the break to follow along as we cover it live, and don’t forget to refresh often for all the latest action!

8:45AM:Ok we're told the program is getting started in 5 minutes!

8:47AM:We have 3D glasses on our desks, not sure how that's going to pan out here, but there are two big 3D displays on stage.

8:49AM:Silencing our phones now, event is about to begin!

8:52AM:music is dying down

8:55AM:President and co-ceo of RIM, Mike Lazaridis, is on the stage

8:55AM:He says this is the biggest show, the 10th anniversary, and it has the most attendees ever.

8:59AM:"The PlayBook is an impressive tablet. The screen is beautiful. It's perhaps one of the best tablets I've ever used. It's straight up the best 7-inch tablet out there."

9:02AM:"We looked at the PC and laptop experience and used them as our benchmark. This includes the entire web, which of course, means Flash. All videos in Facebook are Flash. ESPN3 delivers over 3300 live sporting events using Flash each year. We believe customers should not have to put up with a compromised web experience."

9:02AM:QNX has helped us make PlayBook a multitasking powerhouse

9:06AM:Lazaridis is going over all of the features of the PlayBook now, discussing how powerful it is for executives and sales people.

9:08AM:Video Chat and Facebook are coming, although those two features were announced yesterday.

9:09AM:"We've been able to make this happen by identifying some of the best partners in the business to provide uncompromisable web and full Flash browsing experiences. Our competitors have been unable to do so."

9:11AM:Shantanu Narayen from Adobe is on stage and we're about to see some demos.

9:12AM:We're watching a trailer for a movie

9:14AM:"We intend to bring our creative applications to the PlayBook," Narayen just said. Mobile versions of Photoshop maybe?

9:15AM:"We're particularly excited about one new application that we all worked on together, and that's Facebook for the PlayBook."

9:15AM:Facebook for the PlayBook looks solid, it's available now, but it doesn't support portrait mode, which is a little odd to us. We're seeing the demo of live chat, photos, and more.

9:16AM:"It's stunning" - Lazaridis

9:16AM:There are more than 3 million Flash and AIR developers, and "we just can't wait for the next wave of killer apps to arrive for PlayBook."

9:17AM:Narayen says he looks forward to delivering digital publications such as magazines and newspapers to the PlayBook

9:18AM:Readers Digest is already available, and it was created using Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite

9:19AM:"Adobe is announcing that it's shipping a major update of Creative Suite 5.5 which includes the latest version of Adobe Flash builder that supports out-of-box development for apps for the PlayBook," Narayen said.

9:21AM:"Now I'd like to talk about our smartphones. The BlackBerry experience is unique. Its style is iconic. Our value is unmatched. Our smartphone portfolio offers choice and is a global portfolio" - Lazaridis. "We create the world's best keyboards. We have a global network of over 40 million BBM users."

9:21AM:"Today, I'd like to give you the first look at our newest handset, the BlackBerry Bold 9900." We've already seen this so be sure to check out our hands-on!

9:22AM:"It's the thinnest BlackBerry ever and its styling is absolutely gorgeous."

9:22AM:"It includes a blazingly faster 1.2GHz processor and graphics accelerator."

9:23AM:"Liquid Graphics means users have the smoothest graphics experience on a BlackBerry today."

9:24AM:"BlackBerry 7 allows you to search by voice request. Just ask your BlackBerry. It's also the first with NFC, paving the way for new experiences."

9:24AM:"We're also including BlackBerry Balance out of the box, something our enterprise customers have been asking us for."

9:26AM:"BlackBerry perfected real-time communications between people." BBM is an example of this.

9:26AM:Lazaradis is discussing "super apps" although it's still unclear what those really are.

9:27AM:Steve Ballmer just took the stage!

9:28AM:Ballmer is going to talk about a new partnership between RIM and Microsoft

9:28AM:"I love Windows Phone, but won't talk about it much here today. And then there's BlackBerry."

9:29AM:"While Microsoft will support the top phone platforms with our cloud services, we're going to invest uniquely in BlackBerry's platform. In March we announced an agreement to make a new RIM hosted BB services available for Microsoft Office 365 customers later this year."

9:30AM:"Effective today, Bing will become the preferred maps application for BlackBerry. BlackBerry devices will use Bing as the default search in browser."

9:32AM:"Bing will be integrated into the BlackBerry experience (at the operating system level) by this holiday season. We see opps in that integration to create unique experience for consumer and enterprise customers. We will market and promote the strength of our joint offerings."

9:34AM:We're about to see some of the things coming with Bing on BlackBerry. A video and a demo are coming up.

9:34AM:People are asking "when the show is" and using Bing to find out.

9:36AM:Lots of hip cut scenes but not really seeing how this commercial demo is showing a strong Bing/RIM relationship here.

9:36AM:Lots of clapping after that demo, however.

9:37AM:Now we're going to see a demo from Microsoft's Bing team about some of the features that will launch this holiday season.

9:39AM:Venue maps are live on Bing.com today but they are coming to BlackBerry. Search will always just be a tap away. Search includes web, use camera, microphone, and other rich multimodal searches.

9:40AM:If you tap on a local venue you'll see info on the venue as well as the option to book a table and more. Open Table built-in to the experience.

