MOTOACTV 8 GB GPS Fitness Tracker and Music Player (Electronics) Customer review from the Vine? Program (What's this?) The MOTOACTV is a great little GPS exercise tracker that unfortunately suffers from one big fatal flaw: it has terrible battery life. Here's an in-depth review of the unit as a whole.Design: Great. It's around the size of an iPod Nano, has two buttons on top ("start" and "music") three buttons on the right side (two for volume and one for power/screen), a 3.5 mm headphone jack on the bottom left, and a micro USB port on the left side. The front of the unit only has one button, a back button that is part of the bezel area and is not a physical button. The back looks like...well...an iPod.Setup: Easy. It says to charge the unit before using it but mine was already fully charged. Then you just set up some easy stuff on the unit itself (age, weight, etc.), plug it into your computer and let it install the MotoCast software directly from the unit, and you're good to go. From the MotoCast software you can sync directly to your unit from the USB connection or through wifi. It'll copy playlists from iTunes or Windows Media Player. Wifi setup is easy through the MotoCast USB application: it detects the local networks and you just choose the one you want and put in the password and you're good to go. The main clock and the colors on the screens can be customized. I have noticed that even though I put the correct date and time in on my initial setup, it totally screwed up both, so my workouts before I fixed it again are all on the wrong date and time. Just make sure you check that they show up correctly.Workouts: Allows you to track data on running, cycling, walking, elliptical, or step machines. Running, cycling, and walking allow you to choose if you are exercising indoors or outdoors. If you are outdoors it'll want you to let it detect your location through the GPS first; this takes a minute or so. You can do a quick start (i.e., just start), set a target (time, distance, etc.), planned (through the MOTOACTV website), challenges (same), view your personal bests, or do fit tests (go as fast as you can for 8 min). To start you just press the "start" button on top of the unit. The MOTOACTV will then begin tracking your position (GPS), Calories burned, steps taken, distance moved, elevation, pace, and if you have the sensors you can also track stuff like your heart rate. You can switch between two workout screens by swiping (if you press back all the way you can still get back to all the main screens); the main screen has your steps taken, Calories burned, and distance and the second screen shows you your movements in real-time through a Google Maps-ish map (more on that later). Over the course of your workout if you have headphones in, such as the Motorola SF200 Sports Headphones, a voice will come on and tell you to drink water every 30 minutes, etc. At the end of your workout just press the "start" button again, tell it to end your workout, and it'll let you review all your stats. When you come into wifi access again you can sync your workout stats directly to the MOTOACTV.com website or plug the MOTOACTV into your computer and do it through USB.Music: It comes pre-installed with some music selections that Motorola thinks you want to listen to while you work out. These range from Kelly Clarkson to System of a Down to Spin Doctors to Brooks Dunn. Otherwise you can load some of your own music through the MotoCast application. Syncing music from your
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