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now the flex was actually announced at CES and it's been surprisingly hard to get a hold of its fitbit's first foray into the wearable space taking on the Nike FuelBand I think they discovered that a weird little thing that clips onto your clothes and gets lost all the time is actually not a winner all right let's get it out of here it says do not load our transport package if damage because the lithium-ion batteries so I hope it's not damaged because we flew it to Vail and I flew for you purists in the unboxing world the whole box okay Fitbit return information just in case hopefully we won't need that a very very very swollen up packaging thing because we went on the airplane don't go anywhere little balloons and then after all that it's just this little deal II point ok box over there we got the kind of slate blue color that's kind of attractive actually it's good-looking it looks at first less a little more attractive than the fuel band I mean the fuel band has that kind of punk rock matte black thing going for it but this is very stylish and that whoa and it all comes apart so it's pretty easy to unbox that's good news see what's in there an extra band ok this is kind of a weird thing about the Flex it actually comes with two bands they're two different sizes I personally find this a little bit wasteful because could you just I could order like a small one or a large one I know how big my wrist is cuz this one's just gonna get thrown away I think Oh what else in here it has this tiny little USB dongle for wireless charging it can also thankfully because this is a big complaint about previous fitbit's wirelessly sync with your phone over bluetooth but it can only do it with iPhone and with some Samsung Galaxy phones not the whole Android family kind of a letdown and then you still need this little guys you're gonna have to use up a USB slot if you want to wirelessly sync it's close not perfect but we're getting closer from that and then here's the little charging cable for the actual tracker because the actual tracker is just this little small this tiny little tracker thing just goes inside the band actual band doesn't have any of the technology in it that's it for the box let's do the specs the Fitbit flex tracks your steps your calories consumed and your sleep which is kind of cool it has obviously a wristband design with a little LED screen the lights show you how much progress you're making toward your daily goal there is Bluetooth 4.0 syncing it can only do direct sync with iPhone Samsung Galaxy s3 or galaxy note the Flex software on the phone gives you ways to analyze all your stats and people love all that data the Flex band is water-resistant so you can wear it in the shower or in the rain and Fitbit says it can also be submerged for up to 33 feet presumably that means you could go swimming with it it comes with a USB cable and a socket adapter the battery life according to Fitbit is five to seven days depending on usage the Flex also has a vibration motor so it vibrates whenever you hit your daily goal and you can also set a wake-up alarm so it will gently wake you up with vibration the Flex cost $99.95 so at first blush the Flex looks promising it fixes a lot of the problems with the original Fitbit people love that cool Fitbit data collection and this band is attractive it's lightweight and it's water-resistant so I have high hopes for it now I'm going to take it on a little bit more of a complete road test and get it a little bit dirty meanwhile head on over to Sina and read our editors full review for what they think is well