For all the uninitiated ones, a brief introduction to the Fitbit. Basically the Fitbit is a device which clips onto the users clothing and tracks the user’s movements, sleep and calorie burn throughout the day and in the night. It gathers all the information about the user’s movement and provides the user with a detailed report of the calories burnt. Its got an internal motion detector which helps to track how many hours the user has slept and if it is enough and other information like that. By pressing a small button on the device, the LED display will alternate between showing how many steps you’ve taken, the calories you’ve burned, your distance, and also gives you a gauge of how high your activity level is. And it’s got a flower which grows as you exercise more. ( yeah, they have other icons as well).

Now moving towards the territory no one has ventured in before…since the device is wireless it automatically gets synced to the computer and then the web so the user doesn’t even have to plug it in. For the wireless functionality to work the user will need to install a syncing software which syncs both with Mac’s and PC’s. Once the syncing has been done, the user can view his health dashboard online.

This device which promises to keep you informed about your fitness levels is going to be launched in the markets on Tuesday. So all the fitness freaks gear up for the Fitbit.

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