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Originally Posted by Dave999 View Post
smar****ches for health data, navigation and training will be huge. Both militery and cevilians will spend in this area. If you want to be part of the future. This is where you should go...
I really hope not. The current crop of wrist based accessories are woefully inaccurate.

You need a chest strap for accurate heart rate monitoring and for running, sticking a pedometer on your wrist isn't ideal.

For cycling, the wrist is even more stupid. You want the screen on your bars and on all the time. Preferably you'd also want it ANT+ compatible for your power meter and plug in to your Di2 gears. If you're out all day it needs a GPS with a battery that lasts, mapping and a nice big screen that is on all the time.

For swimming, you're going to only swim within bluetooth range of your poolside phone?

IMHO people are trying to cram too much into a watch and you'll end up with something that doesn't work better than the Polar/Garmin devices athletes and cyclists already have but it'll also play flappy bird and buzz on your wrist annoyingly.