A posting on the website of Intel's Basis fitness tracker is advising customers to stop wearing the watch while an overheating problem is getting fixed. On June 13, Basis posted that a "small number" of users were experiencing overheating problems with the Peak and B1 trackers, to the extent that the device "in some cases caused discomfort, blistering or burns on … [Read more...]
Jabil Publishes Reference Platform for Connected Clothing
Jabil, the electronics manufacturing giant that bought connected fabric leader Clothing+ earlier this year, is starting to use its heft to establish itself in the smart clothing business. The company today published the Peak+ reference design for clothing, incorporating smart fabrics from Clothing+, transmitters and apps from Suunto, and analytics from Firstbeat. John … [Read more...]
Basis Adds Health and Fit Ecosystem Support, and What That Means for Apple and Google
Unanimity among tech users is hard to come by, but a lot of athletes we know are big fans of the Basis Peak fitness tracker. A new software update now lets the Peak share its data with both the Apple Health and Google Fit ecosystems. The Peak is known for the comprehensiveness of the data it collects. By joining with those widely used ecosystems, Basis data can now be tied … [Read more...]
Basis Peak Now Talks to iOS Apps, Gets Distribution and Notifications
The Basis Peak heart-rate monitor from Intel is one of the nicer bits of athletic wristware, but was a little hobbled by its inability to communicate with popular ecosystems. The company announced today that they've filled that gap, streaming data to iOS apps for Strava, MapMyRun, and Endomondo. (There's no Android capability, due to a protocol incompatibility, the company … [Read more...]