Forget the new iPod Touch + Nike, try the Fitbit Tracker
With about 65% of Americans considered overweight, it’s no wonder that companies are continuously creating products that promise to help lose weight. Even Apple is pushing fitness with built in compatibility for Nike + shoes on the iPod Touch. But, there’s another cheaper option that may motivate would-be health buffs: the Fitbit Tracker.
It’s a wireless device that clips on your belt, pants, shirt, or even your bra. Fitbit had to make the Tracker small because it stays with you all day monitoring calories burned, steps taken and how much sleep you’re getting.
In addition to these numerical measurements, the Tracker also displays a user’s progress toward their goals in the form of an avatar that changes as a user advances toward or falls behind their goals, according to a company press release.
The Fitbit Tracker connects wirelessly to a base station to transfer data about your day of activities, and it contains a rechargeable battery.
For the many people who already have iPods, this could be a better option than upgrading to a new iPod Touch because of its lower price and deeper specific functionality. A major part of the value proposition will be Fitbit’s web site, which is still under development. When it’s finished, access to tools for tracking the daily intake of food will be included with the purchase price, which will be $99.
Devices like the Fitbit Tracker are a sign of the times, an era where humans sometimes rely on machines to perceive reality more than their own senses. Of course, though anyone can tell if they didn’t get enough sleep last night, what about 2 or 3 nights ago? And most people don’t count all of their steps each day. Data aggregation has always been the computer’s advantage over the human brain and that principle is still apparent here.
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