FitBit Blazes into CES

Today at CES in Las Vegas, FitBit, the heroes in fitness tracking solutions, announced a new wearable. It is so close to being a smartwatch but they are not openly admitting to competing with Apple, Samsung etc in their game.

The FitBit Blaze is here. So, give me the brief!

• Continuous heart rate tracking
• Onscreen fitness workouts thanks to Fitstar
• Real time stats during your workout, if you’re running you’ll see live details on how far, pace, heart rate etc

• FitBit will automatically recognise what type of exercise you’re doing and log it in the app as such
• The usual sleep tracking, step counting etc
• Colour touch screen and various watch faces – a first for FitBit
• Call, text and calendar notifications from your phone
• Five days battery life

• Music control from the Blaze to play/pause, skip songs on your phone
• A huge lineup of various bands
• Available in Black, Plum and Blue in Medium, Large and X-Large
• Available for pre-order today for $329.95 with availability starting in March

Are we all rushing out to buy one?

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