Smart Watches for MSN Direct Ship to Retail

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MSN Direct Kicks Off Football Content
for Smart Watches

MSN Direct Kicks Off Football Content
for Smart Watches 09/01/2004 01:41 PM
Just in time for football season, Microsoft Corp. today added football content, including scores, standings, statistics and game information for the 2004--2005 season, to the MSN® Direct sports channel.

ADV:MSN Direct for Computer Watches

ADV:MSN Direct for Computer Watches 12/19/2004 02:54 PM
Ad - www.microsoft.com Dec 17 2004 9:11PM GMT

Tissot offers MSN Direct watches

Tissot offers MSN Direct watches 07/26/2004 07:15 PM
Swiss luxury watchmaker Tissot SA has joined Fossil Inc. of the U.S. and Finland's Suunto Oy in offering watches that use Microsoft Corp.'s Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT), Microsoft said Monday.

Smart watches tell Microsoft time

Smart watches tell Microsoft time 12/17/2003 08:27 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 17 2003 7:38AM ET

FedEx to acquire Parcel Direct to expand
e-retail delivery services

FedEx to acquire Parcel Direct to expand
e-retail delivery services 08/13/2004 05:49 PM
InternetRetailer.com Aug 13 2004 9:46PM GMT

Nvidia: 6800 Retail Cards Will Ship In
June

Nvidia: 6800 Retail Cards Will Ship In
June 06/10/2004 04:33 AM
Add-on cards based on the Nvidia 6800 graphics chips will begin shipping this month from multiple vendors, although some early versions are already available for sale.

Neonode smart phone to ship minus key
features

Neonode smart phone to ship minus key
features 07/19/2004 11:30 AM
Web, email, GPRS to come via software update

Microsoft Announces Plans for New MSN
Direct-Enabled Devices, Additional Smart
Watch Styles

Microsoft Announces Plans for New MSN
Direct-Enabled Devices, Additional Smart
Watch Styles 01/06/2005 12:17 AM
Microsoft Corp.'s Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) Group today announced that Smart Watches for MSN® Direct and its watch manufacturing partners will unveil new Smart Watch designs at 2005 International CES to further meet consumer needs and build the Smart Watch category. In addition, the SPOT Group plans to develop MSN Direct-enabled devices with Oregon Scientific, an industry leader in the design and development of innovative consumer products, and with MZ Berger, an industry leader in the U.S. clock and watch market.

ExtrusioVinyl & Plastics Co. Inc. & its
Division, Direct Window Fashions /
Decoration Direct --Exclusive Wood Grain
Technology Patent Granted

ExtrusioVinyl & Plastics Co. Inc. & its
Division, Direct Window Fashions /
Decoration Direct --Exclusive Wood Grain
Technology Patent Granted 02/05/2005 09:40 PM
ExtrusioVinyl & Plastics Co. Inc. (EVP) receives its patent for its wood grain simulation technology for horizontal blinds [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

Direct Marketers : TMONE launches Direct
Mail Lists and Sales Lead Business Unit
and Becomes One of the Most Competitive
List Marketing Agencies.

Direct Marketers : TMONE launches Direct
Mail Lists and Sales Lead Business Unit
and Becomes One of the Most Competitive
List Marketing Agencies. 07/13/2004 03:08 AM
Total Marketing One, an industry leader in the contact center services world announced the creation of a new business unit catering to the needs of all companies in all industries with respect to their marketing list and sales lead needs. [PRWEB Jul 13, 2004]

Maine Lobster Direct Merges With
Canadian Counterpart Lobster Direct and
Offers Its Larger International Customer
Base New "Cooking Guide"

Maine Lobster Direct Merges With
Canadian Counterpart Lobster Direct and
Offers Its Larger International Customer
Base New "Cooking Guide" 04/13/2005 02:03 AM
Now, with the merger with Lobster Direct, a Canadian company, Maine Lobster Direct will be able to serve all of North America. Maine Lobster Direct has experienced extensive growth each year, as its sales show. With an extended customer base to serve, owners Lee and Joi Kressbach are offering an updated, full-color version of their “Cooking Guide.” [PRWEB Apr 13, 2005]

