Suunto have announced new variants on the Suunto 9, which is the replacement for the Spartan Ultra. There are actually 2 distinct Suunto 9 models as well as various colour/case options so now is as good a time as any to clarify the different hardware competencies. There’s also new firmware 2.4.14 as of 2Oct2018, which…
Garmin have issued a detailed service advisory here (link to:garmin.com). If you do not feel comfortable doing it yourself then you can send them off to be serviced by Garmin. You should also receive a CODE for a free set of UPGRADED battery door covers. If that isn’t enough there is also a firmware v3.50…
Garmin have just announced the Vivoactive 3 Music version. What’s New Music – Deezer, iHeartRadio and your own music files. All music is copied onto the Vivoactive 3 MUSIC for offline playback via bluetooth headphones. That’s it and there is effectively a $50 premium for the MUSIC version. Oh and a very much prettier all-black…
Garmin are about to release a variant of the Vivoactive 3, this time adding Music. Here is the announcement: Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music Here is some detailed speculation based mostly on the 645 Music and the Garmin Vivoactive 3 review Heads Up: This post was published before the formal announcement – the info is correct…
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…
We recently saw what I considered to be ‘OK’ Fitbit financial figures. Unfortunately Fitbit had told the markets to expect more and didn’t deliver. The shares headed South for a while. It looks to me like Fitbit (obviously) knew in advance what the 2017 figures were going to be and so they coincided a…
Suunto today announced the Suunto 3 Fitness, which is a variant on the Suunto SPARTAN Sport WHR (ish). Historically Suunto have created many product variants from a ‘master’ format. No doubt they will continue to do that. I’ve not yet dug deeply enough to discover all the nuances of the Suunto 3 Fitness as January…
It could well be time to put your Vector 2 and Edge 1000 on ebay and get the Visa card out once again. you’ve had them a couple of years and probably deserve a self-treat 😉 Both the new Garmin Vector 3 and new Garmin Edge 1030 are available to pre-order for a September delivery…
Garmin’s likely intentional leak of Vivoactive 3 images recently to the mainstream tech media, as above (Wareable), has been followed today with the specs. The Vivoactive 3 is imminent. The problem is that it looks good. Very good. The problem is that Fitbit are going to be quaking in their ‘will-our-new-product-work?’ boots. IN A SENTENCE Looks good,…
As per FCC ID IPH-03220 here is one of the first images of the new Vector 3 which, err, looks like a pedal. Or maybe it is just a pedal? With power in it. Or it could be the awesome (and probably cheaper) Favero ASSIOMAs from another angle. Hint: It’s not. it’s the Vector 3.…
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…
GPSRUMORS have had some info posted on the impending Vector 3 and Edge 1030 and the images here are hosted on that site. If they are removed from that site they will disappear from this site at the same time. The pod has gone from the Vector 3 though which is a potentially good move. And the…
With the likely announcement of the Vector 3 and 3s later this year, as an upgrade to the already sound Vector 2 equivalents, what can Garmin meaningfully add to their pedal-based power meters?
Really. It’s not very interesting
A new, more accurate Garmin RUNNING DYNAMICS *IS* due soon. Let’s explore what else MIGHT be built around that.
Great news today as my Fenix 3 returns home after a long enforced absence – a ‘friend’ ‘borrowed’ it and ‘forgot’ it was on his wrist! Unfortunately, as you can see from the above image, my 920XT has now ‘gone walkabout’…sigh. 🙂 It was a great time to put the Fenix 3 to my GPS-test-of-doom…
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…
Garmin’s upcoming Fenix 4 is rumoured <here> to have a new and improved EXO-2 antennae. How does this development in the quest for Garmin’s GPS accuracy sit compared to the SPARTAN’s SirfStar V (SirfStar 5) chipset? ** FENIX 4 – Some hardware specs leaked HERE. Certainly there seems to be a mixed bag of opinions on the SPARTAN’s GPS…
adidas just announced that it will not be following up the optical HR enabled miCoach SMART Run GPS watch (2013). Essentially it has pulled out of that part of the hardware market. Note: adidas bought Runtastic and its 70million users for about GBP200m last year! It was/is a nice enough watch with music, colour screen and a…
Suunto Spartan Ultra vs. Suunto Spartan Sport vs TomTom Runner 3. Well, you’d expect two identical lines and one that is a bit different wouldn’t you? Two near-identical Suuntos? Not quite. This is my inadvertent test to belatedly see how the ULTRA handles GPS Ephemeris Data. I’m tapering, so this was a short run (4k) and…
