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Yesterday, Brad exclusively revealed Microsoft’s plans to retreat from its Band efforts: The firm won’t ship a Band 3 this year, and will almost certainly never do so. Now what?
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Today, Fitbit announced major updates to what it calls its most iconic fitness trackers. The new Fitbit Charge 2 adds more health and fitness features, while the new Flex 2 is now “swim-proof”.
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Tech tidbits from around the web: the Microsoft Band 2 fire sale continues, “Any developer” will be able to upload apps for Xbox One to the store “soon”, Microsoft is updating Windows 10 again, and whether Microsoft’s Bing bet is starting to pay off.
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Tech tidbits from around the web: Microsoft is adding a wheelchair for Xbox Live avatars, Samsung S Health now integrates with Microsoft Health, Almost half of Steam gamers use Windows 10, terrible Amazon app disappears from Windows Phone, more.
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Here’s some good news for Band 2 users who wish to participate in high-intensity interval training: Microsoft’s wearable is getting an updated this week to support real-time heart rate zone notifications.
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Samsung’s attack on Google continued this week with the consumer electronics giant announcing two new fitness wearables that are based on Tizen rather than Android. But to be fair, Tizen may be better suited for the lower functional requirements of the… Continue reading Samsung Launches Two New Tizen-Based Fitness Wearables
The Microsoft Health app for Android is being updated today, adding support for the Cortana digital personal assistant. Yes, that means that you can now use Cortana on your Band 2.
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Microsoft held month-long sales on its Band 2 fitness wearable for each of the past three months, lowering the effective price of the device by $75 to $175. And today, Microsoft is once again putting Band 2 on sale. But this time, the special pricing l… Continue reading Yet Another Sale Keeps Microsoft Band 2 Pricing at $175
Last week in the article Fixing Microsoft Band, I listed several ways in which I think Microsoft should improve its wearable device. But in doing so, I realized that theFitbit Alta already did pretty much everything I wanted. How does this wearable com… Continue reading Fitbit Alta vs. Microsoft Band 2
With Spring belatedly making its appearance in my corner of the world, I’ve been walking more again. And as I did so this morning, I started thinking about how I’d update Microsoft Band 2, the wearable I use and recommend. What should a Microsoft Band … Continue reading Fixing Microsoft Band