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Masimo — the company that got the Apple Watch banned — has unveiled its new smartwatch (www.tomsguide.com)
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  • Masimo, the company that sued Apple over patent infringement, has unveiled its own blood oxygen monitoring smartwatch called the Masimo Freedom.
  • The Masimo Freedom is a health-focused device that can track blood oxygen levels, hydration index, respiration rate, pulse rate variability, pulse rate, steps, and detect falls.
  • The smartwatch is currently in prototype stage and will be available for sale later this year at a price of $999.

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[–] 60 points 2 years ago (65 children)

Would be great if somehow this patent was bought out and made public domain so people outside the upper middle class could have an affordable way to track their vitals.

Apple is a strange choice as a champion for that. Their devices always have been notoriously overpriced.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Apple also holds over 95,500 patents. I will never get why some people defend this crazy company. They make underperforming computers and sell them for wayyy over their value.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Please list here all competitors to the MacBook Air in the same price point:

    Battery life must be equal or better, no extra points will be given for massive CPU/GPU power. I'll wait.

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