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next up in the wearable Fitness unboxing is the jawbone up now I really wanted to play with this last season but the first model was pretty much a disaster it was so bad that they stopped selling it pulled it from shelves wouldn't talk about it in public and then have finally released a new version so let's check it out this is very similar to the Nike FuelBand in that it's meant to be worn all the time on your wrist and it does similar functions in terms of tracking activity calculating your calories things like that it is also unfortunately super hard to get out of the box I want to rip the box oh there's tape right here aha oh the tape even has a little arrow that says hey dummy pull here whatever tape down second tape down the arrows are kind of small I thought ha well that was easy okay get to know the up band I like their little get to know thing because the up band is pretty much as simple as it can get there's no screen and there's only one button so they're like hey there's a button right here and an LED right here and you're done all right let's get out of here oh look a little tab that says open I like this I need a lot of instruction getting started is a two-step process get the app activate your band the app is I'm sorry to say only available for iOS much like the Nike FuelBand so if you do want an android solution it's pretty much the Fitbit which unfortunately doesn't sync wirelessly with Android sorry Android guys get the stick once again here's our little job own charger and USB dongle I wish it matched I'm just saying that's kind of tacky what do I do now oh we're gonna lift I love this packaging oh I am delighted by the cleverness of this packaging co-presented like fine jewelry okay so it's pretty much just a little one size fits all snap-on bracelet actually it's not one size fits all I'm sorry it comes in various sizes we ordered the medium and green it also comes in black and maybe some other colors okay so let's see here let's refer back to our where the things are the mode button is literally just this little guy at the end oh there's our LED so apparently it just changes between green and red depending on what it's doing well there's some blue and some flashing maybe that's sinking Oh some red and green flashing I don't know what any of that means maybe once I do the specs will know the jawbone up comes in three sizes small medium large and a variety of colors it has a pretty straightforward interface as you saw it's equipped on the inside with a motion sensor it has the single push-button interface a vibrating motor for notifications the app is only available for iOS 5.1 or greater but you can run it obviously on an iphone and ipod touch or an iPad battery life extremely great you can use it for up to 10 days between charges however you will probably have to plug it in before that because you cannot sync the jawbone up wirelessly at all it has no Bluetooth or Wi-Fi you have to plug it in to sync data and charge it the up works as a pedometer that can also calculate the number of calories that you burn during a day based on your age height and gender it also breaks down your daily activity in terms of how long you've been active your total time active and of course your longest time I don't like the Fitbit the jawbone up band can also track your sleep and see how long it takes you to fall asleep how many times you woke up during the night all based on your movement the ups app allows you to log your meals and of course all of your other activity and this is kind of cool it has an idol alert feature and it will vibrate if it detects that you haven't moved after a predetermined amount of time this is great for somebody who might have RSI and needs a little haptic feedback reminder to get up and move around a little bit the up is water resistant job one says you can actually take a shower while you're wearing it although they don't recommend swimming with it it is a little bit expensive 129 dot 99 cents the new jawbone up is definitely an improvement over the first model and it's stylish and functional I have to say though that for an extra twenty dollars you can get yourself a fuel band which has a screen does all the same data and wirelessly syncs with the iOS app that's a big bonus to me also I'm sorry but would it have killed them to make this the same color because look at this that is ugly if it just came down to the up versus the Fitbit though i think i would go fit fit this guy is much more convenient not as noticeable you don't have to replace your watch with this kind of funky looking thing and it's a little bit cheaper too