Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs gave a keyntoe at CES. This was perhaps the best CES keynote I attended, since Jacobs went through a lot of information at a quick pace and he brought forward many interesting partners.

Jacobs said one line that sums up Qualcomm’s vision and strategy "We believe all consumer devices are going to be cell phones themselves. Qualcomm is helping drive that innovation."

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Nokia’s CEO  Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo gave a keynote and CES. I attended the second half and I included my live tweets below. Overall, I was very impressed with the keynote. It really differed from the other keynotes I saw which focused on products. Nokia really focused on people, their needs, and Nokia’s solutions to those needs. One strong theme was focus on people and use connectivity to “empower people to take care of themselves.” Another strong theme was focus on “doing good business and doing good.”

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Intel CEO Paul Otellini gave a keynote speech at CES 2010. I live-tweeted the session and my raw tweets are below. In addition, here are some of the themes and highlights that I heard.

  • The world is moving in directions that need a lot more compute/processing power.
  • Computing and processor technology has rapidly advanced in compute power and energy efficiency, both in PCs and mobile.
  • 3D is a key emerging area in the year ahead. 3D requires lots of computation, especially as visual quality increases.
  • Mobile continues to be an important evolving area. Mobile processor advances are enabling new form factors: mobile devices, netbooks, slates, etc.
  • Intel has launched the AppUp Center, an app store for netbook apps that runs on Windows and Linux. They are allowing their netbook partners to customize their storefronts.
  • Intel Labs is innovating for the future.

Let’s dig in a bit deeper.

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Steve Ballmer (CEO) and Robbie Bach (President of the Devices & Entertainment division) shared the keynote and CES. They talked about what Microsoft did in 2009 and what Microsoft will do in 2010. I live-tweeted the session and my raw tweets are included below. In addition, I’m including some of the big messages I heard in the keynote.

The biggest messages I heard in Microsoft’s vision and plans for 2010 are:

  • PCs will come in all shapes and sizes- including slates; there will be something for everyone.
  • The Cloud will be combined with software on the PC.
  • Adding the PC Experience to anything makes it better. (e.g., watching TV or playing games)
  • Xbox live will broaden its market to have something for everyone.
  • Xbox live will let you play games with Natural User Interfaces.  Project Natal will be available for the 2010 holiday season.

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