Re:Fitbit Raises $43 Million
by bluedino on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @07:15PM
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>> it appears <dev.fitbit.com> they want data to go directly from their hardware to their servers before anyone else's code can touch it.
The way Fitbit works is they push the data down to you whenever it's updated by the device or user.
>> as a developer, of course, it would be nice to get as close to the hardware as possible.
In our case it wasn't desired at all - all we want from the device is the data, which we get from the site. Building wellness products where it's so much easier to have the device automatically upload the phone app (bluetooth transfer) or USB dongle on the users PC. Half your problem is getting people to log into a site every day to record their activity.
Other vendors such as Pebble require the developer to hit an API for the data and their site can be down for days at a time, without so much as a peep out of them. You think as a company they'd want to treat developers better...
The way Fitbit works is they push the data down to you whenever it's updated by the device or user.
>> as a developer, of course, it would be nice to get as close to the hardware as possible.
In our case it wasn't desired at all - all we want from the device is the data, which we get from the site. Building wellness products where it's so much easier to have the device automatically upload the phone app (bluetooth transfer) or USB dongle on the users PC. Half your problem is getting people to log into a site every day to record their activity.
Other vendors such as Pebble require the developer to hit an API for the data and their site can be down for days at a time, without so much as a peep out of them. You think as a company they'd want to treat developers better...