The below video also shows in brief the process of how to get the MPods started and into the Bluetooth connectivity mode
Some technical specs of the MPods X8 if you are into nerdy stuff like us:
We hope you like this basic tutorial about connecting the bluetooth on the MPods X8 with your smartphone. Stay tuned for an indepth technical analysis coming up soon.
]]>One of the biggest peeves of people against smartwatches is its battery life. An adventurer has enough to take care of without worrying about battery. We have understood this and made it our core strength by having an amazing long 50-day battery life. This is sure to withstand through the most arduous of trekking journeys or adventurous forays that your wild spirit is planning to go to. Just take our watch along with you and be assured it will be tracking all your parameters across your entire journey on a single charge. The longest battery life for any smartwatch with the features IronCloud has.
Keeping in touch with our wild side, we know how much wear and tear one goes through climbing through those mountains; we have designed Ironcloud with titanium alloys and sapphire glass crystal touchscreen. This super lightweight watch will barely catch a scratch as you scale those mountain peaks. Coupled with a super comfortable, breathable watchstrap, which is flexible and anti-microbial, this watch is designed to be tougher than the mountains before you. This ensures this watch will remain in pristine condition across various adventure trips you undertake.
The runner in you would love the big touchscreen display, which shows everything you need to know about your run at a glance. IronCloud tracks your steps with the latest pedometer and tracks your distance with pinpoint accuracy. The heart rate monitor will keep track of your internal rpm motor ensuring you do not go in the red and thus informing you when and where you have to recover. This allows you to go on longer and faster on those incredible runs on which your going to enjoy smashing records.
Never get lost ever again in the mountains on those solo journeys into the wilderness with a triple GPS system, which provides your location even in the remotest Himalayan valley. Map your running routes and monsoon hikes easily and accurately now.
For those of us who love watery adventures, IronCloud will be waterproof up to amazing 100 meters depth. Able to measure your lap times and swim strokes this watch has amazing performance benefits for swimmers as well as people who love other water-sports like surfing, kayaking, rafting & more
Loaded with functions to track various sporting activities like running, cycling, swimming, trekking & hiking, the IronCloud also couples this with an awesome app to provide you with valuable insights on your historical performance and guidance and training programs to improve your personal bests. This amazing smartwatch also includes a calorie tracker, altitude meter, barometer & compass so that you will never run out of new features to try out and explore on your smartwatch.
The best thing about IronCloud is that with even all its focus on sports technology and rugged features, it is still a watch you can pair with your three-piece suit for that dinner date. With ability to get messages and make calls upon pairing with your smartphone, this is a true smartwatch. This amazing level of refinement gives it a stylish finish unseen before in sports & fitness watches. So whether you are a warrior in the boardroom or in the sports arena, this is one watch you want in your arsenal.
Ironcloud is built for the today's active lifestyle being fashionably sporty and elegantly trendy.
]]>As happens with any industry that Apple decides to enter, it has managed to shake the incumbents and cause more development in the past 6 months than the past 6 years in the speaker industry. Now not just as a fashion statement, there is actually a lot that you can do with your wireless earphones. There are a lot more uses to wireless earphones than just using it for phone conversations.
From being used by workaholics who love to multitask, to keeping hands free to hold the shopping bags at a mall, to runners and joggers to mom's who can now talk to their friends while holding the baby in their arms; Wireless headphones have set a new comfort standard and become a norm for music and communication. Some of the benefits of truly wireless headphones are
The greatest benefit of using wireless earphones is that it gives us the freedom to stay detached from the cables and wires. Wireless earphones are all about mobility and freedom. Being hands-free and cord-free, you can easily continue to work or workout as you communicate. If you are at home, you carry on with your household chores while talking to an old friend over the phone. The wires and cables of headphones often are stuck to something or the other. And of course all of us have spent those countless irritating seconds untangling those mess & knots the wire somehow always seem to be in. Wireless Earphones will save you from this horror. For fitness enthusiasts, wireless headphones would be the perfect accompaniment for any run as it gives him full freedom and mobility. You can now easily take a jog or run across the park while listening to your favourite playlist.
