With some leaked images from FITBIT about their upcoming ‘Super Wearable’ we might suspect, by looking them, that the end is nigh. (Image Source: yahoo finance) Fitbit is not as dominant as it once was. Many new entrants are attacking from all sides. The low-end of the tracker-market looks flaky (from a profit and risk perspective)…
Another confusingly named vivo-something emerges from Garmin. This time a rather sweet-looking VIVOACTIVE 3 which replaces the Vivoactive HR (aka Vivoactive 2) Here’s another image before I go on to saying why this release is significant for Garmin From the pictures you can see it has Quick Release straps but not those of the…
Demand for wearable gadgets in the pools around the world is increasing, a recent survey– shows in this article written by OVAO Most of the respondents are active swimmers – they train two or more times a week, and their goals are similar: they wish to stay healthy and fit, improve their technique and performance. Nearly…
Today’s announcement of the A370 sports & fitness band does not come as a surprise. Indeed two events mark a coincidence but 3 mark a trend. The A370 is the 3rd such event, being preceded by the M430 running watch and the M460 cycling watch/head unit (review here). You could even add the Polar H10…
Some of the OTHER stuff there was interesting in the WRONG kind of way
You can see from the photos that this is a fitness band or activity tracker of some sort. You probably already know that there is quite a lot of choice in that area. Yet here we have another one, this time from TomTom with their first foray into this particular format of device. What is…
Lots of announcements today of new stuff from TomTom. Let’s start with the SPARK 3 / RUNNER 3. The previous version in the UK was the similarly-looking RUNNER 2 which itself followed the UK’s original RUNNER product. The RUNNER 2 was released in the US as the SPARK (Sept 2015). To cut a long story…
