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Over the past year, I've noticed more and more people wearing activity tracking devices and here in Northern Ireland I tend to see Fitbits rather than anything else. Fitbit has been advertising on TV lately too with "It's All Fit" and I'm sure that there will be a good number of Zips, Flexes and Charges under the Christmas tree come
2014 seems to have been the year of the fitness tracker and there will be plenty nestling underneath the Christmas tree come 25th December. Huawei has joined the market with the TalkBand B1, a wrist-worn fitness and sleep tracker fused with a Bluetooth earpiece. You may think that this is a somewhat odd combination so let's take a look at the
It is often difficult to determine in advance which new products or services will catch on, versus which ones are just temporary flashes in the pan. Some of the fog can be dispelled by determining if the new product or service actually serves a practical long term purpose in the real world. The desktop computer caught on because it rolled
Danish firm ReSound launched their iPhone-connected hearing aid, LiNX, at the Gadget Show. The world's first "Made for iPhone" hearing aid uses both the technology and usability features of the Apple iPhone to bring hearing aids to a generation of users who expect more from their technology than the current generation of aids. The hearing aid itself is discrete and
Google Glass might be du jour at the moment, but it's expensive, unfashionable and of questionable benefit. Undoubtedly, it'll get cheaper, less obtrusive and have more uses, but until then SunnyCam's HD video recording eyewear might be of more practical use. Simply, these are glasses with a tiny video camera in the bridge that cost only GB£100. The SunnyCam is very
Fitbit is well-known in the activity tracking space with their diminutive gadgets which monitor the wearer's every move and snooze. It's a busy space, with competitors hot on their heels, Fitbit has been expanding its portfolio with new colours, swappable wrist bands, wireless syncing with more devices and pre-installing its app on new smartphones. I chat with Peter from Fitbit