If you watch the video it's easy to see how they've managed to make it smaller and lighter than, say the Garmin Forerunner they show as being so 'bulky'. The Bia watch itself does NOT have any GPS chipset in it. In fact, you have to buy the GPS unit separately and then either clip it to your pocket or to your tshirt. Without the extra GPS unit it's just a glorified stopwatch!

Watching the video the GPS clip looks like it could easily be lost - while it's hard to see the detail of the design it didn't look securely fastened at all and on a 'running start in water' could easily be knocked?

Still, it's a neat idea. GPS watches are generally rather bulky but I'm sure they could get the GPS stuff into the watch itself with only adding a couple of mm to the thickness?

MaFt

The separate GPS isn't necessarily a bad idea but the 'never needs charging' claim is a bit rich. The GPS needs charging and the watch presumably needs power of some sort. Hard to see how it can communicate wirelessly with the GPS using the power of a normal watch battery alone?

Still, I like the form factor. Most GPS watches are bulky and the GPS receiver isn't always as sensitive as it can be.

Goof luck to 'em

Darren Griffin