Ultimately, the company’s able to talk specifics. We just got word the Up could be available within the US November 6th for $100, and can continue its world tour at the 17th. With that price, it’s well-matched against the clip-on Fitbit Ultra tracker, and indeed, they have got some key features in common — namely, a step counter and some requisite social networking features. But with a sensor that knows when you find yourself in deep sleep and a mobile app that may identify photos of food, it has about a unexpected tricks that would give devices like Fitbit a run for his or her money. We’ll be getting one to check very soon, but meanwhile, join us past the break to be told more.
Like Fitbit, Up sports a step tracker that keeps tabs on distance, pace, calories burned and active time versus hours logged in front of the pc sedentary periods. The band, available in seven colors, can be sweatproof, though the jury’s out on how comfy it will be during an hour-longer term.
But its killer feature could well be a sensor that detects what stage of sleep you’re in, and uses a vibrating motor to wake you up when you are in a lightweight sleep state. So, in case you set your alarm for 7:30, it’d rouse you slightly earlier if it knows your brain isn’t availing itself of a few sweet REM. Like Fitbit, it also knows what percentage hours you slept and the way long it took you to fall asleep. Once you are ready to upload this treasure trove of knowledge, just pull off the top of the wristband to bare a three.5mm plug, for you to in fact work with PCs, tablets and phones. It charges via USB, and also you must be capable of squeeze out seven days of use on a charge, in line with Jawbone.
Tying all of it together is an iOS app that allows you to snap photos of the food you’re about to eat and parse the calories in accordance with the picture. (What? Ignoring weird looks if you are photographing your fries builds character.) In fact, it also has a requisite social networking component, wherein you are able to challenge friends to contests — say, “Who can do the foremost walking today?” — and look at stats on a pacesetter board. (Fitbit’s web app offers a great deal of community features too, for what it’s worth.) The bad news: it is only available on iOS, and it’s unclear when an Android version will follow, except that it will arrive eventually. Fitbit, while lacking in apps, at the very least has a mobile website as a way to load on any device.
Again, we’ll be testing this quite soon and publishing a whole review, but meanwhile, have a gander on the walk-through video up there, along side a (pithy) gallery of glossy press shots.
An innovative first step in a mission to assist people live better
SAN FRANCISCO – Nov. 3, 2011 – Jawbone®, a number one innovator of goods and services for the mobile lifestyle, today unveiled UP™, a revolutionary system that contains a small wristband and a fascinating App for iPhone and iPod touch that interact to trace your daily activity, sleep patterns, and eating habits helping you reside a more fit life. UP, originally previewed at TED Global, also integrates a social experience and open content platform to motivate you with personal and team challenges tailored that will help you achieve your goals.
Global health is on a disturbing and rapid decline: chronic lifestyle induced conditions which include heart disease, certain sorts of cancer, and diabetes at the moment are the leading reason for death within the US and lots of other parts of the sector. The arena Economic Forum predicts the worldwide costs of those non-communicable diseases will reach a staggering $47 trillion over the subsequent two decades. Research shows that simply moving more, improving sleep quality and eating healthier can
help prevent almost all these lifestyle diseases, yet lasting behavior change is generally difficult to reach. Further studies have however shown that once individuals are acutely aware of and engaged of their health and will stay consistently involved, they’re indeed ready to become healthier.
“Because the global health crisis mounted, we felt a sturdy sense of responsibility to work out if lets leverage our resources, talents, and ecosystem to aim and assist in making a difference,” said Hosain Rahman, Jawbone CEO and Founder. “UP is Jawbone’s first step in giving people tools to become engaged as consumers in their own health. It is a complete system designed to integrate seamlessly into one’s total lifestyle, 24 hours an afternoon, not only the few times every week people may go out. We integrated MotionX® with our expertise in building sophisticated technology into small packages, which enabled us to craft a wearable and tool- efficient band that beautifully disappears onto your body. And due to the success and adoption of the iPhone, millions of users have already got beautiful displays and strong computing platforms of their pocket. We harness that tremendous display with a fun, engaging iPhone app to bring the band to life. The result’s a product experience that you’re going to actually wear and like to keep using.”
UP by Jawbone empowers people to live a more fit life in three key ways: Measure, Engage, and Act.
MEASURE YOUR DAILY PROGRESS
Essentially the mostsome of the most basic problems in accurately tracking activity is that the sensing device has to be on you 24/7 in a sort factor that you just won’t forget, lose, or dislike wearing. The UP wristband includes a sophisticated motion-tracking engine in a lovely, durable, and water-resistant design that seamlessly and unobtrusively integrates into all of your daily activities and errands – within the gym, at the trail, with a cocktail dress or business suit, or even within the shower.
“The MotionX® engine contained in the UP band is the results of years of technology development and innovation. MotionX is both extremely accurate and gear-efficient, that is critical in delivering a 24/7 product experience sufficiently small to wear,” said Philippe Kahn, CEO and founding father of Fullpower, developer of the MotionX technology.
