Articles by lzevon

March 26, 2010 1

EA announces wireless gadgets as part of EA SPORTS Active 2.0

EA has announced EA SPORTS Active 2.0 (working title). Scheduled for release this fall, EA SPORTS Active 2.0 is expected to offer a wireless heart rate monitor, arm and leg accelerometers for use [...]

February 23, 2010 0

The GymBoss – Tell your stop watch or wristwatch ‘your fired!’

Interval training is increased intensity for a given activity (lifting, running, rowing, cycling) for a measured amount of time, followed by a reduced level activity for a measured amount of time. [...]

February 14, 2010 0

Durable and feature rich, the Motorola Barrage is ready to go to work

Not everyone needs an iPhone or even a smartphone for that matter. For many, the only functionality needed is good voice quality and the only feature required is reliability. Enter the Motorola [...]

February 8, 2010 0

Top 3 Tech Ads for Super Bowl 44?

FLowTV The commercial: Great montage of iconic moments captured on TV over the decades. The product: FloTV, “a dedicated broadcast network of high quality video that emulates broadcast [...]

January 26, 2010 0

Panasonic LUMIX TS2 Likes the Rough Stuff

If you enjoy the outdoors all year long, even when it’s wet and cold, you have to prepare properly. When dressing for the winter leave the cotton at home – once wet it’s like a [...]

January 12, 2010 0

GPS Cradle for iPod Touch comes loaded with extras

For all you lucky recipients of an iPod Touch this holiday season, there’s a cool and useful accessory coming out later this year to keep an eye on. The XGPS300 iPod Touch GPS Cradle from Dual [...]

January 5, 2010 0

Don’t be a square, get a Yakima

Every car I’ve owned has had a roof rack. Even my old pick-up truck had a bed rack to hold and lock my mountain bike (which cost more than the truck). For my latest rack I switched to a Yakima [...]

December 16, 2009 1

Fitbit captures daily activity and sleep patterns to help track overall wellness

Using built in sensors, the Fitbit captures ‘three dimensional motion’ to provide insight as to the amount of activity and sleep you log each day. It compiles this data and based on your [...]

November 30, 2009 0

Yakima StrapThang: Surf more, freeze less

To non-surfers, the Northeast seems an unlikely place to find good waves. It’s not California, not Hawaii and too cold most of year to get in the water… right? It seems a well kept secret [...]

November 18, 2009 0

Tangle-free Surfing

Here in the Northeast we were just blessed with great surf for the past 4-5 days. I was fortunate enough to make it out for 3 of these days and loved every minute of it… almost. One of the most [...]

November 12, 2009 1

The Perfect Pushup puts a positive ‘spin’ on pushups

Over my lifetime I’ve done perhaps hundreds-of-thousands of pushups, usually as a form of punishment for poor performance in karate and sports. I still hear my coaches screaming ‘drop and [...]

Moshi Battery in Mountain Hardwear jacket

October 16, 2009 0

Mountain Hardwear jackets provide continuous heat and power to personal electronics

In the Northeast the weather can change in an instant. This time of year temperatures fluctuate +/- 20° F almost daily. Being resistant to bad weather is important in these parts (I see kids in [...]

October 1, 2009 1

VholdR ContourHD 1080P: Hands-free Hi-Def in the Wild

I’ve taken your standard hand-held Sony camcorder on many hell-runs down steeps or through glades and only broke one camera. This point of view (POV) filming let’s me relive snowboarding [...]

September 7, 2009 0

HitchSafe: stash keys for a surf or workout

Surfing in the Summer is quick and easy; boardies, rash guard and off you go. The only problem is there’s nowhere to stash a key (which in wetsuit season goes behind my calf). Surfers, runners, [...]

August 25, 2009 0

Another Strange and Cruel Gadget for Lazy Dog Owner

While it’s true the main focus of Bitness is fitness gadgets, we do – from time-to-time – write about gadgets for dogs. Most of these gadgets (like this, this and this) border on [...]

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