Nike Introduces New FuelBand SE With Bluetooth 4.0, Movement Reminders, and a Clock

As a FuelBand user, I'm not particularly impressed by this update.

After 2 years, a few new colours and Bluetooth 4.0 doesn't strike me as anything radical.

May look into the Fitbit Force.

as a potential first time fuel band buyer, i think NIKE is missing out on the opportunity to break into the smart watch field, i would love to see this with some notification function.

As a FuelBand user, I'm not particularly impressed by this update.

After 2 years, a few new colours and Bluetooth 4.0 doesn't strike me as anything radical.

May look into the Fitbit Force.

I'm kind of a newb when it comes to these fitness trackers. What kind of functionality does BT 4.0 add?

Does the M7 processor in the iPhone 5S add better functionality to the Nike+ Fuelband app?

Bt 4.0 is a massive improvement as it dramatically lowers power consumption. I don't see a mention of the fb2 being waterproof either which it is!!

i was waiting a long time for an update to this fuel band and it is underwhelming to say the least. I was hoping for a heart rate monitor to be integrated...I must wait longer now. Pretty craptacular of an update Nike...following Apple's footsteps.

I think Tim is making sure this doesn't get too many features because Apple will come out with an iWatch with those features.

Just in time for the Move It! Challenge (http://home.lausd.net/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=330100&id=0) we're having for school kids here in Los Angeles on November 16.

All we have to do is get the school district to equip every student with a FuelBand (https://www.macrumors.com/2013/06/19/apple-scores-30-million-ipad-contract-from-l-a-unified-school-district/) and hope they are hack-proof (https://www.macrumors.com/2013/09/26/l-a-school-district-halting-home-use-of-issued-ipads-after-students-bypass-content-restrictions/). :)

Of course they're not hackproof.

Take the wristband, tape it to your hamster wheel, and let the hamster generate tons of Nike Points all day while you play video games.

All that said, I was disappointed by the announcement today too - really would have loved to have seen the vibrating alarm function. Hopefully Apple will announce the iWatch a week from today so we can see how that compares.

Apple will not launch the iWatch next week. Don't hold your breath.

IF (a big if) Apple is ever going to launch a smartwatch, it will have its own keynote announcement. Anyway I highly doubt if Apple will release any smartwatch at all.

I've had a Fuelband for since May 2012 and followed the cnet liveblog on today's announcement, so I can address a few of the comments.

Re: time - the new part is that you can hit the button twice and then it will immediately display the time. Before, you had to cycle through all the different readouts (unless Time was the last thing you had looked at) until you got to the Time readout. I love this change - the old way was so annoying that I only have my Fuelband display Time and Fuel, not steps or calories, because I hated having to cycle through so many pieces of info when I only wanted to know the time.

Re: comparison to iphone5s M7 chip - I also have a 5S; we know part of the answer to this but not all, since the Nike+ Move app hasn't been released yet. If the Move app works well, the 5S should work equally as well as the fuel band and maybe even better, since it should be able to measure movements that the Fuelband on your wrist wouldn't be able to. However, my biggest source of NikeFuel is from running or playing basketball and soccer, and I wouldn't have my phone on me for any of those activities, so this is where the Fuelband shines.

All that said, I was disappointed by the announcement today too - really would have loved to have seen the vibrating alarm function. Hopefully Apple will announce the iWatch a week from today so we can see how that compares.