{"id":2166,"date":"2013-05-01T06:03:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T00:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fusioninformatics.com\/blog\/?p=2166"},"modified":"2022-05-11T14:05:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T08:35:23","slug":"microsoft-reportedly-preparing-to-jump-on-the-smartwatch-bandwagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fusioninformatics.com\/blog\/microsoft-reportedly-preparing-to-jump-on-the-smartwatch-bandwagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Reportedly Preparing To Jump On The Smartwatch Bandwagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Apple, Google, LG, and Samsung are all reportedly working on wrist-worn computing devices behind closed doors, and it seems like that little club of big companies may soon get another member. If a new report from the Wall Street Journal is to be believed, Microsoft has been in touch with an undisclosed number of suppliers who have apparently been tasked with delivering components for a smartwatch-like device that supports touch input.<\/p>\n<div id=\"module-post-detail\">\n<div>\n<p>Now that\u2019s not to say that such a Microsoft smartwatch is a done deal just yet. The Journal\u2019s sources couldn\u2019t confirm that it would ever actually see the light of day, and I\u2019d wager that\u2019s because the folks in Redmond aren\u2019t exactly sure themselves. After all, some of the company\u2019s most intriguing potential products died ignominious deaths after being stuck in the research and production pipeline. Remember the Courier? The curious dual-screen tablet was apparently very far along (according to CNET, an employee who worked on Courier said it could\u2019ve been completed in \u201cmonths\u201d) before Microsoft announced its demise in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t help that the nascent smartwatch market has proven to be a tough one to crack. After all, the prospect of delivering a compelling user experience on a wrist-worn gadget isn\u2019t a new one, and only a few of those devices (like the Pebble) could be considered anything close to successful.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft knows this all too well \u2014 the Redmond-based company debuted its SPOT (\u201cSmart Personal Objects Technology\u201d) data delivery service back at CES 2003, and it wasn\u2019t long before watchmakers like Fossil, Suunto, and Tissot began folding SPOT into their own timepieces. Microsoft toyed around with at least one SPOT watch concept of its own, but as a company that was devoted largely to its software endeavors, it seemed more than happy to leave the finicky business of building watches to others before ultimately killing SPOT in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not exactly the Microsoft we know today though. Early, fruitful hardware projects like the XBox and its successful successor have paved the way for a Microsoft that\u2019s much more willing to take calculated chances on hardware. One could argue that devices like the Zune and Surface\/Surface Pro tablets are more reactions to shifts in the consumer tech industry rather than game-changing innovations in their own right, but that\u2019s not necessarily a problem when it comes to mass market gadgetry.<\/p>\n<p>The winner isn\u2019t usually the company that does things first, it\u2019s the company that does things best. 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