Personal note: Just noticed that I’m closing in on 6 million steps logged by my Fitbit activity monitor. I hope to reach the milestone sometime in the next 7 to 10 days.
Tag Archives: Health
RunKeeper Fitness Reports enhanced
RunKeeper updated its Fitness Reports to provide more information. A premium account (RunKeeper Elite) is needed to view most of it. However, I found the the Total Distance information available for free accounts useful. It lets me look at my walking information in a variety of ways. You can see my totals sorted by day of week in the screenshot above.
The free RunKeeper mobile app is available for a variety of platforms. I use the version for Windows Phone to track my near-daily walking sessions.
Jawbone treating their customers right: No questions refund the Jawbone Up activity monitor
I was a guest on Hawaii Public Radio’s Bytemarks Cafe technology show on November 30, 2011. The topic was gadget holiday gifts. When asked about the new Jawbone Up activity monitor, I said while it sounded interesting, I saw comments on the Apple Store site from customers talking about a variety of problems with the device. Based on this, I recommended people check customer comments there and other sites before buying the device.
Engadget reported that Jawbone responded by, in my opinion, doing the right thing for their customers:
Jawbone offers ‘no questions asked’ refund for troubled Up band, even if you keep it
The details of the policy is found here on the Jawbone site: