Gadgetory

hi this is Roger Chang for cnet.com and today we're taking a first look at armored 39 no Armour 39 isn't the last weapon in some Alien Shooter it's actually a fitness tracker from athlete apparel maker Under Armour its Under Armour's first foray to the red-hot Fitness gadget market so it in everybody invites comparisons to Nikes Fuel band but ARMA 39 is a different product I suspect is going after a different kind of gym rat one that's a bit more hardcore for one I'm route 39 as a strap that goes around your chest or slightly below sorry ladies I won't be modeling this one for you today on one side of the strap are the sensors to monitor your heart rate on the other side what an arm were called it's bug which acts is the brain of the tracker the boat takes all the data uses bluetooth to transmit the information to your phone the bug could be removed so you can wash the rest of the strap which trust me gets dirty pretty quickly armor 39 measures a few key metrics heart rate intensity calories burned in time but what sets armor 39 apart from other fitness trackers is that it takes the data and calculates each workout into a willpower score that ranges between 1 and 10 yes willpower is one of those made up metrics like Nike Fuel points but unlike Nike which has a score that constantly accumulates willpower acts more like an assessment of each workout session I worked out with Armour 39 half a dozen times and I realized I'm not particularly intense or have a whole lot of willpower in fact fingers got gradually worse at the two weeks or so went on for better worse I'm not as hardcore about working out and the stats definitely showed the readings as you can imagine are more accurate than the Fitbit or FuelBand which uses accelerometers to track your progress by capturing your heartrate you get a better read of how well or how poorly you're performing I like the app interface which was clean and simple but it was a little limited on what it could do I was hoping for a website version with more detailed stats as well as the ability to share with your friends Armour 39 only works with iOS devices right now Under Armour also introduced a watch that can sync with this heart monitor negating the need for an iOS device but it's not yet available for consumers overall Armour 39 takes accurate measurements and is a decent although somewhat limited way of measuring the progress of your workouts but I'm not sure I want to carry around a strap to the gym it's just another thing I have to remember armored 39 is definitely for the intense gym rat for cnet.com I'm Roger Chang and this has been a first look at armor 39