Microsoft will use next month's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to announce the availability of SPOT (Smart Personal Objects Technology) watches from a range of manufacturers. The PCWorld story says SPOT "was first announced at CES in January 2003" but of course it was shown in Bill Gates's Comdex keynote in November 2002.
Comment: Who wants or needs a watch that can deliver weather reports, news, stock prices, sports scores etc? Probably not many people, but the watch is just a sampler. They might want a clock radio, fridge magnet, phone, car dashboard read-out or some other device that does the same thing. People who wouldn't be interested in getting news and sports tickers on a watch might well be interested in having them on an iPod, for example. However, if so, would they be willing to pay $9.95 per month for the service? I wouldn't. I think that's at least twice too much. I'd have priced it at $3.95 or 99 cents a week....
