Garmin Forerunner 165 In-Depth Review: Best Budget Running GPS?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/02/garmin-forerunner-165-depth-review.htmlThe only watch ‘left’ in the Forerunner landscape is the $200 Forerunner 55, and I don’t see any scenario where Garmin launches a Forerunner 65 that’s MIP-based, when all their Fitbit/etc competitors in that price range have long since transitioned to AMOLED.
Week in Review–February 15th, 2014
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/02/week-reviewfebruary-15th.htmlThen here, with Fitbit and discussing specifically using the Surge for interval training with heart rate and the importance of fast responding.
Samsung Outlines Galaxy Watch4: First New Google WearOS Watch–Full Details
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/08/samsung-outlines-details.htmlBut one has to also wonder why Google didn’t go with Fitbit (which they acquired) for launching their first new Wear OS watch.
Week in Review–February 2nd, 2020
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/02/week-review-february-2nd-2020.html5) Back a few weeks ago, Fitbit started enabling SpO2 Tracking: OK, so that took a while.
Withings Activité & Activité Pop In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/11/withings-activite-review.htmlHeck, you can even send your weight data to Fitbit – a scale competitor! Withings partners with some 110+ entities these days for transmitting data.
Week in Review–August 17th, 2014
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/08/reviewaugust-17th-2014.htmlFitBit sync is now on Windows Phone: This was announced a while back, but now has shown up.
A Week in the Canary Islands (and a bit of Africa)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/03/canary-islands-africa.htmlIt’s here I wrapped up a bunch of shots for the Fitbit Blaze review.
Apple to Sell Apple Watch Ultra 2 & Series 9 Tomorrow without Blood Oxygen Feature
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/01/tomorrow-without-feature.htmlWell, obviously, buyers of new Apple Watch Series 9/Ultra 2 units don’t have blood oximetry data - a feature virtually every other wearable company has - be it Fitbit, Samsung, Google, Polar, Garmin, COROS, Suunto, etc… Everyone.
A Dubai Runaround (Night Interval Edition). And a camel.
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/11/a-dubai-runaround-night-interval.htmlLots of walking, per Fitbit:…
Valentine’s Day Double-Gadget Giveaway!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/02/valentines-gadget-giveaway.htmlThe Fitbit Surge GPS watch…
Suunto 9 Peak In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/07/suunto-watch-review.htmlOver the last few years we’ve seen many companies go into the blood oxygen realm, including Garmin, Apple, COROS, Fitbit, and more.
Week in Review–September 2nd, 2018
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/09/week-in-review-september-2nd-2018.htmlTuesday: First Look: Fitbit Charge 3 Activity Tracker with SpO2 Sensor & Sleep Disturbance Tracking…
Mio shows off new Mio Velo and Mio Fuse optical heart rate units
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/08/optical-heart-units.htmlThis is similar to most Fitbit and related products.
Your GPS watch will (most likely) continue to work fine tomorrow (April 6th)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/04/likely-continue-tomorrow.htmlFitbit: All sport/fitness/outdoor devices confirmed compatible (Surge/Ionic only units that use GPS).
Week in Review–March 6th, 2016
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/03/week-reviewmarch-2016.htmlThursday: Fitbit Blaze In-Depth Review…
Samsung Announces Galaxy Ring: Everything You Need to Know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/01/samsung-announces-everything.htmlLikewise though, Oura hasn’t seemed to break out into becoming a household product/name (like a Fitbit did years ago).
Polar Grit X2 Pro In-Depth Review: A Flagship Watch?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/05/polar-grit-x2-pro-in-depth-review-long-term-testing.htmlBut it also includes more nuanced AMOLED display-related features that Suunto, Garmin, Apple, Fitbit, and many others have around better sleep modes/display brightness, better flashlight modes/interactions, and more.
Wahoo TICKR FIT Optical HR Sensor In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/01/wahoo-optical-sensor-review.htmlMost manufacturers do this, be it Garmin, Polar, Fitbit, or others.
Under Armour (owner of MapMyFitness) buys both MyFitnessPal and Endomondo
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/02/mapmyfitness-myfitnesspal-endomondo.htmlFor example, they integrate with major brands like Garmin, Fitbit, soon Polar, and many more.
5 Sport Tech Products I Want To See AirTag Integration In
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/06/products-airtag-integration.htmlWe saw Fitbit add Tile support, and 4iiii add Chipolo support.
Week in Review–November 13th, 2016
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/11/week-reviewnovember-13th.htmlFriday Evening: Garmin enables migration from Fitbit: Here’s how it works…
3 Ways to Automatically Copy Your Garmin Training Data to Other Fitness Sites
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/12/automatically-training-fitness.htmlIt does Garmin Connect to Strava like the others, but it also covers more health-focused sites like Withings, FitBit and iHealth.
First look at the new Magellan Echo Fit
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/08/first-look-magellan.htmlThe first is daily activity tracking, making it like a FitBit or a FuelBand.
5 Random Things I Did This Weekend
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/03/random-things-did-this-weekend-89.htmlStill, if Samsung can pull this off – then the folks at Garmin and Fitbit will definitely need to re-address either their pricing or feature sets, since their on-board music+GPS offerings are far higher in price point.
Apple Watch Series SE: A Fitness First Impressions Untangled
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/09/fitness-impressions-untangled.htmlI had multiple devices with me, including the Apple Watch SE, the Fitbit Sense, the Garmin FR745, a chest strap (Garmin HRM-PRO), the Polar OH1 Plus, and the Whoop strap, all properly spaced and not-conflicting with each other.
