Microsoft Band 2 – Pocketnow Fitness, Episode 1

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

You’d be shocked at the amount of requests we get every day of people asking us to recommend a good wearable for fitness. Surely this is the era of smartwatches and fitness trackers, but not all of these products are good enough to address the needs of people who take fitness seriously. As a result, just like we review smartphones and smartwatches, we decided to create a separate segment that only focuses on the fitness capabilities of wearables. This is Pocketnow Fitness.First off, make sure you read the full review of the

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Amazon UK sells original Microsoft Band at £55 (£115 off list) today only

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

The cross platform-supporting, sensor-packed but cumbersome and now outdated first-generation Microsoft Band has been a deal darling lately, dropping to $100 before the sequel went on sale stateside, and then $80 as the Black Friday – Cyber Monday ...

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Best Buy drops Microsoft Band price even further, to $80 ($120 off list)

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

It’s increasingly hard to get excited about the redesigned Microsoft Band 2 with all the limited and permanent discounts of the original model flying around, and we honestly wouldn’t be surprised if some retailer started giving away for free the 2014 fitness tracker soon.Granted, we’re not quite there yet, but the Microsoft Band that once ...

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Microsoft Band 2 officially goes on sale stateside at $250

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

The Lumia 950 and 950 XL are still listed as “coming soon” in Microsoft’s US online store, with no precise release date announced yet, the Surface Book can be had if you’re willing to wait at least a month, but American fans of all things Redmond should take some solace in seeing the Band 2 put up for sale.Sadly, MS turned a deaf ear to public outcry ...

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Microsoft Band 2 Review: a massive hardware improvement

Posted on by Adam Z. Lein

The original Microsoft Band released last year wasn’t meant to sell too well. It was really just an experiment to see if people would want a sensor-packed high-end health tracking wearable with a few smart-watch functions. You know, something a bit more than a Fitbit, but not as complicated and involved as an app-driven smart-watch. Microsoft had already done their SPOT smart-watch thing back in 2004 and it’s still unclear if enough has changed to make it a viable product category. It turns out the ...

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Original Microsoft Band now available for $100 ($100 off list)

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

More or less functionally identical to the just-unveiled Microsoft Band 2, the decidedly cumbersome first-gen model clearly needs an affordability boost to preserve some minimal mainstream appeal. Originally priced at $200, the 2014 Band dropped to $150 a few months back, then fluctuated between $120 and $150 for a while.Now, at long last, the Microsoft Band is listed for $100 on the Redmond-based manufacturer’s e-outlet, ...

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Where does the Microsoft Band 2 fit in with the competition?

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

There’s no question Microsoft checked almost every box it needed to for its highly anticipated Windows 10-centric event to be deemed an overall success, but not all new devices showcased on Tuesday looked like blockbusters in the ...

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Today’s Microsoft devices got a whole lot right (and a little wrong)

Posted on by Adam Doud

Wow.Do you know how long it has been since I’ve said that after a mobile launch event? It has been a while. Just wow. Too often at mobile events, there is so much rhetoric about “powerful this” and “performance that”, followed by photos of attractive people doing wonderful things all over the world and it all just balls up into the same formulaic press event that you’re probably better off skipping. Just watch the highlights on YouTube, you’ll be fine.Not Microsoft’s event though. Yes, there was rhetoric. Yes there were buzz words. There were even ...

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Watch the Microsoft Windows 10 event here

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Microsoft has “some exciting news to share about Windows 10 devices” later today, and we have the skinny on exactly what to expect on the glitzy New York stage starting 10 AM ET, October 6.While we’ve been lucky enough to score invitations to the actual Lumia 950, 950 XL, Surface Pro 4 and Microsoft Band 2 ...

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Here’s where to watch Microsoft’s big Windows 10-centric event online

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Microsoft has “some exciting news to share about Windows 10 devices” later today, and we have the skinny on exactly what to expect on the glitzy New York stage starting 10 AM ET, October 6.While we’ve been lucky enough to score invitations to the actual Lumia 950, 950 XL, Surface Pro 4 and Microsoft Band 2 ...

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Microsoft rumor roundup: Lumia 950, 950 XL, 550, Surface Pro 4, Band 2, and more?

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

The holiday season is fast approaching, and with Apple, Samsung, LG and Google’s big mobile guns already locked and loaded, we only have Microsoft, HTC and perhaps BlackBerry ...

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Purported Microsoft Band 2 renders reveal polished design, curved display

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

If there’s one thing most Microsoft Band users lamented about Redmond’s otherwise solid rookie wearable effort, it was definitely the activity tracker’s questionable sense of style. Sure, some found the cross-platform-supporting device convenient, or unobtrusive (in a good way), but very few could say the Microsoft Band looked pretty. Fashionable. Elegant.While you may argue inner beauty, affordability and functionality ...

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Microsoft event announcement metadata confirms the hardware we’ve been expecting

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Yesterday we saw Microsoft set a date for its next Windows 10 announcement, and the company was clear that new devices would be on the agenda. With a ton of new hardware we’ve been looking forward to, it was all too easy to rattle off a list of possible launches: Lumia 950, Lumia 950 XL (heck, just a lot of Lumias, period), Surface Pro 4, Microsoft Band 2, and maybe even some surprises. And while we’ve seen ...

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Microsoft schedules October 6 event for new Windows 10 devices

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

When are we finally going to get our hands on Microsoft’s new Lumia smartphones? We’ve got the new iPhones, we’ve got the Galaxy Note 5, and in a couple weeks we might just see the new Nexus phones debut; that leaves Microsoft’s announcement of the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL as one of the last bit handset launches of the season. First we heard rumors about an October 19 event, and then more recent reports

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Save the date: October 19 could see Microsoft unveil new Lumias, Surface Pro 4, and more

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

With each passing day, Microsoft loses another precious opportunity to recover some of the lost ground in the challenging high-end smartphone arena. But if fresh rumors pan out, the Windows Mobile offensive may not be so far on the horizon.The Lumia 940 and 940 XL, alternatively referred to as 950 and 950 XL by certain insiders and codenamed Cityman and Talkman, will likely sit out Berlin’s IFA trade show early next ...

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