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Jawbone UP Review

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Re: Jawbone UP Review

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Post by marcamillion »

This looks very interesting. I been wanting something like this forever. After watching the way the WakeMate has evolved (or not), I might be inclined to try this.

Thanks for this review!

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Post by shawnwall »

parshap wrote: post #3

This device looks great! The software looks like it could use some work, though. Does anyone know if the data is exportable?

From what I have seen thus far there is no export capability for the data. There's an outstanding question on the jawbone forums with no response http://forums.jawbone.com/t5/Product-Support/Can-we-export-o...

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Post by shawnwall »

fionabunny wrote: post #4

How does the sleep tracking actually work? How can I verify the measurements?

I obviously can't say for sure how it works as I'm just an end user, but I can say you tell the device you are going to sleep and when you wake up. In between, it is obviously sensing your movement using the accelerometer, etc. My guess would be if you fidget around while you sleep this would be considered a light sleep.

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Post by theDoug »

shawnwall wrote: post #7
fionabunny wrote: post #4

How does the sleep tracking actually work? How can I verify the measurements?

I obviously can't say for sure how it works as I'm just an end user, but I can say you tell the device you are going to sleep and when you wake up. In between, it is obviously sensing your movement using the accelerometer, etc. My guess would be if you fidget around while you sleep this would be considered a light sleep.

I would suspect this to be true- Fitbit works in the same way. Sleep is an activity like any other so periods of movement above the threshold are seen as interruptions.

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Post by xbryanx »

I love the idea, but think I will stick with the FitBit, simply because I hate wearing anything around my wrists. Especially since I am typing at a keyboard so much of the day.
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