HTC and Under Armour announce UA Healthbox for $400

HTC has teamed up with Under Armour and announced UA Healthbox at CES 2016. The UA Healthbox is a fitness kit that comprises of UA Band (fitness band), UA Heart Rate(heart rate monitor) and UA Scale (smart scale).

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Fitbit Blaze Smart Fitness Watch announced, coming to India in March for Rs. 19999

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Fitbit today introduced Blaze, its latest smart fitness watch at the CES 2016. It has a color touchscreen with a variety of clock faces, automatic exercise recognition, tracks steps, distance, calories and floors climbed, keeps tabs on your sleep, and can wirelessly sync with your phone or computer. It also offers smartphone notifications and music controls once connected to a smartphone, similar to the Fitbit Surge. You can also accept and reject calls directly from Fitbit Blaze when connected to a compatible smartphone. Continue reading “Fitbit Blaze Smart Fitness Watch announced, coming to India in March for Rs. 19999”

Misfit Ray fitness tracker and sleep monitor launched, price starts at $99.99

Misfit has launched Misfit Ray fitness tracker and sleep monitor that is cylindrical in shape and comes with an aluminum body. In comparison the Shine activity trackers sport a circular design.

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Weekly Roundup: 70-inch 4K Mi TV 3, massive 6050mAh battery smartphone, Asus Zenfone Go 4.5 and more

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The last week of 2015, Xiaomi announced a new Mi TV 3 with a massive 70-inch 4K (3840 x 2160 pixels) display from Sharp. It introduced the 60-inch Mi TV 3 with a 11.6mm metal frame back in October, the new 70-inch version has a slightly thicker 12.9mm aluminum alloy frame and it is 38.6mm at its thickest. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: 70-inch 4K Mi TV 3, massive 6050mAh battery smartphone, Asus Zenfone Go 4.5 and more”

Swipe F-Band fitness and sleep tracker launched for Rs. 1499

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Swipe has launched FBand, its first health and sleep tracker that can track your steps, calculate calories burned and monitor your sleep. It can connect to your smartphone via Bluetooth so that you can view all the data. It also has silent vibration alarm and also vibrates to notify you when you receive a call. It has a small display that shows all the important data. Continue reading “Swipe F-Band fitness and sleep tracker launched for Rs. 1499”

Misfit Shine Review

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Today, market is filled with a range of fitness trackers, and each of them have their own unique features. Misfit is one such company that makes fitness trackers, and we have got our hands on one of its devices which is called Shine. The company made its foray into Indian market in September this year with Misift Shine, Misfit Flash and Misfit Link fitness trackers.  Let’s see if this is the fitness tracker for you.

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New Microsoft Band gets music controls, activity reminders and more

The recently launched Microsoft Band has received a bunch of new features in latest update. The fitness activity tracker will now allow users to control music, set movement reminders and so on.

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Global wearables market soars 197.6% in Q3 2015: Report

The worldwide wearables market grew 197.6% in Q3 2015, according to the latest report from IDC. The total shipment volume for the quarter came to 21.0 million units up from the 7.1 million units shipped in Q3 2014.

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Weekly Roundup: Lenovo Vibe S1, HTC One A9, Desire 828, Redmi Note 3, Obi Worldphone SF1 and more

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This week kicked off with the launch of Lenovo’s first dual-selfie camera phone – the Lenovo Vibe S1. The smartphone boasts of an 8-megapixel front-facing camera along with the secondary 2-megapixel depth-sensing camera,which according to company will be able to deliver crisp images and advanced depth of field including background blur, background swap and improved low-light results. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Lenovo Vibe S1, HTC One A9, Desire 828, Redmi Note 3, Obi Worldphone SF1 and more”

Huawei Honor Band Z1 goes on sale in India for Rs. 5499

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Huawei launched the Honor Band Z1, sleep and fitness tracking band in India last month. It has a 1.06 inch (128 x 128 pixels) OLED display, looks like a smartwatch and shows time. It has brushed metal bezel around the dial and doesn’t have any physical buttons. It works with both Android and iOS devices, shows message notifications and incoming call alerts. Continue reading “Huawei Honor Band Z1 goes on sale in India for Rs. 5499”

Movado announces 3 new smartwatches – iOS and Android compatible

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Movado, the contemporary luxury watch maker has just announced three new smartwatches. These are not smartwatches in the traditional sense as they do not have screens. But instead, they are analog watches that have smart functions.

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BioPhone app will track your pulse even when your phone is in your pocket

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If you are someone who dislikes wearing or carrying fitness trackers or simply does not want to invest in a tracker then this should be good news for you. Researchers at MIT have come up with a way for you to track you pulse using just your smartphone even if it is not in your hand.

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HTC Grip wearable fitness tracker delayed till Q1 2016

HTC announced Grip, its GPS enabled wearable fitness tracker at the MWC 2015 in partnership with Under Armour. Earlier this year HTC said that it will launch the fitness tracker later this year. Recent reports said that HTC has scrapped the Grip, now the company has confirmed that it will launch early next year. Continue reading “HTC Grip wearable fitness tracker delayed till Q1 2016”

Misfit Shine 2 Fitness Tracker and Sleep Monitor announced for $99.99

Misfit has announced Shine 2, the next generation of Shine Fitness and Sleep Monitor. The successor of the Shine, Shine 2  tracks activity and sleep more accurately with a 3-axis accelerometer and newly added 3-axis magnetometer.

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Polar A360 fitness tracker with heart rate monitor launched for $199.95, available in November

Polar, the popular maker of GPS watches has launched Polar A360 fitness tracker that comes with a heart rate monitor. The device sports a heart rate measurement-based training guidance along with the 24/7 activity tracking.

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