It’s Time for Wristwatches to Get Smarter

Re:It’s Time for Wristwatches to Get Smarter by barista on Monday February 21, 2011 @07:19PM (#2247964)

Didn't MSFT try to do this like 5 years ago with the smart watch? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Personal_Objects_Technolo...

I remember it was expensive and nobody really wanted it.

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Re:It’s Time for Wristwatches to Get Smarter by kenjackson on Monday February 21, 2011 @07:25PM (#2247998)

Someone asked me what Apple's next big thing will be, I said, "Look at something MS did, but failed. It's what Apple will do next".

Apple's already half way there with the Nano.

If you integrated this with your other services: voice (just to know when you're getting a call, missed calls, voice mail), sms, twitter, email, facebook -- now you may have a somewhat interesting device. The tough part now though is that everyone has a smartphone... is this device necessary anymore?

Although if you could add a lot of biometric feedback that would be nice. And also solar powered so it had crazy battery life. My current watch has been going 10 years on solar power w/o a charge.

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Re:It’s Time for Wristwatches to Get Smarter by mkenyon on Monday February 21, 2011 @08:39PM (#2248222)

Did you RTFA? The author talks about SPOT for a quarter of the article.

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