Microsoft launched the smart watch spot 10 years ago

Microsoft Spot Phoenix Technology news Beijing time September 6, Samsung, Qualcomm recently set off a wave of smart watch craze, but technology blog Gigaom reported that Microsoft is in fact the originator of Smart watch, the software giant launched the smart watch spot in 2004. Spot is a shorthand for smart personal device technology, which uses FM FM waves to transfer useful information to devices. Depending on the choice, the user pays a subscription fee of USD 39 to 59 USD per year. Cafes, weather forecasts, and alarm clocks can all be displayed on the spot's small screen. Day Shuttle, Fossil, Suunto and other brands have sold this watch, Fossil Abacus models priced at about 150 U.S. dollars. Users can choose a variety of spot dials according to their preferences, with the help of FM FM, users can listen to 12 channel information from the Information Broadcast service MSN Direct, including sports, news, weather, stock market and so on. Friends on MSN can also send information to the spot, but cannot reply. However, the timing of the spot's launch was inappropriate. In the case of mobile broadband, Microsoft had to rely on FM-FM waves to deliver data. Few people want to buy a watch that only receives limited data from 12 channels. In the end, Microsoft announced the end of its support for the spot platform in 2008. (Compiling/Xiao Yu)