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The War for the Wrist: Microsoft Releases the Band (Video)

Skydiving and baby-cradling ensues.

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The new Microsoft Band — a smartwatch fitness life tracker email pinger that probably will be most useful as an alarm clock and maybe as a pedometer — is out.

Meaning the war for the wrist is hotter than ever, and I still don’t have any friends who wear these things.

A voice-over starts: “Life is made up of moments. How many do we miss?”

Skydiving and baby-cradling ensues.

https://twitter.com/Microsoft/status/527807859417808896

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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