Citizen May Pull Out Of Microsoft's SPOT

It's looking like our belief that Microsoft's SPOT datacasting-to-wrist watches idea was destined for failure may have been, well, spot on. Last week we mentioned that it had been delayed (it was originally supposed to be launched this week), and now comes a report that watch maker Citizen may be ditching the idea altogether, having come to the realization that maybe there really isn't a market for watches that deliver the latest weather news.

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