As with many a wearable that tracks movement, running and the such, the Apple Watch comes with… Badges. Wait, no, they’re called Trophies. No, crap, sorry, they’re called Achievements. You could just call them gamification incentives. Either way, they’re nice, they’re modern, and to me they’re a little bit more meaningful than some of the others that I’ve seen out there. As with the Fitbit, there aren’t a ton of Achievements to be had (for example, as compared to the Fuelband, which has dozens and dozens of them). There is a unique twist with the Apple Watch Achievements in that many are deferred until you’ve used the device for a few days, a few workouts or…
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Integrate Nike Running App With Apple’s Health App
The new Health app from Apple provides a conduit to run all of your health data through on an iOS device in order to then provide you with a single pane of glass to see all of your health related data. This can include diet, workouts, weight, blood pressure, etc, provided that the vendors of such devices or apps you may use support those features. The Nike Running app (not yet for the Fuelband) is one such app. And if you track runs with Nike Running then you’ll want to setup the integration asap, as the Health app only looks at runs that are configured after you setup the integration. To…
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Nike+ FuelBand SE Trophies
The FuelBand SE has way more Nike+ Trophies than the original FuelBand had. Since I keep having to hover over things in the nikeplus.nike.com Water – Beat your daily goal by 50% Ice – Double your daily goal Fire – Beat your daily goal by 150% Rainbow – Triple your daily goal Supernova – Quadruple your daily goal Alpine – Earn 8,000 Nike Fuel in a day Arctic – Earn 10,000 Nike Fuel in a day Volcanic – Earn 15,000 Nike Fuel in a day Galactic – Earn 20,000 Nike Fuel in a day Streak Week – Hit your daily goal 7 days in a row Fortnight – Hit your…
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FuelBand Bug or Feature?
I’ve been using a FuelBand on and off for about a year. I upgraded to the newer FuelBand SE as soon as it became available, and immediately noticed that Nike built a bunch of new badges in for users of the newer devices. As you obtained more Fuel, you can unlock the ability to earn these ever increasingly difficult to earn badges. But, I noticed something kinda’ strange. Not all of the badges were available to me that should be. In fact, only a few badges were available. But, as I continued to obtain more Fuel, all the new badges unlocked. All of the badges from the Nike Running app…