Recent content by AndroHK

That final comment is what frustrates me about the step counter. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. Mine will give up counting during a walking session. I keep walking, it stops counting. Then eventually, after a few minutes, it is back doing its job. Every day about 10% of my steps are...

The difference between the measurements for you and your wife may not be only about the difference between the S2 and the Fitbit although I'm sure that is part of it. If she happens to be shorter than you she will take more steps to cover the same distance.

My Samsung S2 step counter undercounts by about 10% in any kind of walking. It tends to freeze for short periods. Any steps taken in that time are lost. It must be doing something in the background when the counter freezes but I don't know what. The update that is mentioned here, does that...

1. S Health -very motivational 2. Reminders to keep me on track at work, somehow the vibrating watch gets my attention better than a vibrating phone in my pocket (it would be considered too rude to have an audible reminder from my phone while in a meeting) 3. Weather report which lets me keep up...

I previously had a Withings Pulse for which I checked the accuracy by physically counting my steps on multiple occasions. It was virtually spot on all the time. When I switched to my Sammy S2 I used both for a while and found the Sammy consistently under-counts my steps by about 10% regardless...