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Surface Pro, Pebble, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, January 9, 2013

2013-01-09
January 9th 2013 I'm Brian Bishop and I like smooth jazz this is 90 seconds on the verge presented by Ford we've gotten our first look at Microsoft Surface pro the tablet has a ten point six inch 1080p display these is the same kind of kickstand and keyboard cover scheme as the surface our team it's thicker and heavier than the cheaper model but the added advantage of running Windows 8 pro we found the tablet to be extremely fast in our test but that comes at a price we estimate the tap will have only five hours of battery life the surface pro will be available for purchase later this month starting at $8.99 Gabe Newell has a vision for your living room and it's called the steam box the valve co-founder sat down with us for an exclusive interview doesn't see the steam box of the device will be tied to just one room instead Newell says he'll build a surf content to up to eight with the television screens the company has high hopes for different kinds of input as well including biometric data and gaze tracking motion controllers like the Kinect however don't appear to be in the cars and yes he still hates Windows 8 the unicorn of smartwatches finally has a release date the pebble ePaper watch will start shipping out to Kickstarter backers starting January 23 the device links to your phone via bluetooth and can display notifications when you receive calls emails or text messages the company will slowly fill out standing orders as it ramps up production you can cure the pebble for $150 and those are today's top stories join us tomorrow and we'll be reviewing the best beverages of CES first coffee
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