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Gone of the days of TomTom purely being a car GPS system. Now TomTom is powering the tech behind Apple Maps, and has successfully branched out into sports gear – hence this review of the TomTom Spark Cardio – Running, music and optical HR, what more could...
I've always championed the Polar M400 if people wanted to no-nonsense, reliable running watch. Given the optical HR, detailed screen graphics, and relatively simple user interface. However with the inclusion of optical HR, I'd actually recommend the TomTo...
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That all changed with the arrival of the TomTom Runner Cardio in 2014. Thanks to some unique fitness features, TomTom came into its own and proved it could do the 'smartwatch thing' as well as the 'sat nav thing'. The Runner Cardio was one of the first sm...
A great workout buddy for those wanting to focus on fitness...
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TomTom made its name in the satnav business, but with sales affected by the ubiquity of smartphone navigation apps, it needed to find another string to its bow. That, over the past two years, has become its line of running watches, and they've been met wi...
The TomTom Spark might lack the advanced data more expensive running watches such as the Garmin Forerunner 630 offer – you don't get running cadence stats, for instance, or useful information about your running style and form, which can be useful in helpi...
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TomTom has diverged from personal navigation, seeing the company embrace sports devices in recent years. After an initial partnership with Nike, it stepped out on its own with the Multi-Sport and Multi-Sport Cardio sportswatches, the predecessors to this...
Plenty of features, good GPS and heart rate tracking performance, easy to navigate...
Music is a little fiddly, dependency on a computer feels dated...
The TomTom Spark is a compelling sportswatch offering plenty of features for fitness fans. Importantly, we've found that the results are accurate, with good distance-tracking and very good heart-rate monitoring. The range of features offered, and t...
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TomTom's Spark wants to be the Jessica Ennis of wearable tech. It's a GPS-equipped tracker with wealth of self-sufficient smarts. And it offers music storage too, so you can leave your smartphone at home when training for a heptathlon… or something less i...
Properly powerful sports sensing, Sounds and situation, without a smartphone, All day tracking on tap, Reliable location lock-on with QuickGPS...
Divisive design, Battery can disappear fast with GPS tracking, Heart-rate tracking is way off, Bluetooth signal susceptible to breaking up...
The features supposed to make the Spark special are sufficiently unstable Does that matter much? Well, it's a telling symptom of the Spark's insecurity. The app and abilities of the watch paint it as an all-singing ally – including cadence sensor pairing...
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TomTom's Spark wants to be the Jessica Ennis of wearable tech. It's a GPS-equipped tracker with wealth of self-sufficient smarts. And it offers music storage too, so you can leave your smartphone at home when training for a heptathlon… or something less i...
Properly powerful sports sensing, Sounds and situation, without a smartphone, All day tracking on tap, Reliable location lock-on with QuickGPS...
Divisive design, Battery can disappear fast with GPS tracking, Heart-rate tracking is way off, Bluetooth signal susceptible to breaking up...
Does that matter much? Well, it's a telling symptom of the Spark's insecurity. The app and abilities of the watch paint it as an all-singing ally – including cadence sensor pairing for cyclists, and swim-tracking for water paddlers.But the watch is only t...
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The TomTom Spark Cardio + Music is a GPS watch targeted at runners. We've reviewed the Fitbit Surge and found its GPS tracking a bit inaccurate . That doesn't make a big difference over small distances, but if you are a serious long-distance runner then y...
Accurate tracking, Can store and play music, Swim-proof, Good training modes for runners...
Watch faces can't be changed, Only one alarm, Clunky interface, Average battery life, Overall rating (out of 5): 3.5, ->...
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Fitness tracking has really picked up in India over the last year and half. Products from FitBit, JawBone, Xiaomi to smartwatches with fitness tracking features to GPS watches which go beyond just step tracking, have flooded the market over the last coupl...
TomTom Spark Cardio + Music is priced at Rs 21,999. There are other variants of the Spark such as the TomTom Spark GPS priced at Rs 13,999, TomTom Spark Cardio GPS priced at Rs 17,999 (with optical heart rate sensor) and TomTom Spark Music GPS priced at R...
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