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Microsoft Shows Off Watch, Portable Media Player

Posted by timothy on from the like-the-rumored-video-ipod dept.

gmt-time points to this New York Times article with a report from the in-progress Consumer Electronics Show, excerpting "Microsoft, continuing its effort to extend its reach beyond computers, today introduced designs for a new class of watch that gives more than the time and a pocket audio and video player." According to the article, several manufacturers are committed to producing both the watches (mentioned yesterday as well) and the audio/video players. I wonder if they'll play Ogg Vorbis and my DivX;) files ...

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  1. Trustworthy Watch by supergiovane · · Score: 5, Funny
    Obviously you will need a DRM compliant arm to wear it.

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  2. Neat toy, but... by tigress · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if it'll be more than a fancy toy/gadget. To be quite honest, I'm quite satisfied with my watch showing the time (and possibly also the date). For music, and even moreso with video, I prefer a more tangible device.

    Now, integrating the whole thing in a cellphone, pda or smartphone, I can go along with. In fact, I've ditched my old watch since it's easier to just keep everything in my phone - which, by the way, I can do a lot more than listening to music and watching video on. =)

  3. Re:FP!: Hey I need my watch to work! by Inflatable+Hippo · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Who the hell wants a watch that crashes with the BSOD whenever I ask it to tell me the time!

    Don't be churlish, the weekly service patches will solve that problem in no time.

    What concerns me is it's accuracy as a basic watch, everything else out of Redmond runs slower and slower over time until it's bi-annual reinstall.

  4. Well by CaptainZapp · · Score: 5, Funny
    If it has the same technical feats as Microsofts Windows Smart Phone edition, then the watch owners might be in for a surprise.

    This is a translation (without permission) from a blurb in todays Neue Zurcher Zeitung regarding introduction of a new Microsoft Powered cell phone to be introduced by Swisscom.

    [...] While Orange integrated their customers into bug hunting, Swisscom is still waiting until the first software update is rolled out.

    Currently engineers at Swisscom, Microsoft and HTC (the manufacturer) are trying to determine why the phone doesn't ring on incoming calls[...]

    I know, that this is slightly offtopic. But would you trust such a watch to provide the correct time of day?

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  5. The model for the showing. by wackysootroom · · Score: 5, Funny

    The person modeling the watch will be Christopher Walken.

    I've had this watch up my ass for 3 years while my buddy Bill here has been waiting for the right time to unveil this prototype. The amazng thing is that you can almost still see the display.

  6. I gotta get me one of these! by multipartmixed · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Sorry I'm late, Boss -- my watch crashed again"

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