A report with Reuters suggests that Fitbit is up for sale. The company has hired an investment bank to explore options. One option is to sell out to Alphabet (Google). Fitbit has recently been making some good corporate partnerships to ship its devices and services but I suspect is finding selling its watches to the…
Garmin Fenix 6 – First Runs, Impressions, etc The Garmin Fenix 6 is living up to expectations and a review is well on the way, although it might be in the offing for some time yet. If you were a Fenix 5 or Fenix 5 Plus owner then there’s nothing here to immediately surprise you…
Suunto have just updated the Suunto 9 model with the ability to enable/disable GLONASS on its new Sony GNSS chip. Firmware details: suunto.com The GLONASS enablement is squirreled away in the navigation menu, which is slightly unusual. Perhaps Suunto only see it being worth using in scenarios related to navigation rather than sports performance (ie…
Fitbit have just announced their 3rd quarter results (Source: Fitbit.com). I don’t think there is anything particualrly surprising in there (below and linked). But the key to seeing the signs of success will be in a few months time, or even a year’s time, as the new stuff comes though. Clearly the new ‘stuff’ starts…
A new version of KUBIOS HRV software has just been announced. There is a well-featured free version and a premium version. I would class KUBIOS as ‘advanced’ HRV software. A bit too advanced fro my needs although I did use the previous version a little. 1) Kubios HRV Premium, which is our heart rate variability…
TomTom have just announced an impending update to their mobile app. I was a bit surprised by the image on the right…sometimes locations where I run and cycle. Maybe I secretly work for TomTom? Quickly glancing at some of the official content, below, the app does seem to offer some sensible and significant UI/UX improvements (the…
Over 1.5 billion smart phones to ship worldwide in 2016. See more at http://bit.ly/1LCjX5x Android passed 80% of EMEA smart phone shipments in 2015. (Source: CANALSYS) Apple hit low end of revenue guidance as iPhone units fell 16%. http://tinyurl.com/jb8ycnj RISING SUPERSTAR: 24 consecutive quarters of net revenue growth above 20% for Under Armour … not…
Expect lots of announcements from companies about their software’s compatibility with Windows 10. Polar are the first that I am aware of (credit to them). They report no problems – with one possible exception: The V650. Personally I’d wait and let everyone else sort out the bugs that will inevitably materialise. I’m using Windows 10 on…
Along with today’s announcement of a 2x new Garmin HRMs for water usage (HRM-SWIM HRM-TRI) and the caching of HR data we get the glimpse of a rather nice-looking new model of the 920XT. It looks to only be initially available as a bundle with the new HRMs. The image above is cropped from that. This…
Two new Garmin HRMs are announced July 2015 along with a new black/grey 920XT. Look closely at the centre logo and you will see one version for swimming and one for tri. ——————————————————————————— EDIT: September 2015 – >> Here is my hands-on review << EDIT: October 2015 – >> Here is the new HRM-RUN << ——————————————————————————— Both…
Suunto’s summer updates to firmware are now installed on many of our devices and the recent FIRMWARE for the AMBIT3 range is no exception. Recovery Status, Recovery Time, Quick Recovery Test, Sleep Recovery Test and Running Performance Level now put the AMBIT3 on a par in that particular area with Polar and both slightly edging…
A great day at the office for Gossage and McNamee. Champions. All the plans for super hydration and cooling strategies seem to have been in vain in the super cold weather. That’s possibly why Lucy had some PB efforts in there? Either the weather or the training at any rate!! Bizarrely the awful conditions seem…
