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Re: Fitbit Files IPO

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Post by guiomie »

mikestew wrote: post #58

I dunno, this kind of reminds me of the Flip video camera. Great little device, inexpensive. I bought one. Shortly after, cell phones became just as capable of being fits-in-a-pocket video recorders. Maybe not HD, but good enough. (Though some would argue cell phones had nothing to do with the demise of Flip. [0]) I see a similar pattern with FitBit. It's a 3-axis accelerometer with some firmware and software. Someon…

Yesterday I heard a woman saying to another woman "I don't want to walk over there, it's too far, I don't have any incentive since I left my fitbit at home" ...

Maybe they've got something else going other then being a 3-axis accelerometer.

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Post by joshuapants »

gruez wrote: post #75
wordbank wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wear FitBit for 2 years 24/7, including sleep tracking. It works for a week on a single charge. Can you do this with iPhone or Pebble?

Chances are, you already have a smartphone/smartwatch that you need to keep constantly charged. The device's battery life is irrelevant.

The device's battery life counts for a lot if I want to use it to track my sleep. Can't do that if I have to take it off so I can charge it overnight.

Re: Fitbit Files IPO

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Post by wordbank »

gruez wrote: post #75
wordbank wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wear FitBit for 2 years 24/7, including sleep tracking. It works for a week on a single charge. Can you do this with iPhone or Pebble?

Chances are, you already have a smartphone/smartwatch that you need to keep constantly charged. The device's battery life is irrelevant.

I have smartphone but I don't carry it everywhere, it lives on my table most of the time. Battery life is not irrelevant because why care about keeping stuff constantly charged when I can charge it once a week?

Re: Fitbit Files IPO

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Post by commandar »

clarky07 wrote: post #82
encoderer wrote: post #69

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A separate fitness tracker is the PDA-and-flip-phone combo of 2015. Once there are popular and mainstream wearable computers, I have no need for a separate fitness tracker. And that will happen as surely as things will continue to get smaller.

It already exists. Apple watch does what fitbit does along with plenty of other useful stuff. I can't imagine why anyone would use a fitbit instead, other than perhaps cost. That's not a great thing to be your only way of competing. As it happens, while typing this comment, my watch let me know it was time to stand up and move around :-P

> I can't imagine why anyone would use a fitbit instead, other than perhaps cost.

Battery life. Apple Watch will improve over time, but it's nowhere near there yet when it can't be worn overnight.

Re: Fitbit Files IPO

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Post by clarky07 »

commandar wrote: post #104
clarky07 wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It already exists. Apple watch does what fitbit does along with plenty of other useful stuff. I can't imagine why anyone would use a fitbit instead, other than perhaps cost. That's not a great thing to be your only way of competing. As it happens, while typing this comment, my watch let me know it was time to stand up and move around :-P

> I can't imagine why anyone would use a fitbit instead, other than perhaps cost. Battery life. Apple Watch will improve over time, but it's nowhere near there yet when it can't be worn overnight.

For the sleep tracking component, or just in general?

Personally I have no problems charging my watch daily, just like my phone. But it does present an issue if you want to wear it while sleeping. I've never wanted to wear a watch sleeping though...

As a complete side note, i've been impressed by the battery life. I haven't gone below 50% in a day yet, and I have so little concern that I will I took battery percentage off of my watch face.

Re: Fitbit Files IPO

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Post by achompas »

BinaryIdiot wrote: post #62
achompas wrote: post #54

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I disagree. There's a 0% chance the Apple Watch's entry price increases above $349, which means Fitbit needs to offer an incredibly compelling product below that price. That's difficult, given that both Apple Watch and Android Wear integrate so tightly with their respective OSes. There's a market for fitness devices, sure, but the ceiling on it is now $349 (and likely dropping). Fitbit et al. won't capture high margi…

They already kind of do that. Do use some of the Fitbit features you have to subscribe to pro. Some of these features are actually available on Jawbone for free which doesn't makes sense to me. It actually makes me regret my Fitbit purchase.

Don't regret it! My Jawbone Up syncs erratically, and after iOS existed for 8 months Jawbone released an update that doesn't even let me launch the Up app (despite reinstalls, restarts, etc.). I guess both companies are a mess?

Re: Fitbit Files IPO

#107

Post by visarga »

dokuda wrote: post #95
visarga wrote: post #86

Are they still here? My FitBit is almost useless for me. It rots in a drawer. When I bought it I had trouble using it with my Samsung S4 - unsupported phone because Bluetooth something yada yada. Maybe they evolved since. Their website was ugly and hard to use. Their apps too, and they banned specific phone models and countries from installing the app. Very vexing to be left out on purpose, after buying the damned th…

> it's the same thing I could do with a notepad and a pen on the nightstand. I think you might have misunderstood the sleep tracking feature. It also tracks when you're awake or restless while you're sleeping so you can understand if you slept well or not. Last time I checked, my notepad and pen didn't do that.

True, about tracking agitation during sleep.
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