Motorola has just released their all new ultimate fitness tracker app. It not only monitors your work out, but plays music as well. And you can even tie it as a watch. Ring a bell ?? Yes, its a lot like an iPod Nano in many ways. But, Motorola had added more features that really brings some interest to the device. First things first, you can add your favorite songs to the device by connecting it via micro USB cable and you can use the Motorola software to load music from iTunes or Windows Media Player.
It features a touch display to ease up navigation and its sweat proof, rain resistant and scratch resistant. The built in music player is intelligent enough to track songs with which you perform your workouts better and creates a playlist based on that. It also has a built in FM Radio just in case if your music library is not helping. The device can also connect to Wifi and smartphones. All your work out progress are uploaded to internet right from the device. You can track your performance at https://www.motoactv.com/ . The other features include:
- Ongoing tracking of fitness performance stats, including pace, distance, calories burned, and map of route covered, with automatic wireless syncing of workout data to MOTOACTV.com
- 8GB or 16GB of storage for endless playlists
- Sports a 1.6” full-color touch-screen display that is sweat-proof, rain-resistant and scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass that auto-adjusts for indoor or outdoor lighting
- Option to sync with the latest Android-powered smartphone to receive incoming calls and texts
- FM radio capabilities for more song variety
- Up to five hours of battery life for outdoor workouts, 10 hours indoors, and nearly two weeks on standby
- Supports both Bluetooth® 4.0 and ANT+ wireless connectivity for your existing fitness sensors and your future ones
- Size: 46mm x 46mm x 9.6 mm
- Weight: 35 g
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The pricing is not very competitive as expected. You can MOTOACTV 8GB at $249 and 16GB at $299. The Motorola SF700 and Motorola SF500 sports headphones are $149 and $99. The device will be launched exclusively with Verizon Wireless this November. And it will available in first quarter of 2012 in Latin America and Europe.
