‘Cat’, ‘Pigeons’ … throw one amongst the other and we have something interesting on our hands. Garmin have just announced a new regional (Chinese) variation of the aging Garmin Forerunner 235 (review ed here). It’s the Garmin Forerunner 235 Lite or 235L. Source: Jiaqi Yao – Thank You Strikingly, the ELEVATE sensor is updated to…
One of the CIQ Summit headlines is showcasing of some new CIQ2.4 apps like Yelp, Trailforks, GU and MySwimPro. Broadly speaking, CIQ covers apps and additional functionality for: health and fitness wearables, cycling computers and also hand-held devices.There have been about 54million CIQ downloads which means that DWMAP accounts for about 1% of the total; bringing…
Garmin are on a roll. With Garmin’s 2018 cycling products you can take that headline literally as well as metaphorically. At the end of this post are the headline specs of all 3 devices – the old Garmin Edge 520, the new Edge 520 plus and the new Garmin Edge 130. The headline specs are…
A New 2018 Multisport/Tri Watch is revealed, although NOT for the first time. You can buy it now if you know where to look. We look at its GPS accuracy as well as the accuracy of the high-end Garmin Forerunner 645 Music.
April is getting very exciting. Being British that will normally manifest itself with a comment like ‘yeah, it’s alright at the moment I suppose. I hadn’t really thought about it‘. But I’ve already used the word ‘EXCITING’; and ‘AWESOME’ wouldn’t go amiss either. Perhaps I really do have American roots? Anyway. I’ve run out of…
It seemed worth saying. TomTom is NOT up for sale. Source: TomTom.com EBIT -Eu200m 2017… ouch (link to:TomTom.com) Edit: Correction
This is an alert of reviews and content to follow in April as well as an update of some of the changes being made on this site. All of the social media side of sites like this is ever-changing. The idea of what the ‘best’ overall solution might be, changes too. For example, I recently…
I was inspired by dcr’s post yesterday on Skydio’s R1 sports drone. I was inspired to at least go and watch some Youtube videos on the subject as it doesn’t really hold that much interest for me BUT, having said that, the specific idea of a sporty-me-following drone sounded cool. I just fancied the one-off…
RunScribe Plus and STRYD have been in short supply recently. so much so that you have possibly not been able to get hold of one. Fear not, salvation is close to hand (foot). RunScribe Plus is now definately back shipping in the USA and hopefully soon to follow in the UK. I know that STRYD…
Just shy of £400, you can now get your hands on the Forerunner 645 Music from Amazon in the UK. It’s been more widely available in the USA on Amazon for a while Still at that price, using a British saying, this must be the best thing since sliced bread. I’m not so sure. Maybe…
The new Garmin Edge 130 will probably be announced very soon (link to: fcc, thank you RB) ——————————————————————————————————- A Look At The Specs – Linked to below EDIT: 520 vs Edge 130 vs Edge 520 PLUS Comparison Specs – Not a review ——————————————————————————————————- Shock ! It’s going to be an entry-levelish bike computer 😉 We’ve…
Fitbit have announced their new and more populist smartwatch. More populist than 2017’s Fitbit Ionic and more populist than the somewhat niche Fitbit Ionic Adidas. Welcome to the Fitbit Versa at $199. It is designed to look somewhat similar to the Apple Watch. People obviously like the Apple Watch so maybe similar looks are not…
Strain and recovery wearable, the WHOOP strap, recently announced series 3 funding of $25million. WHOOP have got some serious heavy-weights on their board including exc-PUMA and ex-UBER execs. Not to mention significant levels of usage amongst high-profile NBA and NFL players. Source: whoop.com and sporttechie Resources: WHOOP manual Detailed review: below WHOOP Review:…
Garmin have just announced a new TACTIX CHARLIE model for April 2018 release. At a list price of US$645 it’s $100 more than the Fenix 5X. After the Chronos, this must make it Garmin’s (second) most expensive endurance watch. Q: But is it really an endurance watch? A: Yes. The TACTIX CHARLIE is pretty much…
Fitbit have just announced that they are acquiring TWINE Health with the deal likely closing in Q1. It confirms one of the ways forwards for Fitbit will be targeting corporate users. So this in itself is NOT a move towards more medical-grade devices from Fitbit. But it makes sense if they can leverage Twine’s existing…
For those of you looking to improve the stability of the watts in your Garmin Running Power numbers then the new STRYD Light (STRYD Live) could be a sensible way forwards for a half the cost of the full STRYD solution. This particular approach might be useful if you have already built up some history…
The Dalian Wanda Group owns Ironman (acq. 2015) and other diverse global interests, including property. It’s a huge, privately owned company, and successful with it, despite Wanda revenues falling last year by 10%. The company has large global ambitions but those MAY have been tempered by 2017’s government ‘crackdown’ on foreign investment. Which may, in…
Garmin have requested the approval of a change made to at least some of the Fenix 5 range with this request to the FCC for a ‘permissive’ change (Source: https://t.co/XAS419ZPNj via R Black) A Class II Permissive Change is requested for this product because the 2.4 GHz antenna was redesigned to provide higher EIRP for…
Lezyne have just announced an update for their Year10 (2017) devices. Basically , the ones i the picture above. If you have an earlier model like the plain Super GPS (as opposed to ENHANCED Super GPS) then the last firmware for you was in December 2016 – you can safely assume you won’t be getting…
It looks pretty cool doesn’t it? Similar in looks to the Garmin Forerunner 935. Perhaps that was intentional? Who knows? Actually a more important question might be “Who knows what this product(s) is actually called?”. I’ve put all the name variants in the headline and could be wrong but here’s my take I thought that…
