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Jawbone UP Review

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Re: Jawbone UP Review

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Post by coldnose »

callmeed wrote: post #10

I'm curious: there are at least 3 or 4 such products (Up, WakeMate, etc.) ... do any of them have patents?

Only the WakeMate and all other non-UP devices are covered by patents. Evil, baby-raping patents.

The good people at Jawbone respect the integrity of babies' orifices, and would never dare to file a patent.

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Post by dreeves »

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?

I'm also eager to learn the answer to this, or what kind of options there are to access the data programmatically.

(The answer is relevant to my own startup, http://beeminder.com which is a goal-tracking and anti-akrasia service -- you pledge money to force yourself to keep your data points on a "yellow brick road" to your goal. It works especially well when you can automate the data collection with devices like this.)

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Post by rkudeshi »

I know the FitBit has a dedicated charger that you have to use every few days to recharge the device...what about this? Or is it like those watches that can power themselves through kinetic motion?

Re: Jawbone UP Review

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Post by dcreemer »

For a slightly cheaper approach (assuming you already have an iPhone): I have been successfully and pleasantly using "Lose It!" [1] to track all of my food and exercise for about five months now. So far I've lost 20 lbs and 2% body fat. For sleep tracking, I am using Sleep Cycle [2] to measure sleep hours and (most importantly to me) wake me up at a good time. Nike+ [3] on my iPhone tracks my running times, route, distance, etc. Total cost $2.98 (plus an iPhone of course).

I've been amazed at how easy it's been to get into reasonable shape by changing only one thing: consistently collecting the right data.

[1] http://www.loseit.com/

[2] http://mdlabs.se/sleepcycle/

[3] http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nike-gps/id387771637?mt=8

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Post by dekz »

dcreemer wrote: post #16

For a slightly cheaper approach (assuming you already have an iPhone): I have been successfully and pleasantly using "Lose It!" [1] to track all of my food and exercise for about five months now. So far I've lost 20 lbs and 2% body fat. For sleep tracking, I am using Sleep Cycle [2] to measure sleep hours and (most importantly to me) wake me up at a good time. Nike+ [3] on my iPhone tracks my running times, route, di…

Will Sleep cycle pick up my partners movements and wake me up at an inopportune time?

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Post by buro9 »

rkudeshi wrote: post #15

I know the FitBit has a dedicated charger that you have to use every few days to recharge the device...what about this? Or is it like those watches that can power themselves through kinetic motion?

Charges via USB cable: http://eu.jawbone.com/epages/Jawbone.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=Ca...

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Post by Samuel_Michon »

dcreemer wrote: post #16

For a slightly cheaper approach (assuming you already have an iPhone): I have been successfully and pleasantly using "Lose It!" [1] to track all of my food and exercise for about five months now. So far I've lost 20 lbs and 2% body fat. For sleep tracking, I am using Sleep Cycle [2] to measure sleep hours and (most importantly to me) wake me up at a good time. Nike+ [3] on my iPhone tracks my running times, route, di…

Excellent suggestions. I had assumed that Nike+ still required you to have Nike+ shoes, but apparently, nowadays it works with the iPhone's GPS. Downloading it now.
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