David McNamee
12-11-2003, 04:15 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.microsoftmonitor.com/archives/001972.html' target='_blank'>http://www.microsoftmonitor.com/archives/001972.html</a><br /><br /></div>This is a bit off-topic, but Microsoft's Smart Personal Object Technology is a wonderful complement to Smartphones. This is one of the products that I am most excited about seeing on the market soon. Using the MSN Direct service, you will be able to have customized information wirelessly delivered to your wristwatch. Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg has been using a pre-release version of a SPOT watch for the last month:<br /><br />"Overall, SPOT is an amazing concept, it shows the power that software has to transform already useful objects into objects that provide even better functionality. There was clearly a lot of thought put into the design of the functions. The watch makes no attempt to view or edit Excel files, you can't even store your contacts on it. But that kind of contextual responsibility is one of the things that make this design work. Highly recommended."<br /><br />More information about SPOT and MSN Direct can be found <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/spot">here</a>.