TomTom unveiled its 4th technology of health trackers together with TomTom Spark, TomTom Spark Cardio and TomTom Spark Music + Cardio. Right here is all the pieces you could know.
I used to have a brand new TomTom yearly. Massive display, good constructed high quality, nice screens, very correct, it was my primary selection. Simply that it was a GPS system in my automobile and never a health tracker. And right here we’re, TomTom, the GPS maker needs me to go away my automobile and get to the workplace operating as the corporate has introduced that it’s making now health monitoring units. Extra health monitoring units.
TomTom unveiled at IFA 2015, its fourth-generation of good sportswear referred to as TomTom Spark. There are 4 new fashions together with the TomTom Spark, TomTom Spark Cardio, TomTom Spark Music and TomTom Spark Music + Cardio. Confused? Don’t be. Let’s speak concerning the vary.
TomTom Spark – The Vary
This vary combines a music participant, a watch, an exercise tracker, the heartbeat monitor and a GPS, all in your wrist. Neglect Apple Watch. The magic right here is which you could go away your smartphone at dwelling (or within the automobile) and go for a run with simply a pair of bluetooth headphones and the TomTom Spark. Any of them.
“The distinctive mixture of an built-in music participant, built-in coronary heart price monitor, 24/7 exercise monitoring, multi-sport performance and GPS in TomTom Spark makes it simpler than ever for folks to get extra from their exercise and enhance their general health degree,” says Corinne Vigreux, Managing Director, TomTom.
TomTom Spark – Extra Motivation For A Good Exercise
I’ll element a bit on the TomTom Spark Cardio + Music type the entire vary as it’s the most full from my perspective.
This gadget has as the primary addition, the music perform. Everybody loves a backing monitor for exercises and music has been proven to reinforce efficiency in some circumstances.
Now right here is the thrilling half. Via a partnership with Ministry of Sound, TomTom provides a free assortment of basic dance tunes to maintain you cheerful and get your muscular tissues pumping. One draw back right here is that the gadget solely works with wi-fi headphones. Excellent news, TomTom Spark Cardio + Music is suitable with an enormous vary of bluetooth headsets, already in the marketplace.
Unique pre-loaded playlist, curated by Ministry of Sound – a motivational, high-energy mixture of upbeat dance anthems from a number of the world’s greatest DJs.
The gadget has 3GB of storage, which means you’ll have the ability to retailer over 500 songs beforehand uploaded by way of both iTunes or Home windows Media Participant.
TomTom Spark – The Good Health Companion
Shifting past the music characteristic, the TomTom Spark Cardio + Music is a strong health tracker. It has GPS functionality for plotting your runs or cycles on a map and it precisely tracks your distance coated, steps taken, energy burned, minutes of exercise and sleep. The watch picks up the depth of your classes too, because of the built-in coronary heart price sensor.
Picture clever, TomTom Spark Cardio + Music appears to be like sporty. Sporty to excessive. The smartwatch is sort of strong, with a monochrome show and there’s a big sq. on the strap below the display, which homes the GPS unit.
Intentionally positioned there, as you are inclined to have that a part of your wrist pointed skyward, the scale of it helps with easy accessibility and management even in the course of the run; simple and fast navigation system, even with sweaty fingers.
Scroll left to see your every day progress, scroll proper to set your exercise for a session and left once more to see the weekly readout. It shows the numbers for steps, energy, and so forth, with a circle across the outdoors that fills in as you meet your preset targets.
The “management sq.” permits full menu entry on TomTom Spark
The TomTom Spark Cardio + Music is available in plain black however could be assorted with two-tone strap variants. To be launched in US, Europe and right here within the UK this October on a value, nearer to £150.
TomTom Spark vary has an excellent companion in TomTom MySports app, out there on each iOS and Android able to sync your progress, then have it displayed in a engaging graphs, pie charts and maps.
TomTom Spark vary provides assist to 3rd celebration common apps, like Runkeeper for instance. The syncing course of is fast and simple and the app seems to work fairly nicely.
One lacking characteristic is smartphone notifications, as apparently health is aware of no disturbance from know-how however TomTom, of their kindness talked about that assist for incoming calls and messages is being developed.
TomTom, the GPS maker needs me to go away my automobile and get to the workplace operating
In the event you want a strong, dependable, nicely priced health tracker with newest tech and music integrated, look no additional. It is a beast. TomTom Spark vary could be ordered from TomTom web site and can be out there on retail shops beginning subsequent month, October 2015.
