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Week in Review–February 7th, 2016

www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/02/week-reviewfebruary-2016.html

Wednesday: First Look: Fitbit announces new Fitbit Alta activity tracker…

The Guess ‘How Many Steps I Walked at CES 2015’ Giveaway!

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/01/steps-walked-giveaway.html

The device of record: The data will be whatever my Fitbit Surge says for each day, all added up.

Week in Review–October 6th, 2013

www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/10/week-reviewoctober-2013.html

5) FitBit Force leaks out: Looks like the next version of the FitBit has trickled out onto the scene.

SIGMA ROX 12.0 Sport Cycling GPS In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/06/sigma-cycling-review.html

Now, don’t get visions of an elaborate platform like Garmin/Suunto/Polar/Fitbit.

Week in Review–July 6th, 2020

www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/07/week-review-july-2020.html

2) Google acquisition of Fitbit getting closer scrutiny from EU: It’ll be interesting to see what, if anything, Fitbit launches this fall.

Polar Vantage V3 Hands-On: Everything You Need to Know

www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/10/polar-vantage-v3-hands-on-details.html

Now, it’s really important to note this is substantially different than what Apple, Garmin, Google/Fitbit, Samsung, and others are providing.

Polar Releases Major New Features to Vantage M & V Series

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/10/releases-features-vantage.html

The $220 device was mainly targeted at non-endurance athletes though, competing for the same dollars as an Apple Watch, Fitbit Ionic, or Garmin Vivoactive series.

Hands-on: Polar’s M430 GPS watch with optical HR

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/04/hands-polars-optical.html

The design looks very similar to that of the Fitbit Surge GPS.

Week in Review–January 27th, 2019

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/01/week-in-review-january-27th-2019.html

8) Fitbit users can share data with the National Institutes of Health: Good to see Fitbit opening more doors here.

Mio Fuse Activity Tracker and Optical HR Sensor In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/12/fuse-depth-review.html

Additionally, I know many of you are interested in how I find the Fitbit Charge HR and Surge GPS to compare to the Mio Fuse.

Hands-on: Polar’s new Android Wear based M600 GPS Sport Watch (with music!)

www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/08/hands-polars-android.html

Thus you can match it up against anything from Polar, Garmin, Fitbit, and others.

A First Night with Apple’s New Sleep Tracking Feature

www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/06/apples-tracking-watchos7.html

Unlike Fitbit, Garmin, Samsung, and well…every other wearable ever – the Apple Watch won’t actually track sleep by simply wearing it and heading to sleep.

Week in Review–October 2nd, 2017

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/10/week-review-october-2017.html

7) Fitbit could lead to negative impact on well-being? Hmm, I’m not sure what to think of this study.

Huge Spring Sale: 20% of all trainers, many power meters, and plenty more

www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/05/spring-trainers-meters.html

There are a handful of limitations, most notably that it’s not valid on Garmin, GoPro, Fitbit, Quarq, Favero, and a few others I list down below in the restrictions.

Apple’s Beddit 3.5 Sleep Tracker In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/01/apples-beddit-tracker.html

Even the cheapest $50 Fitbit or Garmin Vivofit will track your sleep.

A weekend with dueling power meters, activity monitors and more!

www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/04/weekend-with-dueling-power-meters.html

I’ve long since used a FitBit off and on while travelling, though I haven’t in a while.

Week in Review–Sept 15th, 2019

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/09/week-review-sept-15th.html

6) Fitbit to supply free activity trackers to Singapore Health Program: Sorta.

Garmin Shows Off New On-Device Sleep Tracking Widgets

www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/06/garmin-tracking-widgets.html

Namely Fitbit with over 100 million devices shipped and 28 million users, and then more recently Xiaomi/Samsung/Huawei.

Week in Review–February 20th, 2011

www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/02/week-in-reviewfebruary-20th-2011.html

4) FitBit releases development API: I’m still loving the little FitBit I bought back last summer, even though I haven’t written a review up on it yet.

Week in Review–September 24th, 2017

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/09/week-review-september-24th.html

3) Red Sox Cheated With A Fitbit: I’d love to know more about the specifics of this.

Week in Review–August 25th, 2013

www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/08/reviewaugust-25th-2013.html

11) Fitbit gets $43 million in funding round: Hmm, I’m not sure I get this.

Garmin Venu 2 Plus In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/01/garmin-venu-plus-depth-review.html

Sure, slightly marred by COVID, but by and large Garmin has historically released a new edition each September (like Apple, Samsung, Fitbit, and others have done in that same target market/category).