Microsoft Enters the Wearables Market With 'Band'

Microsoft has announced the availability of "Microsoft Band," a wearable device that goes on the wrist. It's designed to do health- and fitness-related tasks, like monitoring heart rate and how well a wearer sleeps, and its on-board GPS lets users map their run/bike routes. The company says Band plays nicely with iOS and Android devices in addition to Windows phones. It also has full support for viewing phone notifications and calendar alerts, and a built-in microphone enables queries through the Cortana personal assistant software. The display is rectangular, 11mm x 33mm (0.43" x 1.3"), and has a resolution of 320x106. They claim a battery life of 48 hours, with a charge time of 1.5 hours or less. The device costs $200.

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Finally

[binarylarry]

Now I have a reliable way to compute an accurate Mean Jerk Time.

Thanks Microsoft! What would I do without your amazing products?

They misspelt it, again.

[140Mandak262Jamuna]

The wearable device was to be called Microsoft Banned. Apparently the marketing mavens thought that name would be a bit hit among the Linux, Apple and Chrome aficionados. You know the growing segment of users. But as usual their Chinese maker misspelt the name in the production run.

Dear Microsoft

[neurovish]

Welcome to 2010. Good luck with that new operating system, people really seem to like their Windows XP. Too bad about Vista though.