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I know many of you received a Microsoft Band for Christmas. And, with it, many of you are also using it to fuel your New Year’s resolution to get healthier.
Here’s what I’ve resolved to do this year:
1 Guided Activity per day (using the ...
Through the Microsoft Health Dashboard, Microsoft provides integration with some of the top fitness services including MapMyFitness, Strava, LoseIt!, RunKeeper, and others. These integrations are valuable, considering Microsoft Health was prett...
Microsoft Band is a fitness device with smartwatch capabilities – not the other way around as some people try to suggest to ensure there’s some sort of comparison that can be made between Band and Apple Watch. And, as such, the importance of ...
There’s no perfect product. Ever.
The days of solidly built products put together with worker pride, that last forever and run flawlessly off the assembly line, are a thing of the past. Sadly. Most of what is available for purchase these day...
Over the holidays and since I took some considerable time off (use it or lose it scenario), I spent more time than usual putting the Microsoft Band through its paces. Time off, for me, usually means more exercise. Most of it out of boredom more...
Microsoft developed Band to be a fitness device with some smartwatch features, whereas, other devices are a smartwatch first with some fitness features haphazardly thrown in. In my opinion, the harder piece is fitness and in this area Microso...
One of things that bugged me early on when Band v2 launched was how someone, somewhere made an executive decision that overall, average pace should bump out current segment pace on the main Run screen for the device. Coming from Band v1, I no...
Finally.
Over time, during the Band v1 era, theming became a pretty popular app category. There were no less than 5 apps that could alter backgrounds and theme colors. Pimp My Band was my favorite. But, alas, with the release of Band v2, m...
Earlier, Rich talked about a recently available charging stand for Microsoft Band v2. The stand is available for purchase from the Microsoft Store and seems to come with Microsoft’s official blessing. Read about it here: Hands On with the new...
With the end of 2015 approaching you might be like me and like to look back on the past year’s exercise activity stats for a couple reasons. One, you can give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done, and secondly you can use the stats ...