Yes, the Pebble e-watch is also an app platform and its first app partner comes by way of RunKeeper, which is developing an app specific to the upcoming smartwatch. In fact, this won’t even be a download that you’ll need to do on your own; the RunKeeper app will be pre-installed and integrated with the Pebble right out of the box when it launches this September.

As with the RunKeeper app that you may already have on your smartphone, the e-watch version will let you start your RunKeeper runs, monitor your progress, stop your activity, and so on. As with almost everything else on the Pebble, the app will require a Bluetooth connection to your smartphone to work.

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The company Jawbone, recognized for their awesome Bluetooth headsets that will work in those utterly noisy environments, wants to help you track your exercising routine and even push you to start moving more.

They have just announced the Jawbone UP – a fitness-style wristband that will work with an iOS app, by the looks of the advertisement. You can schedule reminders to get off the couch and do some dancing, or yoga, or jogging, or whatever makes you happy. In connection with the wristband, the app tracks your sleep time and you movements and even has a “challenge tab”, which will help you plan your weight loss.

Basically it will sense when you’re sitting at your computer or laying in bed rather than doing something about your weight. It’s like a nagging wife or husband, poking your sides and going “see, I knew you’d break your promise”, which will ultimately either work or make you bury the wristband at the back of your sock drawer and uninstall the app.

No pricing has been announced yet or any news about the corresponding app and if the information about what you are doing at every single moment is secure.

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