 Hey guys, it's Vlad from The Verge, I'm here at MWC 2015 in Barcelona and this is the new HTC Grip. This is a first wearable device from HTC, it's done in partnership with Under Armour and it plugs into the Under Armour record system, which already has 130 million users, but it's the first device that natively plugs into it. The big deal with this is that it has GPS and it tracks your runs, it tracks your workouts and yes, it even tells the time. I've tried it on here in Barcelona. The first time I tried it, actually on both wrists, the clasp managed to snag my wrists and do a little bit of damage, but HTC says that they're still working on the final design of this. Another issue that I found immediately was that there's no vertical orientation, it's all landscape, the entire interface is in landscape and that pretty much forces you to wear it on the inside of your wrist, which might be just fine for most people. So even though it's a stiff device, it's also a rugged one, it's waterproof so it can go with you wherever you go. It uses a passive OLED display, it's a touchscreen, it's really fast and responsive. HTC says that it gets up to 5 hours of battery life with GPS enabled and 2 and a half days without GPS. HTC also makes a big point of this being a standalone device. So it tracks your data, it tracks things like steps, these are my steps, somebody did them for me, it tracks the distance traveled, calories consumed, I don't know how it does it, but it calculates it for you, and also sleep. The other wraps are things like music controls which plugs into your phone once you get connected, there's a calendar, again you need to have a connection to your phone and you can actually read notifications from your phone and even respond to them with pre-canned responses once those things get hooked up. You can take a look at the weather again with the help of a phone and you can set an alarm without the help of the phone. I really like the touchscreen, it's really responsive, it's really easy to use, however this being a fitness device, if you go out running in the rain, in the snow or any other moist conditions, wet hands are going to be an issue with the touchscreen. But in terms of tracking, the big deal is that it has GPS and there aren't too many GPS devices like this. It's priced at $199, it will be released only in the United States and available in the spring. They say they'll have multiple new products by the end of the year. This one has been designed entirely by HTC, under Armour it's only really providing the software and the tracking, but in the future the designs are going to be collaborative between the two companies. So that's our first look at the HTC Grip here at MWC 2015 in Barcelona.
 Hey guys, it's Vlad from The Verge, I'm here at MWC 2015 in Barcelona and this is the new
 HTC Grip.
 This is a first wearable device from HTC, it's done in partnership with Under Armour
 and it plugs into the Under Armour record system, which already has 130 million users,
 but it's the first device that natively plugs into it.
 The big deal with this is that it has GPS and it tracks your runs, it tracks your workouts
 and yes, it even tells the time.
 I've tried it on here in Barcelona.
 The first time I tried it, actually on both wrists, the clasp managed to snag my wrists
 and do a little bit of damage, but HTC says that they're still working on the final design
 of this.
 Another issue that I found immediately was that there's no vertical orientation, it's
 all landscape, the entire interface is in landscape and that pretty much forces you
 to wear it on the inside of your wrist, which might be just fine for most people.
 So even though it's a stiff device, it's also a rugged one, it's waterproof so it can go
 with you wherever you go.
 It uses a passive OLED display, it's a touchscreen, it's really fast and responsive.
 HTC says that it gets up to 5 hours of battery life with GPS enabled and 2 and a half days
 without GPS.
 HTC also makes a big point of this being a standalone device.
 So it tracks your data, it tracks things like steps, these are my steps, somebody did them
 for me, it tracks the distance traveled, calories consumed, I don't know how it does it, but
 it calculates it for you, and also sleep.
 The other wraps are things like music controls which plugs into your phone once you get connected,
 there's a calendar, again you need to have a connection to your phone and you can actually
 read notifications from your phone and even respond to them with pre-canned responses
 once those things get hooked up.
 You can take a look at the weather again with the help of a phone and you can set an alarm
 without the help of the phone.
 I really like the touchscreen, it's really responsive, it's really easy to use, however
 this being a fitness device, if you go out running in the rain, in the snow or any other
 moist conditions, wet hands are going to be an issue with the touchscreen.
 But in terms of tracking, the big deal is that it has GPS and there aren't too many
 GPS devices like this.
 It's priced at $199, it will be released only in the United States and available in the
 spring.
 They say they'll have multiple new products by the end of the year.
 This one has been designed entirely by HTC, under Armour it's only really providing the
 software and the tracking, but in the future the designs are going to be collaborative
 between the two companies.
 So that's our first look at the HTC Grip here at MWC 2015 in Barcelona.