By I’m the first to admit, I am a lover of gadgets. If I could, I would have all the gadgets. Well, maybe not all of them. I’m not an Apple lover (but I couldn’t find a freely available picture of a collection of Samsung gadgets).
Some gadgets I came to late in the game. My first MP3 player was a gift from a company I was working for at the time. My first fitness tracker was a gift from my mother.
This week I stepped up from just a fitness tracker to a smart watch. My hesitancy to make the jump had more to do with battery life than anything, and I am still trying to find my rhythm with when and where to charge it.
I’m still wearing my Fitbit for the time being too, as I figure out the differences between them so that I can interpret the results on my Samsung watch in relation to what I am used to. For example, as I sit here at my office desk, my Fitbit says I’ve put in 2846 steps, while the watch says 2196. The other area I notice a real difference is in sleep tracking.
The whole point of the watch was to replace the Fitbit, which is having serious issues since I cracked the screen in Italy. Doing it before the Fitbit dies completely was important to me, so that I could make the transition the way I am.
Of course, the problem with all this connectivity is that I get notifications for things on my computer, my phone and my watch now, and they aren’t perfectly in sync, so they buzz, buzz, buzz at me!
Anyway, it’s another rainy day here in San Francisco. I hope there’s some sunshine where you are, Readers! I’m off to have some coffee.
Photo by Pepi Stojanovski on Unsplash
Natalie J Case 