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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. Wait for it... by GeorgePBurdell · · Score: 0, Troll

    How long before the "I love you, watch" virus?

    Or maybe "I very excite watch".

    Perhaps "I send you this watch to ask your opinion".

    Maybe they can pack an IIS implementation in there as well. Will there be "Windows Udate" for watches?

  2. Is it just me or does anyone else wonder why by tyrani · · Score: 1, Troll

    Why do people continue to buy Microsoft hardware? They have a long track record of introducing refined hardware that they only support for at the most a few years.

    Remember the Microsoft Phone, or the Sidewinder Gamepad? Even the recent Microsoft Broadband home router is starting to have some support issues.

    Although I think that Microsoft releases some interesting hardware, I certainly question spending a couple of hundred bucks on hardware from a company that won't support it.

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  3. Re:No! Trustworthy Wrists host watch. by geekee · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yeah, at Apple they innovate by throwing out their old completely ass-backwards OS and use someone elses who gave it to them for free.

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