GoWear Fit: Bugs and Feature Requests

No matter how good an electronic device or software program/website is, users will always want more. A popular example with the GoWear Fit was the Daily Food Logging which initially was not an option, but was added by BodyMedia do to customer demand. Improvements are normally broken down into 2 categories: bugs and feature requests. Bugs are flaws in design or implementation that prevent a piece of software or hardware from behaving as intended. Feature Requests are ideas and suggestion that could be implemented to improve the product. Since the GoWear Fit is a finished commercial product, I am going to redefine bugs to include a deviation from what a typical user might expect(basically bad design),things that can make it unusable for some(the inability to turn the sound off might be an example of this), and things that are inconsistent. Declaring something as bad design can be very subjective and vary widly from one person to the next, but I think it might make a good dividing line to separate bugs from feature requests in a commercial product.

Bugs and feature requests can fall into 3 categories on the GoWear Fit: website software, armband firmware, and armband hardware. I will also make a category for the display, but since I don't have one it will be entirely up to you to fill me in on that one. Firmware is the code(software) that is running on the hardware. It can be upgraded through the USB to change the function of how the hardware operates. Hardware bugs or upgrades could only be resolved by getting a new version. I know there are some upgrades or oprions I would like to add to the hardware, but hopefully(and very likely) all the hardware bugs have been worked out before release.

I have had my GoWear Fit long enough to note some bugs that I find very annoying and some enhancements that I could find very useful. I would love for some input from you about the bugs you precieve and the features that would like to see. Just add them to the comments of this post, or the specific post for what your bug/feature is related to. I will add them to the posts to compile a list of ideas and maybe BodyMedia will also take note.

I have just gotten started on this, but these poste will be under constant update, espically if I get feedback from you.

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