AllyHalliday629

Garmin GPS hiking watch adds Bluetooth technology

Garmin has a lot of GPS watches over the years for running, cycling, swimming and even golf. Now it's released a new GPS watch with navigation and tracking features to help hikers find their way through the wilderness.

The Garmin fenix adds Bluetooth technology to let hikers wirelessly share tracks, waypoints, routes and geocaches with their smartphone. The Bluetooth Smart watch includes a new Garmin BaseCamp app for Windows or Mac that lets you view maps, plan routes, and mark waypoints and tracks from your computer and then transfer them to the fenix.

The $400 watch also includes built-in sensors to provide information on heading, elevation and weather changes (barometric pressure and temperature), in addition to GPS for recording distance, pace and routes.

Wahoo Fitness heart-rate monitor for the iPhone 4S

This Bluetooth Smart heart-rate monitor from Wahoo Fitness is designed to connect quickly and easily to the iPhone 4S or any other Bluetooth Smart Ready device, such as a tablet or smartphone. The $79 device connects wirelessly without the need for any adapters, delivering real-time heart rate data through the free Wahoo Fitness App.

Wahoo offers an open API that allows developers to make their apps work with the Wahoo Blue.

Eventually, Bluetooth Smart heart-rate monitors like this could be used for more than just exercise. As one reviewer from GigaOm wrote , "Imagine doctors that can remotely monitor the pulse of their patients after a procedure or upon starting a new medication." Polar releasing first Bluetooth Smart heart-rate monitor Polar H7 heart strapPolar H7 heart strap

This Bluetooth Smart device allows you to quickly connect to any Bluetooth Smart Ready device, such as a tablet or smartphone, to store and display heart rate data and other workout statistics.

Polar makes a wide variety of heart rate sensors and fitness watches with sophisticated training features. The Polar H7 is the company's first Bluetooth Smart device, and its second Bluetooth enabled heart-rate monitor.

For more information on this topic visit the following: Garmin Edge 510, Edge 510 and Garmin 510