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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. Stock is down! by leinerj · · Score: 5, Funny

    Notice in this picture - it shows MSFT stock is down. Nice marketing images designer >:-)

  2. Realistic Images by SiliconJesus · · Score: 5, Funny

    This image shows the watch, complete with BSOD. Sorry - I saw it, had to comment...

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  3. New Twist to Old Joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    hey, remember those C:\ C:\DOS\run run DOS run jokes? Now we can do C:\SPOT jokes!

    1. Re:New Twist to Old Joke by Joey+Patterson · · Score: 5, Funny

      C:\>SPOT
      C:\>SPOT\RUN

      RUN SPOT RUN
      Bad command or file name.

  4. Yes... But... by fishynet · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Does it tell time?

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  5. Fossil Watch by SunBug · · Score: 5, Informative

    Fossil already has a watch designed to work with SPOT, and it is supposed to be available this summer. It looks a little bulky, but definitly useable.

    Click here to see it.

  6. How is this any different? by WankersRevenge · · Score: 5, Insightful

    when the service provider decides to stop providing it, the device becomes useless.

    How is this any different from Windows XP? (I'm specifically thinking of product activation here)

  7. 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.