CNET News - Nike Fuelband SE jumps into crowded fitness gadget market
CNET News - Nike Fuelband SE jumps into crowded fitness gadget market
2013-10-15
it doesn't matter if you're a couch
potato or a gym rat the booming fitness
tracker market is bound to offer a
gadget that suits your needs nike has
announced its new fuelband SE this
updated version costs 150 dollars and
adds a splash of color with the new
fuelband SE we have tightened up our
algorithms and so now we can really
precisely predict all-day activity as
well as get into high intensity ones as
well as low intensity activities users
can also log activities more accurately
people can also retro actively go and
change in activity so if you're doing
something like yoga you can tell it it
was yoga and it will calculate that past
time differently but Nike isn't the only
player in the game Fitbit offers several
options from the zip a basic clip-on
tracker to their latest the force which
has some SmartWatch capabilities they
just introduced a product that's twenty
dollars cheaper and actually hooks up
with your cell phone and shows you when
calls are coming the force runs one
hundred and thirty dollars and can also
tell you how many floors you've climbed
another crowd favorite the 130 dollar
jawbone up features a bendable design
crammed with sensors that track
everything from what you eat to when you
sleep it even logs mood swings the
current design darling of activity
monitors is the 120 dollar shine from
misfit wearables that's worn on your
wrist pocket or as a necklace the new
push band targets fitness buffs worn on
the forearm this one hundred and fifty
dollar device monitors the metrics that
matter most serious athletes if a
healthy heart is your primary concern
the 100-dollar why things pulse is one
of the few devices that offers a
built-in heart rate monitor
the right fitness tracker could nudge
you to kick your activity level up a
notch in San Francisco I'm Sumi das cnet
for CBS News
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