Suunto Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amer Group Plc, has started a R&D cooperation with Microsoft Corporation. The cooperation covers the development of Microsoft Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) enabled sports wristops.
As a result of the cooperation Suunto will launch a new Suunto N series of wristop computers that use wireless technology to receive short messages and user specific information from the Internet. In the data transmission, radio frequencies are being used.
Suunto N series will be offered in the North American markets and it is scheduled to reach US retail markets by the end of 2003. The radio receiver solution developed by Microsoft is available in the 100 biggest cities in the USA and Canada