That jawbone blog item is really good on Big data.

So where does Jawbone get their algos anyway....
well they used to get them from a 3rd party; MotionX. But it seems Jawbone split from them

http://www.wareable.com/meet-the-bo...x-too-many-sensors-are-counterproductive-7383

one snip

Take this year's most anticipated fitness tracker, the Jawbone UP3.

"Thank god we have nothing to do with that," Kahn told Wareable. "Zero per cent of the tech on the device is ours, our infrastructure is still on the app of course. It's not the right device and they're also having a hard time getting it out.

So MotionX is out at Jawbone; and they have taken over algos and no matter what Kahn says it is more likely as below.....

a snip

http://www.wareable.com/jawbone/jawbone-still-has-plans-for-a-waterproof-tracker-1182


Donahue also told us that the decision to part company with Fullpower Technologies and its MotionX tech – essentially the brains behind the activity tracking in previous UP wearables – was one that Jawbone made, rather than the other way around.

"We now have the expertise in house, in terms of algorithms, and we wanted to have a bit more freedom to push things we wanted to explore further," he explained. "When you have full control it's much easier to make tweaks on the fly."



They have learned the same lesson as QUIK did with Apical?


I expect that a company like QUIK will overhaul a company like MotionX. Already have,


It pays to think for yourself and I have read those market analysis folks say FItbit/Jawbone
will be flashes in the pan- my own opinion is different. Fitbit may well outsell the Apple device because they are in the sweet spot on price and Apple COSTS TOO MUCH ( my own opinion). There is no magic in a more full fucion device...fitbit CAN make a very nice Smartwatch or added function band.

ALgos are crown jewels if you are in the fitness band so I would do just like Jawbone; loose MotionX and go in house, what would make me change?

A better device, maybe one that had just solid CHRM that is better than in house. Maybe a month charge to get more data to work on.

Maybe someone who could move a FItbit up the food chain-beyond fitness-?