New York

Yesterday at the National Retail Federation (NRF) conference in New York – Samsung announced that the SUR40 for Microsoft Surface is now available and shipping to customers! At CES 2011, we first unveiled Microsoft Surface 2.0 in partnership with Samsung with the SUR40.

Two new sleek and stylish Windows Phones hit AT&T stores across the U.S. today—the Samsung Focus S and Focus Flash. They join the white HTC Radar 4G introduced last week by T-Mobile.

Join us for one of our exclusive events across the U.S. and get a first look at the hottest new Windows Phones such as the HTC Titan, HTC Radar, Samsung Focus S and Samsung Focus Flash. You know Windows Phone is packed with killer social integration, a wide variety of games and apps, and a ton of other great features, now come see it all on cool new hardware.

Last week in New York, ASUS unveiled the ZENBOOK ultra-portable PC. The ZENBOOK represents collaboration between ASUS and Intel on a category of stylish and thin PCs called Ultrabooks introduced by Intel.

One of the coolest things about Internet Explorer 9 (free download here!) is certainly the integration into Windows 7. And site pinning is the feature that pops to the top for most users.

124 teams from around the world will flock to New York City for the Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Finals from July 8-13. The students who make up the winning teams are the best of over 350,000 people from 183 countries who originally entered. More than ever before, the Imagine Cup finalists have proven themselves to be global citizens extraordinaire as they identify ways to create a better future by using technology to solve the world’s toughest problems.

We’re hosting a little press conference on Tuesday, May 24th in New York City to talk about the future of Windows Phone. Some of you might have heard. If you’re eager to watch the event live—it starts at 10 a.m. Eastern—you’ll find a link in the Windows Phone Newsroom. See you tomorrow!

Those of you who read the blog regularly know that I am in love with Origin.

Early this morning the Really Rally Road Trip kicked off, and as I type Rob and Minka are off to their next destination. Here is a quick video from this morning – make sure to follow our You Tube channel and the Windows Phone Twitter handle to get the latest updates. Also make sure to come down and check out Katy Perry free at the Roseland Ballroom in New York and Maroon 5 at the Fillmore in San Francisco!