TECH CRUNCH - Feb 26 - According to a Jawbone spokesperson, the company is having issues maintaining quality when scaling the manufacturing up to the levels it needs to bring the device to market.
Google In Talks With Jawbone
APPLE INSIDER - Feb 25 - Google is reportedly in preliminary talks to buy a stake in Jawbone, as the Internet search giant moves further into the wearable device industry. Sources with knowledge of the talks describe Google's interest in Jawbone as a "strategic investment," not a wholesale buyout.
Magic Leap, Jawbone and Misfit Win 2014 Investment War
WAREABLE - Jan 28 - Magic Leap blows away the competition with its huge $542m cash injection from companies including Google and Qualcomm last year. In 2nd place is Jawbone with $147m and Misfit comes in 3rd place with the $40m investment from Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi and others which we reported back in early December. Other companies of note on the list, presented by StrategyEye, included Jaunt VR ($28m), Huami ($35m) - Xiaomi's fitness wearable partner and Zepp Labs ($15m) which makes the Zepp Golf Sensor.
Jawbone Opens Marketplace
PC WORLD - Jan 30 - Jawbone is trying to separate itself from run-of-the-mill fitness trackers with its new Marketplace, selling third-party products that tie into Jawbone's own wearables.
Fitbit Expected To IPO In 2015, Jawbone Experiments With Brands
MOBIHEALTH NEWS - Jan 22 - Jawbone has raised more than $400M since its founding and has a valuation of well over $3B. Execution misses and slow-footed strategic moves have left Jawbone vulnerable to disciplined competitors, including the surging Fitbit, which has only raised $66M to date and is widely expected to go public this year.
Jawbone’s UP For Groups
IBTIMES - Jan 12 - The newly developed system combines movement, eating and sleep data from Jawbone's apps and wearable trackers. The service intends to help companies' improve the health campaign for their employees.
by Edgar Jr. Reyes
See full article at International Business Times
Jawbone UP3 Launch Date Delayed
WAREABLE - Dec 16 - People who pre-ordered early on will get their UP3s early in the new year and have been offered either a $40 credit or a free Jawbone UP Move. There is now an 8-9 week estimate for people ordering now.
Jawbone Pushes Fitness Wearables To Businesses
MAC RUMORS - Dec 11 - The new UP for Groups provides discounts on bulk orders of the fitness trackers, as well as software features to manage and encourage group participation. It is compatible with the existing UP24 tracker, the new UP Move and the upcoming UP3.
Fitbit Starts First Global Campaign
AD AGE - Nov 16 - Up until now the brand hadn't advertised much, and it didn't need to. It has an overwhelmingly large market share in the activity-trackers category, and it's available in 40K locations in 48 different countries. Fitbit's unit share of the Full Body Activity Trackers at the end of Q3 2014 was 69%, according to NPD Group's Retail Tracking Service. The No. 2 brand, Jawbone, had 14%.The campaign will highlight the brand's new products: the Charge, the Charge HR and Surge.
Jawbone Unveils New UP3, UP Move
EWEEK - Nov 10 -
The UP3 Heart Rate Monitor ($180) is aimed at being a wearable that is easy and comfortable to wear 24/7 so that users can gain very detailed and accurate statistics about their heart health whether they are awake or sleeping. Rather than using optical sensors Jawbone uses a sensor platform that works with bioimpedance technology.
The UP Move ($50) can be used to track a user's steps, exercise and calories burned throughout the day, while also tracking hours slept and quality of sleep. The device also comes with access to Jawbone's UP app and its accompanying Smart Coach, which gives users information so they can make healthier daily choices every day as they monitor their health.
Jawbone's New MOVE, UP3
VENTURE BEAT - Nov 3 - The low-cost MOVE device will sell for $50 and the UP3 for $180 comes “packed with new sensors.”
Smartwatch Threat To Jawbone?
VENTURE BEAT - Oct 25 - If Jawbone truly wants to stick with the no-screen approach, it will have to start building truly impressive features, starting with a heart rate monitor. The “fitness tracker” and the “fitness watch” categories are under pressure from true smartwatches, which threaten to swallow the two less expensive categories, as feature sets and price points improve.
