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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: Xeen on 17 December 2003, 10:29

Title: Microsoft watches coming soon
Post by: Xeen on 17 December 2003, 10:29
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 (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1293&e=2&u=/pcworld/20031216/tc_pcworld/113897&sid=95612664)

 
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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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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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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.


I don't understand why anyone would ever want one of these?
Title: Microsoft watches coming soon
Post by: Enmity on 17 December 2003, 12:45
When Microsoft sells them, people will buy.
Title: Microsoft watches coming soon
Post by: Refalm on 17 December 2003, 13:42
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.
Title: Microsoft watches coming soon
Post by: black crow on 17 December 2003, 16:03
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Whether anyone besides computer geeks will embrace the technology remains to be seen.


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.   (http://smile.gif)
Title: Microsoft watches coming soon
Post by: Refalm on 17 December 2003, 16:31
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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.  (http://smile.gif)


My watch costed 30 euros (/0.6 AUS $) and it synchronises time, so it's never "off".

And btw, stop throwing stones at people!
Title: Microsoft watches coming soon
Post by: black crow on 17 December 2003, 17:08
my apologies refalm, i wasn't meaning to offend or insult anyone by that, i was just using their words:

 
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Whether anyone besides computer geeks will embrace the technology remains to be seen.  
Title: Microsoft watches coming soon
Post by: Fett101 on 17 December 2003, 20:00
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Originally posted by Refalm:
I've seen radio's with weather, traffic, news, etc. and it had nothing to do with Microsoft.


How is a radio and a watch that can display the news , weather and appointments similar?

http://www.i4u.com/article690.html (http://www.i4u.com/article690.html)
Title: Microsoft watches coming soon
Post by: xyle_one on 18 December 2003, 01:54
why would i pay $10 a month to use features of my watch? A watch is supposed to tell time. thats it. Anything more and it becomes clunky and "not cool".
Title: Microsoft watches coming soon
Post by: Stilly on 18 December 2003, 04:28
EXACTLY

shit doesn't need to do everything because then it does a piss poor job of doing it

cars don't need a computers that can use your breaks and you don't need to pay 10$ a month for a fucking watch
Title: Microsoft watches coming soon
Post by: mobrien_12 on 18 December 2003, 05:29
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.

Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.

-Douglas Adams
Title: Microsoft watches coming soon
Post by: xyle_one on 18 December 2003, 06:14
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Originally posted by M. O'Brien:
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.

Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.

-Douglas Adams

PERFECT!
Title: Microsoft watches coming soon
Post by: Fett101 on 18 December 2003, 11:41
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Originally posted by Ecsyle:
why would i pay $10 a month to use features of my watch? A watch is supposed to tell time. thats it. Anything more and it becomes clunky and "not cool".


Because these people are techie geeks who like abusrd technologies. Why the heck else would a $650 robot dog be sellable?
Title: Microsoft watches coming soon
Post by: mc0282 on 22 December 2003, 21:23
Holy shit a watch ?  i imaging my self going to work and i looked at my watch(microsoft) and it say 7:00am but the real time is 9:00am i was so late to work and i got fired because Micrsoft Watch has a flaw.
BLUE SCREEN

   INTERNAL ERROR  
WATCH HAS BE HALT
MUST BE REBOOTED OR REPLACE
CONTACT YOUR GOD (MICROSOFT).
code:
0x666666(hahaha,hahaha,suckers)


isn't interesting ?

[ December 22, 2003: Message edited by: mc0282 ]

Title: Microsoft watches coming soon
Post by: Fett101 on 22 December 2003, 21:52
It'd be more of a GSOD. Gay screen of death..