Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Fossil closes shop

Fossil has <A HREF="http://www.palmblvd.com/articles/2006/2/2006-2-10-Fossil-Closes-High2.html">taken down its online stores</A> dedicated to Palm OS and SPOT wristwatches. Although the watchmaker hasn't totally given up producing PDA watches--reportedly it will continue to sell Abacus-brand SPOT watches through retailers--this turn of events is the most ominous sign yet for the struggling technologies. Neither type of watch performed well in the marketplace, it appears. While most people are happy to carry around handhelds, smartphones and cell phones that provide the same type of data and automated information updates as these watches, it may have been hard to convince all but the earliest of adopters to give these rather bulky timepieces a go.

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