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hello I'm the west way to cnet's here at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we're taking a look at sony's new smart band let's investigate every company seems into making these wearable fitness trackers at the moment and sony is no different I like the design of this one it's very simple and it has this pleasant soft touch rubber feel to it now the smart band actually comes in two bits there's the rubber wristband that goes around your wrist and then if I pop this open you can see it's got this little sensor box on the inside now sony calls this the core so what can the smart band do well it measures your steps and it talks to your phone building up a life log a whole database profile of your activity you examine that using Sony's lifelog app which looks pretty cool it has this interactive time slider which lets you journey back to check out when you were asleep and it even knows when you were looking at certain apps so you can check just how often you were looking at Twitter it can also deter thieves once it's paired with your mobile the wristband will vibrate if it gets too far away from your phone there's one more feature I want to talk about and that's it if you tap the smart band it will create what Sony calls a life bookmark now what that does is commands the device to make a little note of where you are who you're with so you can create a little snapshot of your social situation it's coming out in March it's going to cost about ninety nine euros would you wear one of these let me know i'm luke westaway for cnet check out cnet com for loads more from Mobile World Congress