I spend roughly eight to ten hours a day sitting down at a desk, which makes for little physical activity. It’s not that I don’t want to get out and exercise, it’s just that my time is occupied with other things during the day. At night, I’ll spend my hours “plugged-in” working, which results in a very late bedtime.

The former are all problems I admit to, and quite frankly are all problems I need to solve and take care of. While I’m certainly capable of solving these problems on my own, a little motivation from technology can help—and that’s where the UP comes in.

I’m all for improving my fitness, eating, and sleeping habits by wearing a simple wristband. Instead of having to log what I do, and input information, I can wear the UP and forget about it.

I also have the ability to view my reports and track my progress on my iPhone. Even though the software looks to be sub-par, it’s still very easy, quick, and convenient—which seems to be an obstacle for other similar competing programs and devices.

I don’t have the device in hand yet, but by the looks of the reviews I’ve read, I think it could potentially work really well. I’m very eager to get one.

UPDATE: Many have reported that their UP has become a brick, and in result Jawbone has ceased sales of the UP until all the problems are solved. Looks like I won’t be buying one.