The Fitbit Ionic was designed to be the future of the struggling wearable maker, but so far the smartwatch has failed to catch the world on fire. As CEO James Park put it during this week’s financials, sales on the device “didn’t turn out the way that we expected it.” Of course, the wearable has improved a bit since its lackluster launch, after the company opened it up… Read More
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The Adidas-branded Fitbit Ionic smartwatch arrives March 19 for $330
The Fitbit Ionic was designed to be the future of the struggling wearable maker, but so far the smartwatch has failed to catch the world on fire. As CEO James Park put it during this week’s financials, sales on the device “didn’t turn out the way that we expected it.” Of course, the wearable has improved a bit since its lackluster launch, after the company opened it up… Read More
Fitbit’s Ionic smartwatch is getting 60 new apps including Yelp, Uber and Deezer
A lack of apps wasn’t my biggest issue with the Fitbit Ionic — but it was up there. The inclusion of a third-party app store was one of the ways the company was looking to set the device apart from the rest of its products, and aside from a couple of high profile partners, there really wasn’t much worth mentioning. Things are looking a bit better as of this morning. The… Read More
Fitbit’s smartwatch finally gets its first update
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Fitbit went all-in on its new Ionic smartwatch this year. It released the gadget in October with only a few apps to its name — then proceeded to leave the brand new OS alone for almost two months without a software update.
The period of inactivity ends Tuesday. The wearable company just announced the first update for the Ionic’s Fitbit OS, complete with new apps, clock faces, and more.
Most of the apps are activity-focused, as is appropriate for a gadget now being billed in an aggressive ad campaign as a smartwatch built specifically for fitness. But there are some other big lifestyle names joining the Fitbit ecosystem, too. Read more…
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