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hi guys this is Brian Bennett for cnet.com and we are at Mobile World Congress 2013 and we're taking a first look at the mio Alfa now this device is a SmartWatch one of the many products like this to hit the market basically what it does is it has a heart rate monitor built in and it communicates over Bluetooth to your smartphone via any number of fitness apps like Matt my Ron so as you see here it has a screen that is LCD it what's good about that is you can read it in sunlight and in outdoors which some smartwatches have problems with you also have a little LED indicator on the side here on the bottom that will tell you when your heart rate is in your golden zone or if it drops below your normal resting heart rate or if it goes above it and you're kind of in the red zone so you have that there you also have this rubber strap that it's basically silicone around the whole watch and as a matter of fact the whole watch is water resistant so you can go running with it you can even swim with it but the readings probably won't be quite accurate now inside the watch on the underneath on the bottom side are two very strong LED lights basically what they do is they shine into your skin and there's a sensor here that will measure blood flow and similar to other products on the market like the basis fan but the thing about the mio alpha is that it offers very high degree of sensitivity and accuracy so it this device is designed for one thing right now it is all about measuring your heart rate accurately in workouts now the Amelio alpha watch is available now for $1.99 so there you have it folks we just took a first look at the mio alpha I'm Brian Bennett for cnet.com