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Microsoft SPOT Watches

Posted by michael on from the time-to-reboot dept.

Octagon Most writes "PocketPCThoughts has a report from a graphic designer who worked on wristwatches using Microsoft's SPOT. Tons of design images here and a soon-to-ship model from Suunto here. Data plans from MSN Direct will be USD$9.95 per month. This is the coolest vapor from Microsoft in a long time. It's geeky _and_ stylish!" Our older story about the watches also notes that since it's a proprietary service, when the service provider decides to stop providing it, the device becomes useless.

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  1. Another addition to my collection... by Kris_J · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Of high tech, useless watches. Don't get me wrong, they're funky, but they're more like art than any sort of useful tool. I have:
    • A bunch of Swatch Access watches with contactless smartcard technology in them, and not a single compatible service in the state (possibly now the country).
    • A Swatch pager watch not compatible with any Australian services.
    • A Casio GPS watch that has a hard time talking to satellites anywhere I'm likely to be (I'm a city boy).
    • An old Casio watch that shows the positions of the planets on a cute little display.
    • Again, a Casio digital camera watch with a picture only slightly "better" than a Gamboy camera.
    And I don't wear any of them, I just look at my mobile phone for the time.