Adidas wants a piece of the Nike’s FuelBand SE action, and the company has announced that they’re also releasing their own smartwatch geared toward runners. The watch will start at $399 (almost $25o more than Nike’s FuelBand SE ) and will come with lots of cool features for serious runners.
Not only will it come with a GPS connection to track the runner’s activity, but it also features Bluetooth connectivity, a heart rate sensor to track performance and provide feedback and heart rate training guidance via the watch’s screen and vibration, via Bluetooth headphones.
The Adidas Runners Smartwatch doesn’t need to have a smartphone around like others on the market, but it won’t include phone capabilities. It will, however, have on-board flash storage for music that you can listen to through Bluetooth headphones. Adidas’s VP of Interactive Division, Paul Gaudio, says that the company is not trying to compete with other smartwatches on the market. Rather, they just want to make the best running watch around.
The smartwatch will be available this month.