The UP App for iPhone ties the experience together by presenting a whole, holistic view of your health.With the “Me” screen, you may get a fast snapshot of your daily activity, the way you are sleeping, and what you’re eating, while the “Lifeline” feature reveals all your prior activities (eat, sleep, move) on a continual timeline. This unique and robust interface permits you to see your health activity because it pertains to one another through the years with an easy swipe of your
finger.
UP by Jawbone (wristband + App) helps you measure:
• Activity – The band automatically measures and stores all aspects of your activity: steps, calories burned, distance, pace, and active versus inactive time in the course of the day;
• Sleep – The UP band’s sophisticated motion engine automatically tracks all aspects of your sleep including hours slept, time to go to sleep, phases of sleep (deep versus light) and overall sleep quality.
• Eat – Capturing your meals in a photograph journal is as easy as taking a photograph along with your iPhone or iPod touch. UP tracks where you’re eating, when you’ve eaten, or even asks the way you feel after you’ve had time to digest your meal making it an effective way to spot how different foods affect your body.
ENGAGE ALONG WITH YOUR FRIENDS
UP helps you stay engaged in reaching your health goals through a set of friends and folk you decide referred to as your “Team”. In response to the idea that of reciprocal motivation, the Team structure creates an atmosphere where individual achievements may be shared with all members with the intention to cheer on, motivate or compete against their Team. The Team view provides you with a snapshot of the way each member is progressing towards their personal goals.
The UP App also contains a unique Feed screen which supplies you an up-to-the-minute stream of knowledge about every part you and your pals are doing with respect in your health.
With respect to sharing information and privacy, UP offers you easy-to-use and complete control over the info you’ll want to share together with your Team and others. You opt even if you intend to share in any respect, so that it will share some things and never others or so that it will share everything – it’s totally as much as you.
NUDGED INTO ACTION
Throughout your day, UP subtly nudges you into action. It starts with the silent vibration alarm built into the UP band, that wakes you on the best moment on your natural sleep cycle so you arise feeling as refreshed as possible. Similarly, you’ll set Wake up and Move reminders that subtly vibrates the UP band to provide you with a warning when you have been inactive after a period of time you specify – it’s an effective way to bear in mind to maintain moving.
Another unique feature of the UP system is the notion of health challenges. Challenges are a straightforward technique to discover and find out about health activities. They assist you create a customised course of action to begin living healthier by supplying you with a range of options to remain engaged and motivated to action. Challenges may be individual, competitive, or collaborative across any combination of the 3 categories: eat, sleep, and move. Built on an open platform, any member within the UP community can create a challenge for his or her team. Additionally, UP members can join challenges from an ever-growing list of health professionals and organizations throughout the UP community.
“We predict the magnitude of this health epidemic requires a complete community to impress real change and we’re delighted to partner with leading innovators. There are such a lot of great folks engaged on such a lot of great ideas that we created our system as an open platform enabling health experts to hook up with individuals in fun, engaging ways in which have never been possible before,” continued Rahman. “We need users in finding programs and challenges created by experts
which are perfect for them.”
Jawbone has teamed up with the Alliance for a more fit Generation, DailyFeats, GE Healthymagination, and 24 Hour Fitness, to create quite a lot of challenges UP users can join at launch.
AVAILABLE ON NOVEMBER 6
The UP band is available in three sizes (small, medium, large) and 7 colors (Dark Black, Dark Brown, Dark Red, Bright White, Bright Silver, Bright Red, Bright Blue) and should be available for $99.99 at Jawbone.com, Apple, AT&T, Best Buy and Target nationwide beginning November 6. Additionally, UP would be available at 24 Hour Fitness and other major global retailers and carriers later this year.
The UP by Jawbone App is obtainable today at no cost from the App Store to your iPhone or at www.itunes.com/appstore/. The UP wristband is needed for the app.
For more info, images and product demos, please visit: http://www.jawbone.com/PR or follow @Jawbone on Twitter.
About Jawbone®
For greater than a decade, Jawbone has developed services for the
mobile lifestyle unparalleled of their innovation, ease-of-use and sophistication
of design. The corporate is the creator of several wireless products including the
award-winning and best-selling premium Jawbone ERA and ICON Bluetooth®
headsets; the inventor of NoiseAssassin® technology, the world’s first and only
military-grade noise-eliminating technology; and JAMBOX, the primary intelligent
wireless speaker and speakerphone. A 2010 IDSA Design of the last decade winner,
Jawbone is committed to delivering innovative products that improve the mobile
lifestyle through ever-changing software and wearability. Jawbone is privately-
held and headquartered in San Francisco.
About Fullpower-MotionX
Fullpower-MotionX leads the mobile sensing revolution with a broad IP portfolio.
The MotionX sensing platform powers leading solutions equivalent to Nike+ GPS, the
Jawbone UP wristband, and the Pioneer AppRadio. With continual innovation,
MotionX is the leader for Health & Fitness and Navigation at the iPhone and the
iPad.
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