Confused? Some Pointers – I’ll Keep It Brief Here’s a quick overview to cover where some of the newer, innovative fitness products fit for different kinds of people. Many people probably don’t appreciate the difference between a fitness watch, a sports watch and a smartwatch let alone how various straps and rings fit into those…
Garmin Vivoactive 4 Specifications | VA4, VA4s, Venu | VA3M Comparison
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…
Garmin Vivoactive 3 Review In this Garmin Vivoactive 3 Review we take a detailed look at Garmin’s attempt to take on Apple’s Watch, Samsung’s Gear and Fitbit’s Ionic. The Garmin Vivoactive 3 enters new territory for Garmin with Garmin Pay. But will Garmin’s existing app store, their sporting prowess and this fledgling payment system be…
The title offers a lot of promise but I’m afraid it’s going to end up being a little bit negative about the Garmin Vivoactive 3. Although not about its touchscreen surprisingly. I was very excited when the Garmin Vivoactive 3 arrived a couple of weeks back. The previous Vivoactive HR, in its day, had a…
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,…
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…
After the awful-looking VIVOSMART HR Garmin have just announced the confusingly similarly named VIVOACTIVE HR (not to be confused with the also-announced VIVOFITT 3) Don’t get the two err three (or is it two?) confused. The VIVOACTIVE HR ticks ALL the right boxes. GPS, optical HR (ELEVATE technology), many sports, proper activity tracking and a…
Some very interesting stuff on the Garmin investor’s blog. More info on some apps that are being developed for CONNECT IQ – including MOXY and their muscle oxygen sensor (a probably better alternative to taking blood from your ear when doing blood lactate testing) The VIVOACTIVE – great display. Plenty of fitness and lifestyle aps…