A good quality wireless earphone comes with good bass and noise cancellation technology with data transferred over Bluetooth. With the amazing advances in wireless communication technology and especially Bluetooth, the sound quality is now better in wireless than wired speakers. This is because their is zero wear and tear associated with wires and so cleaner sound always through these wireless headphones. So, you do not need to worry about compromising with the quality of sound. You will feel the same beats through a wireless headphone as compared to wired and in fact over the lifespan of the headphones , a wireless one will perform much better.
While walking on the street or while coming back from the local market, holding the phone the entire while can be quite a big irritation. One hand is completely engaged in holding the phone, which is not at all convenient in any situation. The wireless earphones give you the freedom to carry on with the daily tasks while engaging in a little extra. You can talk more, listen to your favourite tracks more and even walk more without being disturbed by the messy cables and wires. If you are getting a call while listening to the music over the wireless earphone, it also enables you to attend the call. After the calls end, you can immediately return to the song exactly where you left.
Wireless earphones are not just a savior from the cables, it is also a style statement. They are the "in" thing this season. Wireless earphones look incredibly stylish and sophisticated. Don't just stick to the white ones anymore, these wireless headphones now come in all shapes and sizes. From sporty looking sleek black ones to the elegant rose gold colored ones.
Bluetooth is one of the greatest inventions and it is simply bewildering how Bluetooth has made its entry into almost arena of our life. From drawing room to the car, Bluetooth connectivity has linked together almost every device of our house. These wireless headphones are Bluetooth enabled and so can be paired with any and all Bluetooth devices you have, given you smooth access to all your devices.
So what are you waiting for, go out there and grab your Apple Airpods or MVYNO Mpods or Bose TWS today.
Step 1: Throw away that old wrist watch of yours
Step 2: Invest some of that hard-earned money into a nice Smartwatch.
Let's help you with the 9 features a smartwatch MUST HAVE for an Adventure Junkie
1) Distance/Step tracker:
This pretty much goes without saying and any watch going around calling itself a smartwatch will have to have a good pedometer. This should be able to tell you the steps you have taken and the distance you have travelled. The more advanced watches nowadays have an accelerometer, which is able to track your speeds across your trekking or hiking journey. This provides data, which is very entertaining to compare, sitting around a bonfire, late in the evening, with your fellow trekkers. The smartwatch should allow you to compare data across days and keep track of your daily steps taken vs your target goal set.
2) GPS Navigation:
If you are truly getting a watch for outdoors, we can't afford for you to get you lost on your trek, can we? Therefore, a watch with a dedicated GPS chip is always a good investment for a trekker. This helps in setting your route on those solo mountain soul-searching journeys or setting a course for your next morning run. Who knows, it might also come in handy when you stumble your way back to camp at night from those dreaded late night toilet trips.
3) Heart Rate Monitor:
We all are those chest pumping, all knowing adrenaline junkies, but nonetheless, over years i have learnt that if you truly want to push the outer limits of your endurance, you have to know when and how to recover. Keeping check on your heart rate is crucial to ensuring you keep your stamina going for long. While running a marathon, if you can keep your heart rate in the target zone, you will be smashing those personal bests in no time. The heart rate monitor on your wrist would notify you when you are getting into the red zone and thus alerting you for recovery before you end up with a burnout. This is as useful for a marathon runner as it is for a trekker
4) Waterproof:
It does not matter if you are not a swimmer; do not even think of getting a smartwatch for adventure trips if it is not waterproof. Passing through a shower in the Himalayas is going through no less water than a swimming pool. Your smartwatch needs to be able to pass through all the rigors and struggles that your body will go through. An ip67 watch will serve you well on those monsoon hikes, and rainy running marathons. If you are intending to swim a lot and scuba dive, ensure your watch has an ip68 rating. All of us, for any activity like hiking, trekking, mountain climbing, running or swimming need waterproof as a basic feature for all technical equipment.
5) Battery Life:
It would really be sad if your watch died out midway through that Himalayan Odyssey of yours. To ensure that does not happen invest in a watch with long battery life. Some of the fancier looking watches with a lot of unnecessary features sacrifice on battery life as keeping track of all those parameters is a drain on your battery's resources. Discount whatever the manufacturer says by 50% and accordingly judge the battery life and figure out what would be suitable for your needs. A longer battery life is always better. This will ensure it lasts through your complete trek.
