Here's a Windows smartwatch (but it's probably not what you'd expect)

If it has been a rolling begin for Apple and Android smartwatches, it has been a crawl for Windows wearables. Other than the lukewarm reception to the Microsoft Band, the Redmond Company hasn't really invested with abundant within the space.

So it's up to dauntless tinkerers to form the "dream" of a Windows wrist watch come true. Armed with a Raspberry Pi Model A+ and a wrist joint able to take the challenge of carrying the issue, DIY technical school enthusiast Lord_of_Bane of 314REACTOR has managed to squeeze Windows 98 into a do-it-yourself wearable.

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It's not a lot of to look at, and there is not a hell of plenty you'll be able to do with it, however it's an   ingenious bit of amateur engineering withal.

Packing in an exceedingly 2.4-inch touch screen and hopped-up by a 1,000 mAh battery, it is not your papa's Windows 98. Instead, it's is emulating the package victimisation virtual machine software QEMU.

It's enough to urge ship performing on the wrist, then if not a lot of else. however considering the mania close the Nokia 3310 remake and its Snake resurrection, that longing hit is also enough to pique the interest of budding builders.