Gadgetory

hi I'm Brian Bennett for Cena and right now we're taking a first look at the new jawbone up24 fitness tracker costing 149 the up24 replaces the previous jaw bone up as the company's flagship fitness gadget don't worry though the original up isn't going away but will be sold for a hundred and twenty nine dollars meant to be worn around your wrist all day long the up24 can do all the tracking tricks the first up handles for instance the device measures the steps you take logs to length and quality of your sleep and is highly water and sweat resistant it has the up silent alarm function too plus a power nap mode new features the up24 has includes wireless syncing with iPhones over Bluetooth 4.0 the up24 still charges its rechargeable battery through a headphone jack only now it's a smaller 2.5 millimeter plug instead of a larger 3.5 millimeter connector jawbone says the device should last about seven days on a full charge the main and only button control on the up24 has been retooled to so that it's bigger and easier to tap and press holding down the key kicks the device into sleep mode you then press it again to return to normal mode in the morning if you forget to tap the up24 in the am however the gadget should be smart enough to automatically catch on that you're up a week and walking around paired with a new up three point 0 mobile app the up24 now keeps a running tally on short term progress which it calls streaks basically when you hit your daily goal 3 5 or 7 days in a row the app will acknowledge bigger accomplishments to terms milestones for say when you hit 1 million steps or other impressive long-term feats since the up24 stays in constant communication with its paired mobile app and pays attention to your behavior 24-7 job on says that after a week of wearing the gizmo users should begin seeing Taylor Mead advice for example a today I will message will prod you to drink more water or get to bed earlier if the up24 thinks you're slacking in that area other motivational tools in the up24 s arsenal are ways to connect with other up users see their progress in relation to you and get relevant alerts pushed to your phone I'm Brian Bennett for cnet and this has been a first look at the jawbone up24 for more info be sure to check out our full review