REVIEW: 2004 Microsoft SPOT Watch Smartwatch
Microsoft SPOT Watch Tissot
The Microsoft SPOT Watch smartwatch was revolutionary, smart, and sexy — at least for technophile geeks. It was also a major commercial failure. The first SPOT Watch models were released to great fanfare in 2004, but new product development ceased only two years later. The SPOT Watch line was officially killed in 2008, with only a few diehard enthusiasts mourning its passing. By the time Microsoft quietly shuttered the network service behind its SPOT technology in 2011, no one seemed to notice. [More ...]