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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