Do smartphones apps spell doom for other devices?
Jun 24, 2015
In the recent times, it has become trendy for corporates to spot devices on their hands that help them keep track of their health and fitness.
By Billy Rwothungeyo
In the recent times, it has become trendy for corporates to spot devices on their hands that help them keep track of their health and fitness.
Not to be left out, manufactures of mobile phones are building health and fitness app within smartphones to serve the same purpose.
So does this spell doom for the other gadgets like watches? Kingori Gitahi, the product manager of Microsoft Mobile Devices East Africa says it will all boil down to users.
“There will always be a place for those devices, but a lot will come down to the forces of affordability. If you cannot afford a fitness tracker that is separate on another device, you can get one on your phone,” he says.
“The most important thing is giving people options to be able to keep abreast of their fitness patterns.”
Gitahi made the comments yesterday at the Kampala Serena Hotel while launching three new smartphones; the Lumia 640 XL, Lumia 540 and Lumia 430 to the Ugandan market.
The Lumia 640 XL has SensorCore, a technology that allows you to track your health and fitness. In built into the phone is a gyroscope that detects and records movements.
Lilian Nganda, Microsoft Mobile Devices East Africa’s Communications Manager says these new apps can be used for a doctor’s review.
“If you got to a fitness manager and you had agreed to walk a number of steps to lose some weight, your doctor can use this as an indicator of how you are doing.”
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