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Microsoft watches coming soon
Xeen:
That's right. Microsoft watches with SPOT technology will hit stores soon.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1293&e=2&u=/pcworld/20031216/tc_pcworld/113897&sid=95612664
quote:Wristwatches and wireless services based on Microsoft's Smart Personal Objects Technology won't be on sale in time for the holidays, but they are coming soon. The devices will be available in January, the software giant confirms.
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quote: Smart Personal Objects Technology, or SPOT, uses a portion of the FM broadcast radio networks to deliver snippets of information about weather, news, stock prices, and sports scores to wristwatches equipped with the technology.
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quote: The problem has now been fixed and Fossil has manufactured "many thousands" of SPOT watches that will hit stores next month, the source says. Microsoft's MSN Direct Service, which will deliver information to the watches, will also be available at that time. According to Microsoft, plans are priced at $9.95 per month or $59 per year; watches start at $129.
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I don't understand why anyone would ever want one of these?
Enmity:
When Microsoft sells them, people will buy.
Refalm:
I have a time syncronised watch, and it has nothing to do with Microsoft. I've seen radio's with weather, traffic, news, etc. and it had nothing to do with Microsoft.
Still, people are going to think that this is another "innovative" product by Microsoft.
black crow:
quote:Whether anyone besides computer geeks will embrace the technology remains to be seen.
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Oh well, I guess that's me out then. :D
But even if I was a computer geek, I still wouldn't waste my hard-earned - I'd rather just buy a normal watch, ty.
Refalm:
quote:black crow: But even if I was a computer geek, I still wouldn't waste my hard-earned - I'd rather just buy a normal watch, ty.
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My watch costed 30 euros (/0.6 AUS $) and it synchronises time, so it's never "off".
And btw, stop throwing stones at people!
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