Year 2005 saw a few, what can be called the next generation watches from Swatch, Sunno and Fossil, which offered services broadcasted by MSN Direct Wireless Service. Though Microsoft put in lot of money into launching its Wireless Service and a lot of press attention was given to these gadgets, they failed to do well in the market place. Some of the main reasons for the failure were that a subscriber had to pay an extra $60 a year to subscribe to the MSN Direct Service (though it’s not too much of money, it’s definitely not a must have for everyone, not for most of the commoners at least), and also those watches were really huge and clunky, which suits a teenagers mindset but not the mindset of a professional.The initial failure gave birth to ABAcus Smart Watch 2006, (why 2006? May be because the phone was released during the year 2006). This powerful wristwatch is not just a gadget that displays time, but it gives you most recent updates on weather, sports, stocks and investments, political and world news, and much more information from MSN Direct. Moreover this watch can also obtain can receive double the amount of data and faster updates than the previous model and is highly cost effective too.
Abacus Smart Watch 2006 is 2 mm thicker than the previous generation of smart phones, and yes 2 mm makes a huge difference when it comes to phones. The watch band has inbuilt Antenna which receives the FM signals too. With memory almost doubled now, you do not need to worry about running out of memory and can subscribe to almost all the channels available. And the battery life too has been improved. Earlier one needed to recharge every 3 – 4 days, but now you can push these watches for flat 6 or more days., an added advantage to all those who travel a lot.
All this comes at $180, with one year’s free subscription. If you like what you get out of your watch then you can continue the annual subscription to MSN Direct for just $40, which is 33% lesser than their initial offering $60.