Microsoft: See SPOT run on your wrist
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft has revealed details of its wireless service for personal devices as it tests the network prior to the availability of products due in the fall. As expected, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant on Thursday announced a wireless service, called MSN Direct, and pricing for its Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) initiative. The service is running and is being tested in eight U.S. cities, with the goal being to have the service available in 100 cities.
SPOT products are household and personal items--such as refrigerators or portable stereos--that can receive and display information from the Internet beamed over a nationwide FM radio network. With SPOT, for example, your alarm clock could have informed you about Martha Stewart's legal problems after you pushed snooze.