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Except for swimming (which is quite rare for activity trackers and great win for Pebble) we have to wait for 'smart bands'. HRM are getting more and more popula
by nazgob 12y ago
Except for swimming (which is quite rare for activity trackers and great win for Pebble) we have to wait for 'smart bands'. HRM are getting more and more popular and without it Pebble can't really compete with fitness trackers.
- donkeyd 12y agoI personally think that HRM in watches will have the same fate as 3D in televisions. For most people HRM is a gimmick, not something they'll use every day.
- nazgob 12y agoI'm not sure if I agree. I have optical HRM on a activity tracker and knowing my resting HR is very cool. Its good enough for 23h a day. I do use chest strap HRM for cycling where my tracker fails to record high intensity properly (like hills).
- dragonwriter 12y ago> For most people HRM is a gimmick, not something they'll use every day. HRM is a key to frictionless calorie consumption estimation; HRM may not directly be something a lot of users use every day, but frictionless calorie consumption estimation has a pretty wide audience, and HRM is the enabling technology for that.