SPOT watches expected on time for early 2004
WinNetMag | at | by Mike
In early 2004, two of Microsoft's watch-making partners will release four new watch models based on Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT), a Microsoft representative told me today. Microsoft Research's Roger Gulrajani demonstrated final and near-final watches from Suunto and Fossil that offer a SPOT-specific version of the Windows .NET Framework, access to the MSN Direct subscriber service, and antennas capable of accessing the new MSN Direct DirectBand wireless network, which pumps information to customers' watches at regular intervals by using FM subcarriers in major cities around the United States. SPOT watches feature a 120 x 90 black-and-white LCD display and an ARM CPU that runs at 28MHz with 512KB of ROM and 384KB of RAM.