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——Did you know Kinect for XBOX 360 was the fastest selling gadget in history.-——

I had no idea. My kids had told me about playing games that didn’t require a remote, which sounded pretty cool. I’m not too much into hand held games, but I like Wii games. They’re great for New England winters.

So you can access Netflix through the Xbox? Can you start a movie through voice commands or gestures? We have three remotes, and one is always missing...

Did you know Kinect for XBOX 360 was the fastest selling gadget in history. iPad used to be #1 until Kinect beat it.

Granted, Kinect was a huge seller; but this was a 'reasonably priced' extension on a proprietary and market saturated product. To compare that against a new product, with a price tag of $5-800 that had nothing to leverage off from, is a tad unfair.

If you had an X-Box 360 (as many households have) - buying the Kinect was a "Mid-life Kicker" that added a couple more years of playability to your dull console. Not saying the Kinect wasn't revolutionary - it was. But, it is an unfair comparision. Kinect (~$150) with tie in to established console and new games vs iPad (~$500-800).

Did you know Kinect for XBOX 360 was the fastest selling gadget in history. iPad used to be #1 until Kinect beat it. I think MS is making some interesting moves in the consumer market. Also guess what is the most used NON-PC device to watch movies over the internet? XBOX 360. iPad is right behind the 360.

Windows 8 will be the core for not just these tablets, but PCs, Windows Phone and XBOX 720. You can share apps between your devices like games, movies and e-mail at no extra cost. I already can watch the same movies from my XBOX 360 on my Windows Phone 7.

With storage in SkyDrive, you will have access to all your files on whatever device you want. E-mail attachments will be links to the SkyDrive, so people stop pushing massive files back and forth over multiple servers. It also is a big plus for collaboration on documents, projects, etc as the file resides in a central place.

Those that do not "get" Windows 8 are still thinking with a mouse and keyboard. It is touch and the UI is far, far superior to iOS and Android.

When you consider the Surface RT will come with MS Office, its expected $699 price is a great deal.

For those who think MS shot themselves in the foot by competing with hardware manufacturers, do any of you think Asus, Acer, Dell, etc, etc, etc are not competing by making Android Tablets?

This is Microsoft's way of saying we will set the bar and others can join the party if they want.

Lastly, MS just patented SMS to Excel so you can do things like send expenses by text message to your Excel file expense report right after dinner concludes.

I would not be surprised if you can send a pic of the receipt as well.

Microsoft is leaping right over iOS and Android and doing what people have been asking for ---- a Windows Tablet.

I expect Apple will merge iOS and OSX down the road and Google will abandon Android in favor of Chrome for everything.

Did you know Kinect for XBOX 360 was the fastest selling gadget in history.

By defining that as 8 million units in 60 days? Maybe for a certain period. Apple sold 15.43 million iPads in the last three months of 2011. That's an average of 5.14 million a month, or probably 10.28 million in any two month period (although because of Christmas probably more like 12 million in Nov-Dec 60 days). That far beats the Kinect. And this was months after the iPad 2's introduction, so it didn't even include the initial rush.

The iPad 3 sold 3 million units in 3 days. The iPhone 4S sold 4 million units in 3 days. So if I define "fastest selling" as how many sold in the first week, does the Kinect still win?