I4 Commerce, Retail Decisions sign large
retail chains for payment services

I4 Commerce, Retail Decisions sign large
retail chains for payment services 09/21/2004 04:26 PM
InternetRetailer.com Sep 21 2004 7:58PM GMT

Retail spending will be up this month,
Retail Forward projects

Retail spending will be up this month,
Retail Forward projects 04/09/2005 02:47 AM
InternetRetailer.com Apr 9 2005 6:29AM GMT

Smart Box Design Rolls Out Farkle for
Palm OS Handhelds, a Lively Mobile
Rendition of the Classic Dice Game,
Featuring “Smart” Opponents

Smart Box Design Rolls Out Farkle for
Palm OS Handhelds, a Lively Mobile
Rendition of the Classic Dice Game,
Featuring “Smart” Opponents 09/13/2004 12:34 PM
Smart Box Design announces the release of Farkle, a Palm OS version of the classic dice rolling game. Farkle offers players an opportunity to challenge friends or compete against a variety of “intelligent” computer opponents with a wide range of personalities—from cautious to daring—that will determine the level of risk each opponent is willing to take when deciding just how far to push their luck. [PRWEB Sep 13, 2004]

Economy of Scales: Smart AV Smart
Console

Economy of Scales: Smart AV Smart
Console 12/24/2004 12:16 PM

Once a week, createdigitalmusic's Peter Kirn highlights drool-worthy music and audio creation equipment, from essential to oddball. This week's computer audio control surface, invented by a former magician and priced like a yacht, hits the oddball end.

Attn: Buyers of MAILING LISTs - MORTGAGE
LEADs - BUSINESS LISTs & DIRECT
MARKETING SERVICEs : TOTAL Marketing One
- TMONE launches Direct Mail List and
Sales lead business unit and becomes one
of the most competitive list marketing
agencies.

Attn: Buyers of MAILING LISTs - MORTGAGE
LEADs - BUSINESS LISTs & DIRECT
MARKETING SERVICEs : TOTAL Marketing One
- TMONE launches Direct Mail List and
Sales lead business unit and becomes one
of the most competitive list marketing
agencies. 07/13/2004 03:44 AM
TOTAL Marketing One, an industry leader in the contact center services world announced the creation of a new business unit catering to the needs of all companies in all industries with respect to their marketing list and sales lead needs. [PRWEB Jul 13, 2004]

How smart is Microsoft's smart phone?

How smart is Microsoft's smart phone? 04/13/2004 08:56 PM
ZDNet Apr 14 2004 0:41AM GMT

Who WATCHES movies?

Who WATCHES movies? 09/09/2004 07:19 AM
Cory Doctorow: The sterling satirists of Loading Ready Run have produced a sharp, funny and amazingly true short film in response to the "Who makes movies?" anti-piracy spots that we're subjected to before we see our $10-13 flicks.

This spot, called "Who watches movies?" and features a graphic designer talking about how grossly offensive it is to pay a stack of money, sit through interminable advertisements, then be lectured at in a film made by some distant coked-up Hollyweird fatcat. 4.4MB MP4 Link (Thanks, Paul!)

Martian Watches

Martian Watches 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
24:39 NASA is running their Spirit Martian explorer program on Martian solar time. With the project day running 39 minutes longer than a real day, engineers found they faced difficulties adjusting to this virtual timezone. Their solution was nearly as old as timekeeping itself.

The first five SPOT watches

The first five SPOT watches 01/02/2004 05:00 PM
There's a listing on Microsoft's website of the five different SPOT, or Smart Personal Object Technology, watches which are supposed to hit stores soon. As...

