Goodbye To the SPOT Watch 87
Starturtle sends along an Engadget article on the demise of the Microsoft SPOT Watch. We've discussed related devices a few times in the past; here's a picture of one. "After a long, painful, nearly anonymous ride on the wrists of a select few uber-geeks, Microsoft's finally throwing in the towel on one of its longstanding pet projects: the SPOT watch. The writing's been on the wall for some time; the applications and content available to the watches haven't been updated in ages, and indeed, the entire line of Abacus Smart Watch 2006 models — the only type being recently offered — has been discontinued and out of stock for a few months. For what it's worth, MSN Direct's program manager is quick to note that the underlying technology most certainly isn't going away."
Pocket version is better. (Score:0, Insightful)
The pocket version of this watch made by Handspring ten years ago still works and I like it. I alwasy wanted the screen and battery to be bigger not smaller. Changing my watch battery every few years is painful enough that I'd never do it every few months. Getting M$ involved would probably rob the thing of my favorite features like datebook+. Good riddance to a bad idea.
It was a dumb concept (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:It was a dumb concept (Score:2, Insightful)
i dont know, i think it'd be convenient to have some features on a watch. the only thing i'd have to have, really, was the watch and the phone to talk to each other and keep in sync.
you can look at your watch any time, but pulling out a cellphone willy nilly is rude.Idea = Good... implementation = bad (Score:4, Insightful)
And what exactly is a SPOT watch? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:It was a dumb concept (Score:3, Insightful)
It seams to me the only feature it offered over my a satellite based weather watch was, instant messaging, but as i have a phone that's not really that useful.
Unless people REALLY care about stock prices in the US ?