Three screens and a cloud: can Microsoft deliver with Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and Xbox?

June has been a busy month for Microsoft so far, from E3 to its Surface hardware and Windows Phone 8 software, but there’s still a lot more to come over the summer. Suddenly, it feels like Microsoft has everyone talking, discussing the positives and negatives of the company’s new approach. A bold unification of its Metro design across tablets, desktops, smartphones, and Xbox appears to be setting the stage for the multi-device convergence that the company has been promising for over three years, but will it finally deliver?