Yearly Archives: 2012

“Kids! Draw Santa Claus!”: our Facebook drawing/coloring contest is on!

The first Christmas drawings have started to arrive! Contestants have started to get votes… And the 31st of December 2012, at midnight (CET), the 3 drawings with most votes will award their authors a Smart Kid Scale. It is still time to enter the contest: start by submitting your drawing or coloring in our FacebookContest app“. Then call your friends for help: ask them to vote for you, and to share the link to the contest so their friends know about it too.

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We sponsor Charlotte Consorti, the fastest woman on a kitesurf

Don’t you love the idea of gliding at full speed over warm crystal-clear waters? Well this is the life of Charlotte Consorti. She is the fastest woman on a board, dragged on water by a kite. Yes, Charlotte is the 2012 Speed Kitesurfing World Champion. And Withings is now one of her sponsors! We are proud to support her efforts to stay trim and rocket through the skies :) Feast your eyes with these paradisiac pictures, and prepare some questions for Charlotte, as she will be answering them on Withings’ Facebook page, next Wednesday, the 19th of December 2012, at 4PM (CET).

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Testimonials: 2 Londoners talk about their Withings device

We asked London-based Withingers if they were interested in sharing their experience. We received an email from Will Moore, who is very happy with his Smart Baby Monitor, and Matthew Singleton, whose Wi-Fi Body Scale is an essential element of his fitness equipment. Here are their stories. If you feel like supporting us in our efforts to come up with the new products and apps for your family’s health and wellness, please consider the one or several of the actions listed at the end of this article ;)

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WithBaby: Android compatibility has been maximised

Delivery was a bit long but here it is! Please welcome the new updated version of our WithBaby app, dedicated to the Smart Baby Monitor. Firstly, we would like to thank the 30-or-so Withingers who were kind enough to help us BETA-test it before its release on all kinds of Android devices (in French and in English). We paid special attention to the Android user experience. We wanted it to be seamless and natural. And now let’s check out this latest brew.
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“LeWithings” LeWeb Twitter Contest: the 5 winning tweets

Yesterday the web was on fire! And it has been like that for the last 3 days. How come? The Paris edition of LeWeb. That’s what was happening! The topic of LeWeb Paris 2012 was the developing market of the “Internet of Things”. As we’ve been part of this scene since the beginning, with the release of the Wi-Fi Body Scale in 2009, it was only natural that we partook in this event.

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“Internet of Things” at LeWeb, by Cédric Hutchings of Withings

Among all the Internet-connected products you can imagine, some are centered around health and wellness. That’s where Withings stands on this market. We try to create smart objects and apps that help you take care of what you care for, in the most simple way. We released the first smart scale, connected to the Internet, in 2009. Since then, we’ve broadened our range of products: Smart Blood Pressure Monitor, Smart Baby Monitor… Here are a few things to remember from the speech of Cédric Hutchings, co-founder of Withings, speaking at the 2012 LeWeb Paris conference.

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