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Microsoft Band 2 stretches its juice with low-power GPS mode

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Stephen Schenck

With Fitbit’s launch of its new Alta band, we’ve got wearables on the mind, but today it’s not just new models that are catching our attention. We’re also checking out the arrival of a new update for one of last year’s models, as Microsoft delivers some new features for its own wearables, updating its Microsoft Health companion app and helping the Band 2 stretch its battery life to new lengths.While ...

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Fitbit introduces Alta, new fitness tracker with premium band options

Posted on February 3, 2016February 3, 2016 by Stephen Schenck

Is there still room for a dedicated fitness tracker in your life? Between widening adoption of full-fledged smartwatches, and all the sensor data our phones are capable of gathering themselves, you might think that traditional activity trackers were at risk of becoming a hard sell, but for a lot of users, their compact sizes, laser-focused feature set, and affordable price tags have continued to make them an attractive proposition. Today

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Smartwatch sales four times slower than activity trackers in Q1

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Anton D. Nagy

Wearable devices are increasingly popular among technology enthusiasts. However, the smartwatch is just one of the products in the wearables category, and, apparently, it is performing worse on the market than other wearable solutions.According to a Digitimes report based on numbers from ABI Research, the activity tracker is outselling the smartwatch. The ratio is four-to-one in the activity tracker’s favor. 2.35 million activity trackers were shipped in the first quarter of the year, meaning that those who bought a smartwatch were less than 600,000.“Activity Trackers are ...

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LG shares release details for Lifeband Touch, Heart Rate Earphones

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

The LG G3 may be the company’s next product that’s got everyone’s attention, and we just brought you the new official teaser video to keep your interest up as we approach the company’s May 27 launch event, but that’s not the only new hardware from LG we’ve been waiting for. And no, we’re not talking about the G Watch, either; instead, we’re turning back the clock to CES in January, when

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Samsung schedules health-focused event; will we see new wearables?

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

We’ve been spending a fair share of time lately talking about wearables, and given their increased presence on the mobile scene this year, that’s hardly surprising. Most recently, we’ve been looking at Samsung’s Gear Fit, just one of the many new additions to the company’s selection of smartwatches and fitness trackers. Now we’re checking out invites to an upcoming Samsung event that aims to start a “conversation ...

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Samsung Activity Tracker surfaces in Germany: pricing, specs revealed

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

For the past couple weeks, we’ve been following the story of a Samsung wearable that isn’t a Gear smartwatch, nor the Gear Fit tracker. It first came to our attention due to some FCC paperwork, and the model number revealed there showed a connection to the S Circle name. Then late last we week we heard about an “S Band” that sure seemed to be this same S Circle device, as revealed in some seemingly official Samsung documents. Even then, though, ...

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