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Saturday, December 26, 2009

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How to get Polar H10 Chest Strap (or other external Bluetooth sensors) data into Samsung Health for Workouts

https://bit.ly/3oVes1t Due to my Samsung Galaxy Watch starting to become very erratic with accurate tracking of my heart rate during exercises (I get bonus rewards that depend on that data) I opted to buy a Polar H10 Chest Strap this last week. But although the chest strap data is super accurate it was only registering with the Polar Beat app through to my medical insurance. I could not get it to show inside Samsung Health at all. There are quite a few videos and articles on how to connect an external Bluetooth sensor, such as a chest strap, to Samsung Health but that in no way does what you expect it to do (it does nothing). The reason is Samsung Health defaults to using only the Galaxy Watch for heart rate monitoring (HRM) if it is connected, even if the chest stap is registered in Samsung Health as an accessory. The app has no way at all to switch between the Watch and any external device (why not Samsung?). So, there are actually TWO different ways of getting your chest strap d

Open Source Thunderbird 115 Supernova E-Mail Released: Even If You Use Gmail, Thunderbird Will Back it Up For You

The Thunderbird client has got a big makeover. It is not just an e-mail client though as it also has calendaring, contacts and tasks built-in, and many additional add-on’s that provide extra customisation and functionality. The app will connect via IMAP to most e-mail services to download and sync your e-mail offline. If you have e-mail at various services, Thunderbird will consolidate that for you in one app. But even if you’re still a Gmail user, Thunderbird is a great way to sync your e-mail offline so that you have your own permanent copy of all your mails. Who knows when Google will tire of providing Gmail. And if you feel like a version of Thunderbird on steroids, Betterbird is an enhanced version of Thunderbird with new features and bug fixes not available in Mozilla Thunderbird. Betterbird looks and feels like Thunderbird, but it’s easy to spot the new features available. Many of these features have been requested for over a decade, and some have been attempted and

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