Microsoft Finally Kills Off Datacasting SPOT Watches
from the about-time dept
Back in 2003, we were pretty hard on Microsoft for its datacasting SPOT watches. There were so many reasons for such a thing to fail. Just as mobile phones with data access were becoming fancier, more affordable and more ubiquitous, Microsoft was trying to convince people to buy expensive, bulky watches that required you to pay money to access tiny bits of data that you could easily get for free elsewhere. To be honest, after the watches launched to a ton of hype, they disappeared so quickly from the scene that I had thought they were already dead. But Engadget now confirms that Microsoft has finally killed off those SPOT watches. Other than these announcements, somehow I get the feeling not too many people will notice.
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R I P by Anonymous Coward on Apr 24th, 2008 @ 5:57pm
That is, Rest In Pieces... :)
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R.I.Pieces by M4dNe55 on Apr 24th, 2008 @ 6:38pm
Well, they're still worth something on eBay... meh.
Too bad M$ can't shelve their O/S!!
Long live open-source and Linus Torvalds!!
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huh? by Jazz on Apr 24th, 2008 @ 7:04pm
What's a SPOT watch???
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Re: huh? by Hellsvilla on Apr 24th, 2008 @ 7:26pm
something are are better off having never heard of.
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You're Confused by Mark Tomlinson on Apr 24th, 2008 @ 8:47pm
You've mixed up SPOT watches with Mickey Rooney, 'cause I'm pretty sure they died years ago.
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Well, that explains... by Dirk Belligerent on Apr 24th, 2008 @ 9:38pm
...why today felt no different from any other day.
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Re: huh? by kilroy on Apr 25th, 2008 @ 6:20am
I think that is when you are really wasted & you fall down and cannot get back up or move your head ... whatever you are looking at is called "spot watch" ... unless someone has a patent on that & has called it something else.
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How's that timex datawatch by alternatives on Apr 25th, 2008 @ 7:11am
programming by 3rd parties coming along?
(What's that? Another failed watch idea?)
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Watches? Really? by Etch on Apr 25th, 2008 @ 11:16am
Who still wears watches? I haven't worn a watch since I got my first cellphone in 97!!
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