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the newest crop of fitness trackers has something for everyone looking to live healthier all trackers cover the basics counting steps and calories burned but when synced with corresponding apps they can offer detailed data about your activities we definitely want to make sure it works with your phone you want to be a good watch how well does it feel on your wrist and also does it track anything more than steps the new $150 nike fuelband SE displays time calories steps and Nike Fuel which are activity reward points Nike FuelBand is also pretty good in terms of boiling down your activity to a simple number to track over the day it can differentiate whether you're running or practicing yoga and lets users isolate workout sessions so you can start and stop and say during this class I earned exactly this much fuel the Fitbit force tracks steps calories and distance but also includes an altimeter to calculate stairs I think the best band for the money is the Fitbit force it's 129 which is a decent price the Fitbit force is the best cover your bases fitness tracker in terms of wristband comfort the watch the social connectivity and the ease of use Fitbit says you'll eventually be able to receive call notifications on the band if you want an activity monitor that blends into your daily wardrobe there's the one hundred and twenty dollars shine from misfit wearables the misfit shine you don't need to charge the batteries you just pop in a watch battery and it's also waterproof so you can actually wear it while swimming and it looks like a piece of jewelry for the data geek who can do without a display on their wrist there's the recently released jawbone up24 which costs $149 the jawbone up24 is excellent at sleep tracking and does a great round the clock sense of activity and social support but it doesn't have a display it syncs constantly with the app through bluetooth so it can alert you by vibrating the band we can use that as a way to give you feedback throughout the day through notifications that give you a little nudges throughout the day to celebration when you hit your goal those looking to get heart healthy can check out the 100-dollar Whiting's pulse the winnings pulse can clip anywhere also as a heart rate monitor and works with a wide variety of connected apps and devices from Withings like a blood pressure monitor and a scale so there's no excuse to not get in shape in the new year in San Francisco I'm Sumi das cnet for CBS News