Friday, November 7, 2014

Jawbone has released two new fitness tracker: UP3 and UP MOVE

Jawbone, a well-known manufacturer of Bluetooth-headsets and speakers, has released two new fitness tracker designed for customers with different size of the purse. The cheapest of the new products costing only $ 50 is ideal for a first acquaintance with the fitness tracker .

UP3 and UP MOVE fitness tracker


The first of the new products is called Up Move. The apparatus has a circular shape and is made of anodized aluminum. This tracker can be worn with a light polymer strap or clip.

In fact, Up Move measure the same parameters as last year's model Up24 - the number of steps taken, sleep quality, and calories burned. Like the rest of the device series UP, it synchronizes with the free mobile app for iOS Jawbone and Android, which allows you to view all the data about health.

UP-MOVE_Family

Up Move also has a hidden LED-display, which when clicked, it displays information about the current user's physical activity. Pressing displays the time and hold your finger on the display device translates into sleep mode. It is reported that one battery lasts for 6 months of operation.

Up Move - this budget unit, designed to compete with the fitness trackers FitBit Zip and Misfit Shine, which have a similar function. The device costs only $ 50, and the straps - 15. Pre-orders have already been taken, deliveries will start on 7 November.

Up Move

His second new Jawbone compares with the transition from cell phones to smart phones. Up3 is a follower of UP24, which came out a year ago.

New fitness tracker like a clock with a hard shell and soft strap, but without the dial. At this time, the company did not release the device in several sizes. Do it one Up3 and regulated clasp.

UP3

But the main feature UP3 - this, of course, the sensors. And they had set, and the most different. Bioimpedance sensors use a small electric current to learn about the processes that occur in the body of the owner UP3. With their help, the device measures the heart rate, respiration, hydration level and monitors sleep phase. The new three-axis accelerometer determines what type of sports activity you are doing - running, tennis or simply walking.

UP3 uses optical sensors heart rate, which feature a new fitness tracker Fitbit, Basis Peak and Apple Watch. Instead Jawbone consciously use skin temperature sensor and the external environment. According to Re / code, company management is explained by the fact that optical sensors consume a lot of energy or are highly sensitive to the reflection of sunlight, which reduces the accuracy of readings.

Lack of detachable stub connector charging UP3 allowed to provide water resistance to a depth of 10 meters. Operating times - about 7 days.

UP3-UP-MOVE_GroupShot

Alas, with the additional features have to pay. If at the start of UP24 cost 150 dollars, UP3 will be offered for the device 180. Originally released in black, but in 2015 it will be available in different colors. Home sales are not specified, but most likely it will coincide with the Christmas shopping season. Unlike products Fitbit, fitness tracker UP3 will be sold in retail stores Apple.

This fall, their tracking device for physical activity presented Fitbit, Basis, Garmin, Samsung and Microsoft, so Jawbone will have no shortage of competitors. Although smart watches and treated as a separate category of wearable devices, most of their functions, they share with fitness trackers .

In Jawbone note that users are your gadget Up 23 hours a day, and the applications are up to 21 times a day.