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live healthier and achieve more that's Microsoft's aim with its new band wearable which has been completely redesigned and now resembles something you might actually want to wear for pocket now i'm michael fisher with adam lane behind the camera here in new york city with a first look at the Microsoft band too let's just come out and say it the first generation band packed a lot of sensors but it was cumbersome and bulky the new band is still a little on the chunky side but it's the opposite of cumbersome every part of this hardware is curved from the to access Gorilla Glass 3 to its thermoplastic elastomer silicone Vulcan aid casing it's got a similar attachment latch which is still a good design and the AMOLED touch display is big and bright at 320 x 128 pixels battery life remains the same that a rated maximum of two days and there's an all new sensor here as well a barometer for tracking elevation whether you're running up a mountain or about walking up a mountain I guess point is this is a fitness band for fitness minded folks who are probably spending a lot of time outdoors so there's still the integrated GPS here alongside our now constantly operating UV sensor for those sunny days as well as some very specific golfing features like practice swing omission intelligence scorecard keeping and so on if you're not into golf or running you can track your sleep with the onboard accelerometer and gyro the band 2 is still powered by the Microsoft health suite which has a host of new partners including Facebook Twitter and a big one here lose it and of course you still get all your notifications on your wrists right alongside your fitness information a better integration with Cortana and most of that works whether you're paired to an Android iPhone or a Windows Phone the man 2 will retail for $249 when it goes on sale October thirtieth but you can pre order yours today through Microsoft we'll do what we can to refine our golf game or at least try and run a little bit more so we can get ready for our full review there's so much more from Microsoft's Windows 10 devices launch event in New York City including new lumias new services and even a surface laptop what check out our other hands-on videos here on YouTube and pay us a visit at pocketnow.com till next time has been michael fisher with adam lane behind the camera thanks for watching everyone we'll see you next time