By Parmy Olson

 

Microsoft is gearing up to launch a wearable device within the next few weeks, Forbes has learned. The gadget is a smart watch that will passively track a wearer’s heart rate and work across different mobile platforms. It will also boast a battery life of more than two days of regular use, sources close to the project say.

That could put it ahead of Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smart watch and Moto 360 which both need to be charged around once a day. The wearable will hit stores soon after launch in a bid to capture the lucrative holiday season, a timeline Apple  was reportedly targeting before it delayed its own Watch to early 2015.

 

   http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/10/19/microsoft-wearable-smartwatch/

 

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