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		<title>Fitbit&#8217;s &#8216;The One&#8217; Is Your Self-Quantifying Soulmate</title>

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			<dc:creator>Nitasha Tiku</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_62672" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/fitbit1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-62672" title="Fitbit " src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/fitbit1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="196" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Hey there, handsome.</p></div></p>
<p>For many aspiring self-quantifiers seeking to shame their way to better health, Fitbit--the wearable device that measures the number of steps you've walked and quality of your sleep--was a gateway drug to flashier technology that followed, like the Nike+ FuelBand or Jawbone UP.</p>
<p>But the company, which recently released a <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/04/fitbit-aria-wifi-smart-scale-synch-fitbit-ultra-04242012/">realtime self-flagellation<strong>™ </strong>scale</a>,  just announced <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20120917/new-fitbits-use-bluetooth-to-sync-directly-to-your-iphone/">two new devices</a> to keep up with its competitors: Fitbit Zip ($59.95) and Fitbit One ($99.95). <!--more--></p>
<p>Both gadgets are enabled with Bluetooth 4.0, so users can send stats directly to their iPhone or iPad using Fitbit's mobile app. <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/17/hands-on-with-the-fitbit-zip/">TechCrunch</a> points out that FitBit has tried to make motivational feedback more overt, substituting a flower icon that grows when you exercise into a smiley face "that beams at you when you’ve gotten off your couch."</p>
<p>Perhaps by the time the higher-end FitBit One is released this fall, it will just be an anthropomorphized version of your skinny jeans laughing as you <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/08/the-standing-desk-is-dead-long-live-the-ergoergo-chair/">die a slow death by sitting</a> in front of a screen.</p>
<p>The most amusing part of reading the early <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/17/hands-on-with-the-fitbit-zip/">hands-on reviews</a>, however, is seeing the device referred to as <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20120917/new-fitbits-use-bluetooth-to-sync-directly-to-your-iphone/">"the One."</a> As far as naming their next upgrade, Fitbit has kinda painted itself into a corner. How do you follow that: Mr. Right Now? The Rebound?</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_62672" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/fitbit1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-62672" title="Fitbit " src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/fitbit1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="196" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Hey there, handsome.</p></div></p>
<p>For many aspiring self-quantifiers seeking to shame their way to better health, Fitbit--the wearable device that measures the number of steps you've walked and quality of your sleep--was a gateway drug to flashier technology that followed, like the Nike+ FuelBand or Jawbone UP.</p>
<p>But the company, which recently released a <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/04/fitbit-aria-wifi-smart-scale-synch-fitbit-ultra-04242012/">realtime self-flagellation<strong>™ </strong>scale</a>,  just announced <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20120917/new-fitbits-use-bluetooth-to-sync-directly-to-your-iphone/">two new devices</a> to keep up with its competitors: Fitbit Zip ($59.95) and Fitbit One ($99.95). <!--more--></p>
<p>Both gadgets are enabled with Bluetooth 4.0, so users can send stats directly to their iPhone or iPad using Fitbit's mobile app. <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/17/hands-on-with-the-fitbit-zip/">TechCrunch</a> points out that FitBit has tried to make motivational feedback more overt, substituting a flower icon that grows when you exercise into a smiley face "that beams at you when you’ve gotten off your couch."</p>
<p>Perhaps by the time the higher-end FitBit One is released this fall, it will just be an anthropomorphized version of your skinny jeans laughing as you <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/08/the-standing-desk-is-dead-long-live-the-ergoergo-chair/">die a slow death by sitting</a> in front of a screen.</p>
<p>The most amusing part of reading the early <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/17/hands-on-with-the-fitbit-zip/">hands-on reviews</a>, however, is seeing the device referred to as <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20120917/new-fitbits-use-bluetooth-to-sync-directly-to-your-iphone/">"the One."</a> As far as naming their next upgrade, Fitbit has kinda painted itself into a corner. How do you follow that: Mr. Right Now? The Rebound?</p>
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