• DocumentCode
    1046065
  • Title

    A dog named spot [smart personal objects technology watch]

  • Author

    Goldstein, Harry

  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    72
  • Lastpage
    73
  • Abstract
    This article presents the Microsoft SPOT, or smart personal objects technology, a US $129 to $299 digital wristwatch from watchmakers Fossil Inc., Richardson, Texas, and Suunto Oy, Vantaa, Finland. The smart watch gives you weather, stock quotes, sports scores, headline news, one-way instant messages, outlook calendar reminders, and finally, the time and date. Watches deliver and display SPOT content broadcast over a Microsoft network at about 12 Kb/s.
  • Keywords
    information networks; personal information systems; watches; 12 Kbit/s; Microsoft SPOT; Microsoft network SPOT content broadcast; digital wristwatch; headline news; one-way instant messages; outlook calendar reminders; smart personal objects technology; smart watch; sports scores; stock quotes; weather; Air conditioning; Cities and towns; Clocks; Databases; Dogs; Humans; Magnets; Prototypes; Refrigeration; Watches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2004.1317887
  • Filename
    1317887