I worked on the SPOT watch for a year and half. I worked on the team that designed and coded the Sports, Movies, Daily Diversions, Horoscopes, and Lottery Channels. The technology was interesting and the possibilities were endless.
My favorite feature? Downloadable watch faces. Maybe I’m nuts, but it was the feature that was really personal, relevant, and fun. Watch Faces was the ring tones of watches. It was pretty easy to implment new ones and the results always made people smile. I think I’d probably buy a watch that just offered me the opportunity to change the face every month to one I selected from a set (the personalization and choice are really key–which is why we changed the model). Imagine the possiblities if the watch ever goes color or if Microsoft opens up the platform…
Sure, I liked the other channels. Hey, I’m a huge Sports fan (and when I was in Seattle, I was an out-of-towner sports fan). And the rumored traffic channel would be a killer app (you won’t find this guy leaking any inside info). But the beauty of the Downloadable Watch Faces are the simplicity and relevance that you just can’t argue with.
Oh, and while I’m thinking about it, i want to give a shoutout to Mick (SplaTT) Stanic, since he showed some love many months ago in his blog for our efforts.
joel
