Earlier this year HTC announced plans to launch a fitness tracker called the HTC Grip. It’s a wristband that was designed with help from Under Armor and it was aimed at runners and other fitness enthusiasts. But now it looks like HTC is running away from the idea. Engadget reports that the HTC Grip has […]
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Moov NOW is a $60 fitness tracker
Moov launched its first fitness tracker a little over a year ago, and now the company’s back with a new model called MOOV NOW. The wearable fitness tracker can monitor a lot more than your steps, and the updated version is smaller, offers longer battery life, and has other improvements. You can pre-order the MOOV […]
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Polar Loop 2 fitness tracker launches for $120
About a month after racing through the FCC website, Polar’s new fitness tracker is official. The Polar Loop 2 looks a lot like the wearable activity tracker Polar launched a few years ago but it packs a few new features. For example, the Polar Loop 2 can display notifications from your phone or vibrate to […]
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Lilbits 298: When hard drives go bad
Hard drives fail from time to time… and while it’s sometimes possible to recover some or all of your data, there are times when everything effectively disappears. That’s why it’s a good idea to back up all of your data on a regular basis. You can do that with a spare hard drive connected to […]
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Polar Loop 2 fitness tracker coming soon
The maker of the Polar Loop fitness tracker has a next-gen model on the way. It’s called the Polar Loop 2, and it’ll join Polar’s line of sports, health, and activity gadgets. The Polar Loop 2 showed up in an FCC listing this week. The new model seems to have the same basic design as the original […]
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Lycos launches two new wearables
Remember Lycos? The company ran a search engine in the 90s, back before everyone started using Google. The company’s been out of the search business for a while, and it’s been acquired and sold several times. Now Lycos is back… and this time the company is launching a series of wearable devices, because… well, I guess […]
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IDC: Xiaomi is second only to Fitbit in wearable shipments
Wearable shipments have been on the rise for two full years, according to research firm IDC. On the other hand, overall shipments are still small enough that China’s Xiaomi was able to quickly come from out of nowhere to become the second-largest player in the wearable market. In the first quarter of 2015, Xiaomi reportedly […]
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Basis Peak fitness tracker gains Apple Health, Google Fit support (and a Titanium Edition)
2 Comments on Basis Peak fitness tracker gains Apple Health, Google Fit support (and a Titanium Edition)The Basis Peak is one of the most powerful (and accurate) activity trackers on the market. But it’s not necessarily the best looking. Now Intel (which acquired Basis last year) has launched a new version with a sleek design. The Basis Peak Titanium Edition has all the same fitness tracking features as its predecessor, but […]
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Yu Yuphoria: An Indian mid-range phone with entry-level price ($110)
Micromax spin-off Yu launched its first smartphone about six months ago. It was notable for offering solid specs, a low-price tag, and Cyanogen OS software. Now Yu is launching a second phone. The Yu Yuphoria is smaller and cheaper than the Yureka, but it packs some serious power for a phone priced at just about $110. […]
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Asus VivoWatch now available for $200ish (via eBay)
The Asus VivoWatch is a smartwatch with fitness tracking features and a promise of up to 10 days of battery life. Asus unveiled the VivoWatch in April, and now it looks like you can buy one for a little over $200… if you don’t mind buying a smartwatch from an eBay store that will ship […]
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Swatch wants to reinvent the battery (for smartwatches… and cars)
Watch maker Swatch is taking aim at one of the biggest problems with smartwatches: horrible battery life. You need to charge an Apple Watch every day. Most smartwatches using Google’s Android Wear or Samsung’s Tizen software only get 2-3 days of run time. And you need to charge Pebble watches every week or so. But Swatch […]
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Jawbone launches UP2, UP4 fitness trackers (with mobile payments for the UP4)
Jawbone is updating its UP line of fitness trackers with two new models. The UP2 is A $100 model that offers all the basic features you’d expect from an activity-tracking fitness band including step counting, sleep tracking, week-long battery life, and the ability to sync with iOS or Android apps. Or for $200 you can […]