6) Screen:
Check the screen quality to check it is resistance to smudges & scratches. As this would be a touchscreen, you would be constantly handling it and with it being on your wrist, the chances of it banging non-stop with hard surfaces is high. Get a scratch resistant screen ideally of sapphire glass or similar. Remember unlike your smartphone, this will not have a scratch-guard. Also the screen brightness and lit should be visible in harsh sunlight while at the same time having brightness dimming possibilities so that your wrist doesn't shine more than the moon on that starry night after a long day's trek.
7) Software/ App:
Now this is mostly a bonus and mainly for those tech geeks. Most of us are happy as long as the interface on the smartwatch is easy to use and friendly to navigate. It is a bonus if the smartphone app the watch pairs to is an intelligent one and constantly updated. This helps you get training programs and historical comparisons of your performance overtime easily and smoothly. So give the software a look over before finalizing your purchase. These software's now have various sports modes for different activities like trekking, hiking, swimming, etc to help you track your data better.
8) Altimeter:
What good is a trekking smartwatch if it does not make you feel good on scaling that summit? Track the current altitude you are at in real time and be aware of the rising or falling journey you have mapped. A great motivator, this feature is as much for fun as it is for necessary information. Watches for scuba divers have this modified to reflect diving depth. Repeated studies have found this to be one of the most motivational features in a smartwatch meant for trekkers.
9) Wristband:
I know they look good, but do you really think leather straps look good on sweaty wrists. Do not even think of buying a smartwatch with leather or metal straps. Ensure your watch has a nice plastic super flexible smart looking band. This bands needs to have flexibility and durability. Being lightweight, these bands would help you wear the watch longer and a breathable, nicely designed watch would ensure zero irritability due to the constant movement your wrist undergoes in any adventure activity. The strap must be able to withstand all strains and weather conditions a trekker would go through.
Some extra features which fancy smartwatches also boast of these days are pairing with your phone, 4G sim connectivity, getting notifications, Blood pressure and Blood O2 level tracker, hydration monitor, LED, camera, calorie counter & sleep monitor. Depending on your need as a trekker or swimmer or runner you can pick and choose accordingly.
I hope the above helps you narrow down your selection of your smartwatch. Think we have missed something? Give us a shout out below
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Why a Smartwatch?
People all across the world have now started to switch over from the traditional watch to the smartwatch. A few years ago, the ordinary traveller would have to carry a few things in the bag, namely, the compass, maps, flashlight and would wear an ordinary watch. Now we all know how precious space is in that backpack of ours, so why not take all that and dump it onto your wrist?
I know what you are thinking; I have it all on my smartphone, why do I need another "smart" device? We trekker's all know how important it is to keep hands free at most times. In addition, you cannot really go around taking out your phones while rock climbing, can you?
Completely avoiding taking out your phone improves your travel experience and increases your safety on those tough trails that we always seem to be landing ourselves in. In addition, this is where a smartwatch steps in, giving you all that information which you would ever need right on your wrist.
Thank God for the technology, the market is now flooded with super-efficient smartwatches that are meant for us adventurous spirits. There is something for everyone. There are now smartwatches dedicated to hiking, trekking, running, cycling, swimming & scuba diving. These smart watches for swimming, running or trekking are loaded with amazing features and trackers. With robust and sturdy builds, they are completely suited for outdoors. Loaded with vibrant and myriad features like navigation control, GPS facility; heart rate tracker, barometer, altimeter and a variety of other features, they will surely augment your outdoor or adventure activity.
Get a smartwatch now before you run off onto your next adventure and remained tuned in to find what what are the 9 Must Have features for an adventure smartwatch in our next blog
]]>The world today runs on technology and networking. Technology is getting smarter and improvised each day. This is the era of digitization of each and every field. Technology has even taken a step forward in the world of fitness. And it was just a matter of time before those old classy mechanical handcrafted Swiss watches got disrupted by technology.