9:41AM:Now we're seeing a Bing Deals demo that's showing locally relevant deals.

9:42AM:"Over the last decade you've heard us talk about transition from voice an feature phones to smartphones. You've seen how the PlayBook is redefining the tablet experience with browsing/Flash, true multitasking, stunning multimedia, and a growing app catalog all wrapped up in an elegant and ultraportable design."

9:43AM:"You've seen the new BlackBerry Bold, the most powerful BlackBerry ever. You've seen how we're working with partners like Microsoft to extend cloud services. I've never been more excited and confident about our future and where this future is going."

9:43AM:"Everyone here will be receiving a 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook."

9:43AM:Lazaridis thanks us all for coming and wishes us a great show. We're wrapping up here thanks for following along!

9:45AM:Ah, now we have senior vice presdient of business and platform marketing from RIM on stage.

9:47AM:For the first time in 10 years at this event we're showing live demos. Alaj Panezic is on the stage, vice president of software at RIM.

9:49AM:They're going over 7digital DRM free music on the PlayBook, some stuff we've already covered in our review.

9:51AM:Now we're checking out a music video app that has yet to be released. It's coming soon. The Vevo app is coming soon. Over 25,000 videos in the app from over 7,500 artists.

9:52AM:They chose to show a Justin Bieber video.

9:53AM:The last app they're showing is BlackBerry Podcast. We're seeing a collection of Podcast categories, etc. This app launched with the PlayBook natively.

9:54AM:"We're just getting started. We're excited to see partners like VEVO that are starting to build today. We're going to see more and more of that over the next month."

9:55AM:"Wait til you see what else BBM from RIM is going to enable."

9:55AM:Mark Kirkup is on stage to demo

9:56AM:We're seeing Foursquare integration with BBM. Kirkup is the mayor of his mother-in-law's house he says.

9:56AM:Foursquare is opt-in so that users can choose if they want to share their updates with everyone.

9:59AM:Foursquare is integrated across the whole ecosystem so it can be used as your BBM status, too. It's in Beta for all developers now.

10:00AM:Augmented reality and a compass are built-in to the BlackBerry 7 operating system, and we're seeing a demo of it now.

10:02AM:The augmented reality features look cool and are very similar to what we've seen on Android and iOS. RIM is integrating the experience with BBM to show what this will look like in the future. One person is opening BBM World and can see people sitting – their avatars pop up, seemingly floating over them, and then it's possible to start a new BBM conversation. We assume this can be turned on/off to prevent privacy issues.

10:02AM:Unity is on stage, it's a multiplatform development tool for games.

10:03AM:To date 450,000 developers have used unity, and just last month almost 150,000 used the tool. Union is a content arm for Unity games. Some of these 200 new games will be landing on the PlayBook.

10:04AM:We're seeing Samurai II Vengeance today, this is already available on iOS and Android. Really good to see RIM boosting its rather weak game portfolio with some solid titles.

10:05AM:Some other titles include Racer by Luma Arcade, Battle Bears, Air Attack HD, and Chop Chop Tennis.

10:05AM:The first wave of these titles will hit the app world this summer.

10:06AM:Now we're seeing an email client without bridge or Bluetooth! Native Email on PlayBook! We're definitely excited about this.

10:07AM:And now we're seeing the full BlackBerry PlayBook native calendar. This totally opens up the PlayBook to users who may not own a BlackBerry on the side.

10:07AM:Calendar and Email for PlayBook will be landing in the summer of this year.

10:08AM:There will be full BIS and BES support also. The features will be added in a software upgrade.

10:08AM:Now we're going to get a demo of Android compatibility on the PlayBook, awesome.

10:09AM:"Applications are integrated to look like native PlayBook apps." This looks really cool. "Android devices have buttons and we dont have buttons, so how do we do menus and navigation? If I want to see options I do a top to bottom swipe. Home is Home and Menu is Menu. A navigation bar at the top will bring you back."

10:11AM:We're looking at a "250 solitaire games app," which isn't all that exciting, but it's cool to see pretty flawless execution of an Android app on the PlayBook.

10:12AM:An IMDB application is being demoed now, it's the real live Android app. It looks formatted for an Android device, likely for a smaller phone screen, but this should definitely build out the amount of apps available for the PlayBook.

10:13AM:"How do we get these Android apps?" "Through App World." Users simply need to open App World and then the apps are available just like any other application. This makes us wonder if certain apps will be omitted or if all Android apps will naturally be there.

10:13AM:Global Senior Executive from SAP AG Steve Lucas is on stage.

10:14AM:We're checking out an SAP application for business users.

10:15AM:"We've been building incredible analytics technology that allows you to extract this information to where people work – on their PlayBook."

10:17AM:Lucas is going over how the app works and how it will benefit sales people using the PlayBook on the road. "It's unmatched in the market."

10:18AM:IBM's vice president of business and technical strategy, Kevin Cavanaugh is on the stage.

10:19AM:Cavanaugh is discussing the benefits of social businesses.

10:22AM:We're seeing how users can create and change presentations in real-time on the PlayBook "harnessing the creativity and expertise" across an organization.

10:22AM:IBM Global Financing is now including tablet computing, and IBM says it's the first tablet financier to do so.

10:25AM:Alright we're closing out here thanks for joining us!