Thank you! Sent from my iPad
> On Jan 26, 2015, at 5:41 PM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Jan 26, 2015, at 16:51 , Penny youngman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> This is rather silly, compared to other topics raised here, but I have been >> unable to locate any information on the web. I'm using the Health app to >> track my daily steps and want to know how that works. Specifically, do I >> need to keep my phone in a pocket or does it register when I carry it in my >> purse? > > It depends on whether your purse moves with each stride. If it were big > enough to sling over your shoulder, it should work. There were reports when > the Health app came out that it worked fine even if you put your phone in a > backpack (though I find this odd). > >> How accurate is it, compared to other devices? > > It seems to match up well enough with my wife's fitbit when we go on walks. > The advantage of the fitbit over the phone is that you can clip it on and > wear it all the time, whereas you might put the phone down on the table from > time to time, and miss some steps. The advantage of the phone over the fitbit > is that you don't have to carry around something you wouldn't already be > carrying around. > > All of these step counters are only making guesses anyways (though they'll > guess to 5 digits of precision), because they count shaking. [1] > > Cheers, > > Bill > [1] Experiments within my extended family show that a fitbit on your sock > counts more steps than a fitbit on your belt, which counts more steps than a > fitbit on a shirt pocket or bra strap. > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
