Friday, January 17, 2003
Microsoft Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) Site
Posted by Jason Dunn in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 02:30 PM
"Smart Personal Objects Technology will make everyday objects such as wristwatches, alarm clocks, and key chains, better at what they do. These information delivery devices will be able to provide high-value, personalized information that is time, location and context relevant. Enriching their functions in this way makes life easier for you, and with better communication. Smart wristwatches, the first devices in the category, are scheduled to be available in fall of 2003."
Want to know more about the SPOT technology and future products? Check out this site. Fall of 2003 though? That's quite a while to wait. Still, I'm excited - these look kind of cool, although I read an editorial that slammed the concept pretty bad. I guess licensing the FM band like this has been done at least three times in the past 20 years by various companies, and they've all failed. Something as simple as being inside a building that blocks the FM signal makes a watch like this all but useless.
What do you think? Does Microsoft have a good chance of making this succeed, or will this be a failure?
Want to know more about the SPOT technology and future products? Check out this site. Fall of 2003 though? That's quite a while to wait. Still, I'm excited - these look kind of cool, although I read an editorial that slammed the concept pretty bad. I guess licensing the FM band like this has been done at least three times in the past 20 years by various companies, and they've all failed. Something as simple as being inside a building that blocks the FM signal makes a watch like this all but useless.
What do you think? Does Microsoft have a good chance of making this succeed, or will this be a failure?