Jawbone Opens Its Fitness Tracking Software To Other Mobile Platforms
THE VERGE - Sep 9 - Users will be able to continue using Jawbone's software with a much wider range of hardware. The company still retains a unique proposition with Up24's long battery life (new firmware update doubles its battery life from 1 week to 2) and general simplicity, but its future seems to now lie in being a hub to collect all your fitness stats, no matter the device used for recording.
Jawbone Uses Data To Show How Earthquake Woke People Up
SLATE - Aug 25 - Jawbone used the sleep data collected from wearers of its UP band to show how the Napa earthquake affected people's sleep. The data showed that very few users between 75-100 miles from the epicenter woke up, but 55% of users in Oakland and San Francisco woke up. 93% of those in Napa, Sonoma, Vallejo and Fairfield woke up, and 45% of those were up all night.
Wearable Band Shipments Up 684% In 1H 2014
ANDROID HEADLINES - Aug 24 - Shipments of wearable bands, including Fitbit and Jawbone UP, have increased 684% from the first half of 2013 to the first half of 2014, according to Canalys. For basic bands, Fitbit was top in shipments, followed by Jawbone UP and Garmin's Vivofit. For smartwatches, Samsung was top in shipments, followed by Pebble Steel and Sony's Smartwatch 2. The numbers for Samsung's Gear Live and LG's G Watch with be posted in Q3.
Jawbone Shows Wearables' Big Data Potential
WEARABLE WORLD NEWS – Aug 19 – Jawbone has posted some of the data that is has amassed from its fitness tracker. Users in Melbourne, Australia get the most sleep, while Tokyo gets the least. Stockholm, Sweden residents take the most steps, while those in Sao Paulo, Brazil take the least. The potential for this data lies in how it can be used to benefit the inhabitants of these places, and others, by providing city managers important insights.
by David Nield
See full article at Wearable World News
Jawbone Adds Food Tracking To Up
THE GLOBE AND MAIL – July 16 – Jawbone has added a food tracking service to the Up app, allowing users to log food and water, and assess the healthiness of foods. Up users will now be able to track calories burnt and consumed with the goal of providing contextual data. Jawbone is competing with Fitbit, which accounted for nearly half of the 2.7M fitness bands shipped in Q1 '14. Jawbone reportedly raised $250M in venture funding last February.
BodyMedia Fit Most Accurate For Calories Burned
POP SUGAR – June 11 – A research study published in Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise concluded that the BodyMedia Fit was the most accurate fitness tracker for calories burned, with a 9.3% error rating. It uses an accelerometer, galvanic skin response, and body heat to produce a calorie count. 8 trackers were tested in comparison to a metabolic analyzer. Here are the complete results:
- BodyMedia FIT ($119) - 9.3 percent
- Fitbit Zip ($60) - 10.1 percent
- Fitbit One ($100) - 10.4 percent
- Jawbone UP24 ($150) - 12.2 percent
- Actigraph wGT3X-BT Monitor ($225) - 12.6 percent
- Directlife ($199) - 12.8 percent
- Nike FuelBand SE ($149) - 13.0 percent
- Basis B1 Band ($199) - 23.5 percent
Jawbone Raising Funds Among Rumors And Executive Churn
MOBILE HEALTH NEWS - May 28 - Jawbone is hoping to close a $250M round of funding at a $3.3B valuation, while rumors are circulating of a possible acquisition by a big tech company. Mindy Mount resigned as president in February, and former BodyMedia CEO, Chris Robins, left this month. Jawbone may be changing its exit plan or merely building investor interest. They have also filed a patent for a likely body fat % device and app.
Jawbone Looks To IoT Integration, Control As Future Of UP
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW – May 16 – Jawbone is looking at further IoT integration as the future of its UP wearable. The first steps of this process are evident in IFTTT (“If This, Then That”) compatibility, so the lights or heat in your house will kick on when you wake up. Jawbone hopes UP will eventually be able to control many IoT devices, and build context-responsive controls for them.
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