Bespoke martian watches keep 24h, 39m
day

Bespoke martian watches keep 24h, 39m
day 01/09/2004 09:56 PM
Researchers working on the Mars lander are rising and sleeping on Martian Standard Time, the daylight hours on the lander's plot of Mars. The martian day is 24h, 39m long -- which means that the rover crew had to get custom-made timepieces (for "had to," here, read, "thought it would be really cool to") manufactured for them by a master watchmaker.

My next novel, Eastern Standard Tribe, (due out in just a few weeks!) revolves around the way that your sleep schedule determines a lot about your social circle and hence your beliefs, alliegances, and so forth. A friend of mine in DC who used to work for the CIA just read the book and wrote to point out that the military has been running timezone-tribes for years, so that all the people commanding and supporting some distant operational unit are rising and sleeping on a schedule synched with daylight hours in some far corner.

But I bet they don't get cool watches like this one -- someone should manufacture and sell 'em. My sleep-schedule is so scr0d that I would happily wear this thing and abide by what it told me about my circadian. Link (via MeFi)

Jack Watches Your Back

Jack Watches Your Back 05/17/2004 01:34 PM
Jack Chick's tract has become inflamed by homosexuals. "I believe the time will soon come when godless judges will close churches that call being gay a sin." (05-16)

IT industry watches Iowa

IT industry watches Iowa 01/19/2004 07:17 AM
ZDNet Jan 19 2004 12:01PM GMT

Big Brother watches Britain

Big Brother watches Britain 09/01/2004 09:13 PM

Evergreen MP3 Watches For Couples

Evergreen MP3 Watches For Couples 04/15/2005 09:58 AM

Evergreen's new "EG-MPW256CII" offers absolutely nothing over previous MP3 watches, except for perhaps style. Whether or not you determine the style of the watch to be appealing is unrelated. Evergreen offers blue and pink versions of the watch "intended for couples." It will play audio from its 256MB of internal memory for about 10 hours. Let's hope Evergreen was smart enough to give it a second battery for keeping the time.

Product Information [Shanghai Donya]

Watches watch pilots

Watches watch pilots 06/30/2004 12:56 PM
globetechnology.com Jun 30 2004 5:37PM GMT

Martian Watches | Metafilter

Martian Watches | Metafilter 01/11/2004 03:51 AM
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Retro Nintendo Watches

Retro Nintendo Watches 06/06/2005 12:09 AM

Some of my favorite childhood memories involved these big jars of tamales that my dad would buy and that I'd make and eat in bulk coupled with a few minutes of LCD gaming goodness on my old Pac Man watch. As a result, I was a pretty fat kid. Well, I can relive those artery clogging days with these retro watches feature 'tenda favorites like Donkey Kong, Zelda, and G.I. Joe (?). As a rule, these things last about five days before something cracks and then you're out of luck, but it's nice to recapture those low-fi days of yore in these trying times.

Plus, we like anything that shows a little pale belly skin.

Retro Nintendo watches with playable games [T3]

SPOT watches must be switched off for
flying

SPOT watches must be switched off for
flying 01/16/2004 10:57 AM
One thing we hadn't realized about those new SPOT watches: because they have an FM radio receiver built-in, the radio has to be switched off...

Alan Reiter on MSN watches: they will
suck

Alan Reiter on MSN watches: they will
suck 01/23/2004 02:20 PM
Do those MSN SPOT watches stand a chance? Mobile data pundit Alan Reiter says (this) (and this), summarized by BB reader John Troyer:

- They're big and ugly
- They need to be recharged daily
- They crash and sometimes die when shocked with static electricity
- They have to be turned off on planes
- Coverage is spotty compared to pagers and mobile phones
- News blurbs are 25-word useless snippets
- You have to tell MSN when and where you are traveling for it to work away from your home area!
- Nobody's *ever* made money selling generic headlines, weather and sports via wireless.

