Samsung Gear Fit works fine for outdoor running, cycling activities. Perhaps, this is what it is designed for. If you are planning to buy this fancy wrist gadget to flaunt around at the gym, it will only disappoint as a fitness gear.

Fab Aesthetics; Smartwatch functions; Useful S Health Application

Below average battery; No option to reduce screen brightness; Cannot track Gym exercises

Slap on a Pebble, Sony's Smart Watch or one of the many smartwatches that are vying for a place on your wrist, and the inevitable questions follow – "So what exactly does this thing do?" or "Why do you need notifications on your wrist when you can just pull out your phone from your pocket?

Better battery life than the first-gen Gear; good UI and hardware design; comfortable to wear

Tightly tied into Samsung-only devices; no third party apps; charging a pain; heart rate accuracy issues

Buy the Samsung Gear Fit now for $204.95 from Amazon Advances in technology have certainly played a big role in making our lives a whole lot easier, but with almost everything now available at the tip of your fingers, it has also been a contributing factor in making us a lot lazier.

As you guys know, I'm kind of into the whole fitness band thing. I've talked about my dedication to Nike's platform , including the Fuelband (which I recently retired). I've picked up random Kickstarter items like the Misfit Shine , all because I'm constantly looking for something to help track my...

Samsung has jumped into the fitness market with it new "Gear Fit". The small and wearable device runs over Tizen OS.

ImageTagInstance gallery-e3bc9c2b-a2a1-406c-a151-ae0809802856 Image: 1 of 2 ImageTagInstance gallery-c7008529-275b-4049-83f0-dd0001053ccb IntroductionThe Samsung Gear Fit is a device that looks like it comes from the future: with its new-fashioned curved display and extremely light footprint, it looks like a gadget straight out of a Star Trek fantasy. At its core, it’s a cross-over between a smartwatch and a fitness tracker, showing you the time, as well as tracking your steps.The Gear Fit has a few tricks up its sleeve as well, like a heart-rate monitor and a coaching mode that can set the exercise pace for runners and cyclers. It also vows to last up to 5 days on a single charge. Can the Fit live up to all its promises? And is it really the best of the two worlds of smartwatches and fitness trackers, or a jack of all trades, but master of none? Let’s find out.In the box:Charging add-on clipWall chargerUser ManualDesignThe Gear Fit has the looks of a Star Trek gadget, with a curved di...