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Polar V800 Multisport GPS Watch In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/06/polar-v800-depth-review.html

[Update note: As of April 15, 2015 the V800 can now support Bluetooth Smart notifications.

Tacx Rolls out open ANT+ Trainer Profile support, Zwift/TrainerRoad/Kinomap follow

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/06/trainer-profile-zwifttrainerroadkinomap.html

In fact, I can’t foresee a scenario at this point where all of the 20+ apps don’t have FE-C support by the Eurobike/Interbike timeframe. … They had initially said by the end of December, then January, then February – and then finally said they were pushing it till Summer in preparation for the 2015-2016 trainer season.

Polar M400 GPS & Activity Tracker Watch In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/09/activity-tracker-review.html

Outside of a few days in Vegas at Interbike I’ve been wearing it globally on my wrist in day to day life including meetings and workouts. … (Update Nov 2015: One thing we have seen a spike in during 2015 is failures of the USB port, primarily due to corrosion.

Separating product timeline fact from fantasy: The After Party Edition

www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/08/separating-product-timeline-fact-from.html

You may remember last year after Interbike I rounded up all the stories I did while down at Interbike in Las Vegas and put together a chart of each companies expected product availability information, along with my best guesses for when it might actually be available.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend (Tahoe Edition)

www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/09/5-random-things-i-did-this-weekend-tahoe-edition.html

This week’s 5 Random Things has had a serious locale shift, as I’m in Tahoe for Interbike, which relocated to Reno/Tahoe this year in an attempt to…well…just not be in Vegas.

A night at the Las Vegas Super Sprint Triathlon Grand Prix

www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/09/sprint-triathlon-grand.html

The swim was held in a 115,000 gallon pool set up in the middle of the parking lot across from the Las Vegas Convention Center (which was unfortunately many miles from Interbike).

Suunto Ambit3 Multisport GPS Watch In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/09/ambit3-multisport-review.html

At present, it’s only supported for iOS, with Android set for early 2015.

A sneak peek at two new PowerTap products

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/01/sneak-powertap-products.html

Of course, this isn’t all they’re working on for this year, but it seems like a good way to kickoff 2015.

Polar announces M400 footpod support, also smartphone notifications for V800/M400/A300

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/01/smartphone-notifications-v800m400a300.html

[Update note June 8, 2015: Polar announced Bluetooth Smart notifications for the M400 via firmware update 1.5.

How I evaluate Kickstarter and crowd-funded projects for rainbow-farting ponies

www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/05/evaluate-kickstarter-projects.html

But there’s an even more important detail here: They were unable to put a device in my hands while at Interbike. … Whereas the CENTR camera being next February (2015) seems rather realistic given existing industry examples.

An update on the 4iiii Precision Power Meter

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/01/update-4iiii-precision.html

You’ll remember when I took it for a test ride back at Interbike, giving it a bit of a first look on their prototype platform. … Quick update/note - July 27th, 2015: Many of you have asked when my review of the 4iiii Precision Power Meter will be released.

CompuTrainer to add WiFi controller, ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart support

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/09/computrainer-controller-bluetooth.html

They had the head unit (controller) on hand within their booth this year at Interbike, and were able to explain some of the direction they’re headed in. … Note that RacerMate did confirm that anyone who buys a CompuTrainer between now and when the new head unit launches in November 2015, will be covered for getting a new controller.

Seeing a crowd-funded project grow up: Sensoria

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/01/seeing-project-sensoria.html

Amongst the multitude of vendor booths displaying at CES 2015, I noticed a rather large booth - mainly because they seemed to be swamped by crowds every time I wandered by.

Hands-on with the Garmin Epix GPS mapping & multisport watch

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/01/garmin-epix-mapping-multisport.html

As noted earlier, the Epix will be available in Q1 2015, though expect that to be as close to the bounds of Q1 as possible (i.e.

Hands-on with Garmin’s new Fenix3 multisport GPS watch with color screen

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/01/garmin-fenix3-firstlook.html

Garmin is saying that the Fenix3 will ship in Q1 2015 (so by March), though it sounds like that might be quite a bit sooner rather than later.

Everything you ever wanted to know about ANT+ FE-C and bike trainers

www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/07/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-ant-fe-c-and-bike-trainers.html

It’s possible we could see a few more slip out two weeks later at Interbike (Sept 21st-23rd), but I expect we’ll have all the players lined up by the end of Eurobike (Aug 31st – Sept 2nd). … After significant delay and years of demos, that was released last spring (2015) and companies actually implemented it, starting with Tacx announcing support and Zwift/TrainerRoad/Kinomap support on basically the same day.

Friday Tidbits: Endomondo to get shut down and MyFitnessPal sold off

www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/10/friday-tidbits-endomondo-to-get-shut-down-and-myfitnesspal-sold-off.html

Today Under Armour announced the sell-off of MyFitnessPal, which it acquired 5 years ago in 2015 for $475 million USD; at the time they had 80 million users.

Hands on with the Dyno Velo power meter

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/09/hands-power-meter.html

At Interbike this past week a startup company was showing off a new entrant into the crank spindle power meter world.

A few quick thoughts on Fitbit’s new activity trackers, GPS watch (with optical heart rate!)

www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/10/thoughts-activity-trackers.html

Speaking of release, while the non-HR Fitbit Charge will be available immediately, the Fitbit Charge HR and the Fitbit Surge won’t be available until “Early 2015”.

Garmin Fenix & Epix Release History and Future Timelines

www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/12/garmin-fenix7-epix-release-history-explained.html

So the Fenix 3 announced January 2015, but didn’t start initially shipping till March 2015, and really didn’t hit true availability for many more months.

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