Misfit goes full-on smartwatch with the Vapor at US$199 What I like about this fitness device is that is raises the bar substantially for Fitbit and the others. What I don't like is the prices are creeping upwards and you always have buy more new hardware, and the battery life is all struggling around the one to two day mark. The 44mm Vapor features a 1.39-inch AMOLED display that clocks in at 326 ppi. The display is fully touch, but much of the interaction with the product happens outside of the center of the display, interacting with menus by dragging finger around the edge — akin to Samsung’s twisting bezel. The model we had a look at was still early stages, but the menu system seemed fairly intuitive and Misfit’s gone a ways toward adding nice touches like transition animations. There’s a heart rate monitor on the back of the watch and inside you get an accelerometer, altimeter, GPS, microphone and 4GB of storage for music, which can be played through a connected pair of Bluetooth headphones. The company’s also promising two full days of life on a charge, accomplished via a magnetic charging case. See http://ift.tt/2iGr5JE
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