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Spot Off

Way back in October of 2006 I commented on my decision first to not renew my MSN Direct subscription for my SPOT watch, and second to not trade up to a new 2nd generation SPOT watch. As I noted at the time, the SPOT model was challenged by betting on the watch and by betting against cellular data models.

Apparently I wasn’t alone.

Microsoft has announced that they are discontinuing the SPOT watch program. Michael Mace has an excellent write-up on the whole SPOT story at Mobile Opportunity. It’s worth checking out.

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2 Responses to “Spot Off”

  1. McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Can you tell the difference? Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 5:52 am

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    July 3rd, 2009 at 8:44 am

    [...] in, whether they be linked via satellite to the national atomic clock, or even Microsoft’s failed “SPOT” technology.  Or my most recent exciting edition - a GPS-based exercise [...]

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