Reiter also says:

"However, syncing with MS Outlook is useful, and Reiter does believe they could catch on if Microsoft repositions to emphasize the fun aspects: downloadable watch faces, games, etc. ... [The watches] look as if they were designed by the Borg, on a very bad day. Many years ago Motorola introduced its first pager watch, I was there. I was pretty excited about the product. But when I spoke with a Motorola executive, he said the company wasn't sure whether the target market would view the device as a smallest, sexiest pager or as the world's ugliest watch. Unfortunately for Motorola, the view was the latter. Pager watches have generally died quick or lingering deaths. But the operative word is "death."

Link to earlier BoingBoing entry on MSN SPOT Watches

Boardbug Baby Monitor Watches

Boardbug Baby Monitor Watches 08/11/2004 09:58 AM

The Boardbug is a watch-like baby monitor that has two distinct modes. In the first "baby" mode, the devices work like a traditional baby monitor, broadcasting audio from the child's unit to the parent's and even sounding a warning buzzer if the baby outsmarts the latch and takes the unit off. Plus it has a built in thermometer to monitor temperature levels in the baby's room.

The "toddler" mode takes all those features and adds on a proximity-based "safety range" and a panic button, which sounds a startling klaxon so you can easily determine which freeway your child is playing in, but sadly does nothing for the periodic anxiety attacks that come from realizing you've got 16 more years of this shit.

Read - Product Page [BoardBug via CoolHunting via ShinyShiny]

Microsoft MSN wireless watches released

Microsoft MSN wireless watches released 01/23/2004 12:11 AM
BoingBoing pal Mike Outmesguine (/OUT-mess-geen/) says:

These are neat rechargeable watches that feed you weather, headlines, etc. just like your alphanumeric pager did back in 1993. Ironically, I saw the ad on Weather.com. Coverage is sparse. It took me a couple tries on the zip to find the coverage near Los Angeles (hint: 91301 bad, 90066 good.) I have no idea what it's like elsewhere. (I hate zipcode lookup applets that don't give you proximity.) Microsoft MSN site showing all the watches: link. Fossil site for the Dick Tracy watch: link. From the website:

"MSNR Direct is a specialized wireless service that delivers personalized information through enabled watches. Smart Watches with MSN Direct provide you timely, glanceable information conveniently available at the flick of the wrist. Receive accurate time and stay connected to the information that matters most to you including news, weather, sports, stocks, personal messages, appointment reminders, and more. Find everything from a stock quote to the latest sports scores of your favorite team all with a simple glance!"

Sparse details on actual services provided (no games, mp3s or ringtones, apparently), Services include news, weather, stock quotes, appointment reminders, and personal messages. I don't know if I'll give up my Tokyo Flash watch just yet. Maybe I can go retro 80's multi-watch.

link

Why you really have to switch off SPOT
watches while flying

Why you really have to switch off SPOT
watches while flying 01/19/2004 11:43 AM
Reader Dave Boulton says that Microsoft gets it wrong about SPOT watches and flying:The Microsoft service agreement does say they have to be turned off,...

'In Europe you have watches but in
Africa we have time'

'In Europe you have watches but in
Africa we have time' 01/03/2005 08:23 AM
So get in your car and wait

Time Is Now for High Tech Watches

Time Is Now for High Tech Watches 09/27/2004 04:41 AM
G4 Tech TV Sep 27 2004 8:24AM GMT

Microsoft's Spot watches run slow

Microsoft's Spot watches run slow 11/18/2003 09:16 AM
Computer Weekly Nov 18 2003 8:08AM ET

Microsoft Spot watches delayed

Microsoft Spot watches delayed 11/17/2003 06:55 AM
The Register Nov 17 2003 6:31AM ET

Microsoft SPOT Watches Hit Stores

Microsoft SPOT Watches Hit Stores 12/16/2003 06:31 PM

RFID everywhere--dogs, watches, kids

RFID everywhere--dogs, watches, kids 07/23/2004 04:29 PM
ZDNet Jul 23 2004 7:34PM GMT
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