The hot new personal electronic device? An iPhone, a Galaxy something, a successor the Lumia 1020 (I wish!)? Naw, those are all so passé. Unless you've been living under a rock since Wednesday night you know I'm talking about the Microsoft Band. The wearable fitness/Smartwatch combo that took the world by surprise this week and is already a huge success. Success has many measures. Media buzz is a good start, positive Reviews by respected Sites another, and the Band has received all of these. But the piece de resistance is - the early sell out.
Microsoft today pushed out a new update to the Microsoft Band via the Microsoft Health app, taking it to version 2.0.4737.0.
Just a few months after the new Microsoft Band came out, the company is adding functionality with a small software update. The two biggest features of this update—music controls and inactivity alerts—contribute to the band's identity as part smartwatch and part fitness tracker.
"There has been 3 different devices by three different companies that are contending for this number one fitness tracker position, they are: Microsoft Band for the price of $199, Fitbit Surge price $250 and the Basis Peak priced at $199. All 3 of them promise to do heart rate tracking, not just while you work out, but 24/7 while you sleep, while you are doing normal everyday activities."
Really good take on why MS Band is the better choice vs Google offerings.
This thing has some serious potential, especially on the back end with what they could do with Azure machine learning
This is one thing I really like about Microsoft over Google, Amazon, Apple ect is they always make their products work with multiple devices.
I really hope they can make this product a success as for me ide rather have something like this on my wrist than a smart watch that needs charging every few hours and costs £350 to £400.
Microsoft really need to start opening their own stores outside of the US to show off the products they name make as for me this, Surface Pro 3, Surface 2, Lumia phones and more are some of the best devices are the best on the market.