Withings introduced the Smart Tracker Sports Tracker for iPhone [CES 2013]

Withings has made another step in the fight for the health of the owners of iPhone, releasing a new sports tracker that can be visualized in a screen of a mobile phone the extent to which active or passive way of life is people.

The Smart Tracker - a new generation introduced in early 2012, the sports tracker Fitbit Ultra. Novelty is equipped with a full set of sensors to monitor physical activity: a set number of steps to expend calories, heart rate monitor, and even sleep quality. Novelty has a compact size, but, at the same time equipped with a miniature screen with a touchscreen. The Smart Tracker supports wireless network Bluetooth, which allows him to transfer all the information gathered on the iPhone, where it is processed by a special mobile client from the App Store.

Accessory managed just one button, which is used to navigate through menus and touch screen that controls the running of certain firmware.

We should emphasize the existence of a new version of the gadget pulse sensor. He, like the other options, is activated by holding your finger on the touch screen, and it works when installed on the finger sensor on the back.

Battery life The Smart Tracker is two weeks. The gadget comes with no fasteners, so its use will require a carrying case or a bandage.

Release dates The Smart Tracker on sale and cost of the accessories have not been announced.

The number of applications in the App Store surpassed 775,000, downloads - more than 40 billion

According to an official Apple, the number of downloads of applications from the online store App Store, opened in 2008, has exceeded 40 billion, and accounted for half of the downloads in 2012. Clarifies that it is 40 billion unique downloads without re racing and software updates.

Community of developers created more than 775,000 applications for the owners of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch from 155 countries around the world, including more than 300,000 programs written specifically for the iPad. According to Apple, last December was a record for the store.

"It was a great year for the community iOS-developers" - said vice-president of Apple's Internet services Eddy Cue. According to a top manager from the opening App Store developers company donated more than $ 7 billion.

App Store users have access to applications submitted in 23 different categories, including newspapers and magazines available in the Kiosk, games, business, news, sports, health and fitness, and travel. Also in Apple reported that the number of active user accounts in the system App Store has exceeded 500 million.

The results fell short of forecasts for a California company analysts Gartner, who expected the App Store will record up to 2012 about 21 billion downloads, and will remain the leader in this segment. Only on the results in December 2012, mobile device users have downloaded from the Apple App Store for about two billion copies of applications.

Note that the directory main rival App Store - store software for Android-devices Google Play - as of November 2012, an estimated 700 000 development.