The Future of wearable tech:
As technology is getting smarter, people all across the world are getting lured to wear technology even on their wrists. Carrying your phone everywhere may appear as unnecessary. The smart move is to switch over to smartwatches that enable you to move around freely while similarly attending calls, replying back to texts and waking up the smartwatch alarm. The clunky and old watch wear options from the past have now been revolutionized into sleek, smart and powerful smart gadgets.
Smartwatches and their role in fitness:
Smart watches are not just the watch. They are a world in itself. The demands of the day have transformed the humble watch into tech gadgets that are making an array into the world of fitness. The tech industry has now embraced the ever growing concern for fitness in the world today. The result is the concoction of technology and fitness- the smartwatch. The most efficient smartwatches have turned even smarter by becoming the face of fitness today.
Your smartwatch is probably your best fitness buddy while you are out travelling. The smartwatch exactly knows how you feel. If you are getting depressed, the smartwatch will instantly show your pulse rate. You can then soothe yourself up by talking to an old friend or by watching a refreshing video. If you are pushing too hard, your smartwatch would alert you of the high heart rate and ensuring you slow down and recover. If you are walking on the road or travelling by the cab, smartwatches are still going to accompany you there! The smartwatches keep a track of every step or mile that you take. Moreover, if you are wondering which direction to take on that solo adventurous monsoon trek, your smartwatch is still going to be your savior buddy with its GPS navigation.
Keeping a track of your fitness is one of the core features of smartwatches. It makes your fitness goal a better achievable dream. In case you are thinking of buying a pedometer or a fitness tracker, you should instantly replace it with a smartwatch.
Do I need a smartwatch if i don't Train or Run?
The benefits of the smartwatch as a fitness tracker are many. It counts every calorie that you burn at the gym or outside. So, you know how much of exercise can burn the amount of calories that you are aiming to burn. Once you can track your fitness level, the entire process of reaching your desired body gets easier and convenient. The smartwatch keeps a track of every calorie, heartbeat, sleep and pulse rate. By connecting your smartwatch to your phone, you get a detailed chart of the amount of sleep you have had. Added to this, smartwatch also tells you the hours of your soundest sleep along with the pulse and heart rate of your body during that specific time.
So it doesn't matter if you don't work out, with the daily calories burning being tracked, you can accordingly easily tailor your diet to maintain that level of fitness you would need.
Smartwatches are one of the best inventions of today. In the mad rush to achieve more in our workplace or college, people have forgotten to take care of their health. Smartwatch is really “smart” as it reflects the truth of the existing health of the body. The detailed analysis of sleep, calorie, heartbeat, and others give us the necessary knowledge about our health. Since humans are getting busier each day the need for a device that involuntarily keeps a track of our health is paramount.
So it's time to spend that pocket money on getting a smartwatch to adorn that wrist of yours.
We run to feel alive, we run to get fit, we run to feel good & now we run cause its trending. Today running has become the most trending fitness activity worldwide. There are now hundreds of cool and innovative gadgets to help you look and feel awesome while you RUN!
The 5 tech gadgets that every runner should have in 2018:
A smartwatch is a runner's best friend. Whether you are a beginner or a marathoner, it doesn't matter. A smartwatch needs to adorn your wrist as you run now. These help you track everything from steps you take to speed you run at. With advanced computing algorithms, now these watches help track your running speed and giving you information about your speed vis a vis your past runs or friends or a virtual opponent.
While a basic smartwatch would be able to track your steps, calories and distance covered, today technology has advanced far. There are watches will help you map your run with GPS. With heart rate tracking advancing leaps and bounds, today's watches track your heart-rate and monitor it to help you train better. Hydration tracking is an upcoming field with startups now able to check your hydration levels from analyzing your wrist skin under the watch strap.
The smartwatch now covers a lot more with BP and blood O2 levels also tracked allowing you to train all that better and knowing when to increase and decrease the tempo. Synced with your phone and 4G, now receive and make calls on the go without skipping a step.
Best smartwatches : Apple iWatch, Garmin Fenix 3, Mvyno Ironcloud
Whether you need them for music or attending calls or getting those motivational messages, Earphones are your partner for every run.
