Slides from Consumer Camp Cleveland - held at the Microsoft Store in Beachwood. Covers Surface, SkyDrive, Windows Phone, and Xbox & Kinect. Presented at the request of the Greater Cleveland PC Users Group
3. Xbox & Kinect
• Parental controls
• Gestures
• Voice commands
• Apps
• Video
• Netflix
• Hulu Plus
• YouTube
• … and more!
• Music
• Pandora
• Last.fm
• … and more!
• Games
4.
5. • Cloud Storage (vs other platforms)
• Multiple platforms
• Vista and later
• Mac OS X
• Mobile
• Office Web Apps
• Can view and edit Office documents online
• Can also edit Office documents on SkyDrive in Office on the
desktop
7. Windows Phone – Kid’s Corner
• Kid’s Corner
is
customizable
and great
for giving
kids their
own place to
play on the
phone
• Logan’s Lair is
the name I gave
my Kid’s Corner.
• Logan is a 16-
month-old
little guy who
knows too much
about phones for
his age.
8. Windows Phone – Kid’s Corner
• These are apps that
I deemed safe for
Logan to play with.
• After adding them
to the Kid’s Corner,
I came in and
arranged them.
However, once he
figures it out, Logan
can rearrange them
as well.
9. Windows Phone – Kid’s Corner
• This app is Elmo
Calls – shows
audio and video
calls for kids.
• There are in-
game purchases
for more
messages from
Elmo.
10. Windows Phone – Kid’s Corner
• Suppose Logan
got into this
area and started
purchasing
things…
• Or at least got
this far and
clicked “ok”
11. Windows Phone – Wallet
• His purchase
fails, unless he’s
figured out my
PIN on my Wallet
app.
• Wallet keeps
track of your
payment
methods and
allows you to
require a PIN for
purchases.
12. Windows Phone – Kid’s Corner
• Enabling Kid’s
Corner is as
simple as going
into the system
settings and then
into the “kid’s
corner” section.
13. Windows Phone – Kid’s Corner
• In this section,
you can control
which apps
appear in Kid’s
Corner from the
overall system
view.
14. Windows Phone – Kid’s Corner
• Adding an app to
Kid’s Corner is as
simple as
holding onto the
icon and then
selecting the
option from the
menu.
15. Windows Phone – Xbox SmartGlass
• Xbox SmartGlass
is available for
Windows Phone
and Windows 8.
• I personally run
it on my Windows
Phone and my
Lenovo Yoga 13, a
Windows 8
ultrabook.
16. Windows Phone – Xbox SmartGlass
• Once signed in,
you can control
your Xbox right
from your phone
or Windows 8
device.
17. Windows Phone – Xbox SmartGlass
• You can easily
select to run one
of the most
recent run apps
from the recent
list.
18. Windows Phone – Xbox SmartGlass
• Xbox SmartGlass
best performs
when the Xbox and
controlling device
are on the same
network.
• You may see this
message if you try
connecting to your
Xbox over the
Internet rather
than locally.
19. Windows Phone – Xbox SmartGlass
• These are the
remote control
buttons and
controls on the
Windows Phone.
20. Screenshots
• Press the Windows key + the Power button at the
same time to take a screenshot
• Screenshots are saved in an album named Screenshots
• Screenshots can be saved or shared much like any
other picture on the phone
21. Windows Phone – Available Phones by Provider
• AT&T
• Nokia Lumia 920
• Nokia Lumia 520
• Nokia Lumia 1020
• HTC 8X
• Verizon
• Samsung ATIV Odyssey
• Nokia Lumia 822
• HTC 8X
• Nokia Lumia 928
• T-Mobile
• Nokia Lumia 521
• Nokia Lumia 925
• Sprint
• HTC 8XT
22. Nokia Lumia 1020
• Newest member of the
Windows Phone family
• Available on AT&T
• 41-megapixel Pureview
camera with Carl Zeiss
Tessar lens
• Nokia Pro Camera with
pro shots
• HD video
• Optical image
stabilization
• … and more!
23. Surface
• RT and Pro versions available
• Pro is a standard system that
can handle any traditional
application
• Pro comes with a stylus to
make it easier for
transcribing notes and
drawing
• RT is a lighter version that
comes with a touch-enhanced
Office
• Comes with Windows 8
• Physical keyboard (“type
cover”) sold separately
(batteries not included, some
assembly required, operators
are standing by)
24. More Nifty Things on the Surface
• Stream music with
Xbox Music Pass
• Control your Xbox
right from the
Surface with Xbox
SmartGlass
• With Windows 8.1, it’s
friendlier – being able
to start right at the
desktop and work
with a Start button
25. Simplex-IT Community Picnic
• When: August 21, 2013, 4:00pm – 8:00pm
• Where: Simplex-IT, 5225 Darrow Rd, Hudson, OH
44236
• Great opportunity to meet the Simplex-IT
team and others in the IT community
• Bring an appetite and perhaps a chair to sit in
• RSVP at: http://simplex-
it6thannualpicnic.eventbrite.com/
• Any questions? Contact John Harrow at 234-
380-1277 or John@Simplex-IT.com
26. Giveaways
• Books (courtesy of O’Reilly)
• Windows 8: The Missing Manual
• Windows 8 Plain & Simple
• Office 2013: The Missing Manual
• Windows 7 Plain & Simple
• Windows 7: The Missing Manual
• Software (courtesy of
Simplex-IT)
• Windows 8
• Office 2013
• Surface (courtesy of
Microsoft)