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Digital this is the fitbug orb it is a
tiny little Fitness Aid that intends to
remove a lot of the excuses that come along with most of them it's pretty much
the simplest possible thing that still enables useful functionality so it has a
3D accelerometer it has low power Bluetooth and it uses a coin battery to
last for several months at a time so you don't have to put it on your nightstand
at night to charge it the idea is you should always be able to be wearing it
in some form or another it has a watch strap which I have obviously demoed
right here it also has a belt clip which I can demo for you guys right here go
ahead and throw that on there and finally it has an underwear clip that is
magnetic that I would be happy to demo for you guys no I'm just kidding I'm not
going to demo that part but it has an underwear clip this is great for um
women who don't necessarily have a belt or they want to wear a watch you can strap it to your underpants or your bra
or something like that so you can always have it on you it's an evolution from
their last Generation fitbug air which had a display so how is something
without a display an evolution from something that had one well because it
has Bluetooth now we have an app yes friends it has an app it also has an
online component now the app has all the basic functionality so it'll give you
your total steps aerobic steps it even helps you track things like sleep so it
can tell you yo dog you're H sleep deprived because you went to bed like in
the middle of the night and then you woke up like four times and you were tossing and turning it can tell you all
kinds of great stuff like that and aside from the app they are now launching a
new little program of customized uh well
programs so these are I believe they were 12we programs and whether you want
to burn off that baby fat or you want to
you know stretch out or get in shape for skiing they give you little webinars as
well as personalized goals some nutrition tips and such like that and
the idea is to have it instead of just being uh you know well hey we're fitbug
so we're credible so you should probably listen to us the idea is that they're going to have um well-renowned trainers
or celebrities backing them in endorsing them to show you that it's not just um
them making things up so to speak it's the okay so the kicker guys is that it's
only 50 bucks so when you compare that to something like actually the next door
neighbors here that have a much more Advan aned sort of Fitness e type device
but is of course much more expensive and not necessarily easier to make yourself
use all the time actually makes it look kind of appealing thank you for checking
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