Fitbit - can anyone tell me if they're useful?

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I keep reading about them there Fitbits. I'm not very technologically advanced but am wondering what they do and how might they assist me? I've been considering getting a pedometer but these look like they count steps and more.

Can anyone who has a Fitbit tell me what they do and what the benefits are? Are they easy to use, etc?

Thanks in advance!

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It will still work without the app. When you get the app it will sync the data.
Fitbit has a desktop site so you don't need the app really
The 700 calories it says you've burned will be what it estimates you've burned (just from being alive -BMR-) from midnight till you've started using it.

Thanks, mrswhiskers, have clipped it to my person so will live with it for a while. I'm all a-dither with this thing now.