Gates talks up 'smart' gadgets for the home
SeattlePI | at | by Mike
Touting an array of "smart" watches and portable video players, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is offering further evidence that the world's largest software company sees slick consumer gadgets as computing's future. Gates addressed the opening session of the International Consumer Electronics Show last night. The gathering includes thousands of vendors hawking the latest in everything from televisions to robots.
Next fall, watchmakers Fossil, Citizen and Finland's Suunto plan to begin selling wristwatches equipped with a chip that can receive a constant, low-bandwidth stream of data over the FM radio spectrum, Microsoft officials said.