Been around for an awfully long time, wireless earphones have got a new lease of life thanks to Apple's AirPods. Just link how QWERTY phones quickly became like dinosaurs, wired headphones are sliding down the same path.
No longer feel wire's jumping around as you go for that morning run. With ergonomically designs, these tiny earphones pack a punch. With numerous suppliers and designs in the market, choose one which suits your ears. Their amazing design helps them surprisingly through all the shaking and jumping that your head goes through on a typical run.
With nano Bluetooth technology and nano lithium batteries, these truly wireless earphones can be charged on the go with their charging cases and thus removing that excuse you had for not going for a run on that business trip.
Pair them with your smartphone or smartwatch to get streaming music or any other information you desire and look awesome as you run fast and hard.
Best wireless earphones: Apple Airpods, Mvyno X8, TicPod Free
Well this is not really a gadget. But hey it's the world of Software and AI. Is there anything truly done anymore with software?
A number of running apps can be got on your smartphone from Apple iStore or Android PlayStore. Led by the Nike+ Running App, there are numerous great apps to help you run better and smarter. Just download them onto your phone and press GO and off you are on course to running better and faster.
These apps provide everything from basic tracking of runs to managing your historical run data. Compare and compete with friends to get motivated and link directly to your social media. That's the basic stuff, now the fancy : Get into the guided running mode to get motivational speeches while running the best motivators there. Start their training program and follow the simple steps there to go from a couch potato to marathon running in 8 weeks.
Be rest assured you will hate and love how these apps motivate you to get off bed and out off the comfort of your blanket on that wet windy morning.
Best Running App : Nike+ Running app
Though a little outdated now, with these awesome smartwatches which are making your mobiles redundant, we do sympathize with all you Nomophobians out there who want cant stay a couple of feet away from their mobile phones.
An armband can help protect your smartphone and keep it with easy range while you run. If you are running with your phone in your pocket, do us all a favor, DON'T. If you are not convinced with how it spoils your form and how it is not healthy, just stop because it looks really uncool flapping around in your pocket.
Best Running armband : Aeoss
Now this is getting into the experimental tech right out of a James Bond movie. The latest buzz at CES 2018 was hydration tracking.
I know you are probably thinking, those boring manual entries into your app. NO! A latest startup based out of silicon valley has cracked the code of analyzing the moisture level of your skin and developed an algorithm to deduce your hydration levels. Running while drinking the ideal amount of water is the best way to help run longer, and with this band you can actually track that scientifically.
With 85% accuracy, what this can be used well is comparative analysis. By giving it a week and entering your different levels of thrust, you can help this AI learn and then give you comparative analysis of your hydration levels across runs. Can be pretty cool to end up a run not feeling thirsty at all.
Experimental Hydration tracker : HealBe
Get out there and go for a run, a mile, 5K or 10K, doesn't matter as long as you hit the road hard and fast.
"Run Often, Run Long, But never outrun your joy of running"
Julie Iophording, Olympic runner
]]>Pushing one's boundaries and surpassing limits is driving India to gyms in droves.
Instagram selfies of celebs wearing bikinis on Mediterranean beaches are dominating conversations and motivating the average gym goer to put in those 5 extra reps of those painful crunches. Restaurants are getting calorie conscious, with salad chains booming in every metropolitan city of India. Suddenly the fully loaded chicken tikka masala has been replaced by the Quinoa salad and a thick Oreo shake by a nice protein shake. Athleisure as a clothing trend has been the dominant fashion story of this season's catwalks.
Technology has played a big role in getting fitness into the hearts and minds of people. With various smartwatches and fitness trackers flooding the market, there has been a marked rise in increase in the desire of people of get fit.
Iconic brands like FitBit have got path-breaking products into India and have started a smartwatch revolution. Smartwatches have replaced the traditional boring watch on everyone's wrists. Gone are those mechanical dials and swiss finishes. It is the era of the digital OLED screen as the face of a watch.
Now a watch is no longer used to tell time, that's your phone's job. A watch does much more :
And oh yes, your smartwatch now can make and receive calls & messages too. Pair them with a wireless earphone & all you would need your phone now, would be to watch Hotstar or play games.
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