Buoyed by the growing popularity of fitness trackers and the Apple Watch, the worldwide wearable device market showed a notable increase in Q4 2015. As per the International Data Corporation (IDC)Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, vendors shipped 27.4 million units in the Q4 2015, a 126.9 percent increase from the year before.
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Garmin, the popular wearable maker has announced Vívoactive HR, a GPS smartwatch with Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate technology. It keeps track of activities like counting steps and floors climbed, intensity minutes, monitoring sleep.
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Garmin has announced the vivofit 3 fitness tracker, successor of last year’s vivofit 2, at the MWC 2016 in Barcelona. It has Move IQ that captures different activities, such as walking, running, biking, swimming and using an elliptical, to view on Garmin Connect. It is water resistant to 50 meters, has one-year battery life and comes with a range of colorful interchangeable accessory bands, designs from the Garmin Style Collection and new styles from the Jonathan Adler + Garmin line. Continue reading “Garmin vivofit 3 activity tracker announced for $99.99”
Xiaomi launched its Mi Band in India back in April last year for Rs. 999, later in November it launched the White LED edition with only White LED light, compared to multicolored LED lights in the original version for Rs. 799. Xiaomi has announced that starting from today, the Mi band White LED edition will be available through open sale, without registrations. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band (White LED) goes on open sale in India, available for Rs. 799”
Misift had entered India in September last year with the Shine fitness tracker which we have already reviewed. The company introduced the Shine 2, second generation of the fitness tracker and sleep monitor in October in the US for $99.99. We have got our hands on the Shine 2, so let’s see what does it has to offer and if the device is worth its price tag of $99.99, in this review. Continue reading “Misfit Shine 2 Review”
Intex has launched FitRist, the company’s first fitness smart band, few months after launching its iRist smartwatch. The FitRist tracker has a 0.86-inch OLED display, uses Bluetooth to pair with Android or iPhone, lets you track steps, distance traveled, calories burnt and monitor quality of sleep. It also offers notifications for incoming calls, control music and use it as a remote shutter for the phone’s camera. Continue reading “Intex FitRist activity and sleep tracker with OLED display launched for Rs. 999”
Microsoft Band 2 has received a new update which brings some additional functionality to the activity tracker. The second generation Microsoft Band 2 is getting GPS power saver mode, weight tracking and more
Fitbit today introduced Alta, its latest slim, sleek and fashionable fitness tracker. It has satin finish, stainless steel body and has a range of optional stylish interchangeable bands in multiple popular colors and premium materials. In addition to activity, exercise and sleep tracker, it offers reminders to move to motivate you to stay active throughout the day, while providing visual feedback on your progress and keeping you connected with the smart notifications. Continue reading “Fitbit Alta sleek and fashionable fitness tracker announced, coming to India in March for Rs. 12999”
Samsung released the Gear Fit fitness tracker at the MWC 2014. It did not release any new fitness trackers last year, instead it introduced several smartwatches in the Gear S2 series. Couple of months back there was a report that said that Samsung is working on a entry-level activity tracker with the model number SM-R150. Now Tizen Cafe (Via) has posted images of the upcoming Samsung Gear Fit 2 activity tracker.
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This week, Chinese smartphone company Coolpad launched a smaller variant of its popular Note 3 in India as Coolpad Note 3 Lite. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Coolpad Note 3 Lite, Lenovo A7000 Turbo, Xiaomi Redmi 3, Note 3 Pro and more”
ENRG, a lifestyle electronics company has launched Actiwear, a fitness band and sleep monitor. The smart band tracks activities, workouts, calories burned, distance traveled and sleeps patterns.
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This week kicked off with some big Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2016 announcements and few equally big launches here in the country. Checkout our full coverage from Las Vegas and India below. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: CES 2016 Announcements, Lenovo K4 Note, Microsoft Surface Pro 4 in India and more”
Fitbit announced Blaze, its latest smart fitness watch at the CES 2016. We are live at the event and got our hands on the watch, so let’s take a look at its hardware and specs. Continue reading “Fitbit Blaze Smart Fitness Watch Hands On and Photo Gallery”
Garmin India has launched Forerunner 235 and Forerunner 230, two new GPS Running Watches with smart features. These have activity tracking to track the distance, pace, time, and more throughout the day and can also monitor your sleep. The Forerunner 235 has wrist-based heart rate sensor that tracks your heart rate 24/7. Both these offer notifications such as incoming email, text messages, call alerts, calendar reminders and more when connected to a smartphone. Continue reading “Garmin Forerunner 230 and 235 GPS Running Smartwatches launched in India, starts at Rs. 22990”
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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