5/5/2023 0 Comments Old fit bits![]() ![]() Hence when Fitbit One was released in first half of 2012 it didn’t take long for it to land in million arms, ankle, or t-shirts. For sure, reputation at the time wasn’t grand enough as it is today, it was when Fitbit began to shape into household name. It was at this period when people began to associate Fitbit with health tracking. Fitbit One – A Leap Of FaithĢ012 was really the turning point for Fitbit. The screen size was of course limited and if your name had many characters you would not be said HI it was still pinnacle of technology at the time. Imagine you manage to run 5531 steps in a day and your Fitbit Ultra finally managed to count 5000 of them, you would be rewarded with little badge that would remain part of your ledger.Īnd that is not the only fun part that it came up with…įitbit had finally added watch to show time and small LED screen that would present small motivational messages like: BURN IT. There was also addition of badges and rewards with each goal that was hit. A lightweight yet powerful enough innovation to tell you how many steps you ran, time you slept (with your help), and the numbers of stairs you climbed thanks to now usage of altimeter. Released during the Fall of 2011 Fitbit Ultra was another clipper. Once Fitbit Classic had compete his 2 year tenure Fitbit came back with Fitbit Ultra. ![]() Oh and it was clipper, not smartwatch, not health tracker, just a clipper. ![]() I vividly remember charging just for hour or so and not being worried about plugging back for a week. Even in 2009 Fitbit Classic had 7 day battery support. One thing Fitbit haven’t changed over the years and that I feel also make them recognizable is battery. The thrill of going to a website and logging into your account and finding you walked 2443 steps on 27th December 2009 was very 2010 feeling. But I won’t lie It was fun knowing you have a place to enter information of how much you swimmed (Fitbit Classic wasn’t water resistant) or lost weight. It didn’t use to take into account the data you would provide, not like how it is today. Of course that meant readings were hardly ever accurate.Īlthough, there was free access to website where portal could be accessed to enter information about the activity. Since at the time hardware capabilities were limited and technology was not ready Fitbit used to use movements to determine sleeping phases. There weren’t exactly the revolutionary features in to it, even sleep tracking had its problems. You could track steps and sleep with it, but that was just about it. It took 2 years to come to fruition Fitbit Classic was just as the name states: Classic. Released in 2009 Fitbit Classic was the first health tracker from the Fitbit company at the time. That is where Fitbit wrote itself in the history books and began to shape in what we know now today. There are no doubts that is where the Fitbit story started. For sure, it had its problem and with time Fitbit got the hang of it and what followed with each new iteration was improvement. I wouldn’t say it was, but it wasn’t exactly the flop either. It wasn’t until 2009 that Fitbit released its first tracker to the public. Not many people are aware off it but Fitbit didn’t even have the product for 2 whole years after its creation. ![]() While it has been 16 years since Fitbitcame into existence and become the leading health tracker manufacturer, in it’s early days things weren’t the same. ![]()
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