Arrange the exercise shortcuts to match your needs: Rather than scrolling through a long list of exercise screen on the Ionic that you never or rarely use, customize these selected excercise in the smartphone app and then organize them so your most used appears first.

I place my most used four app icons on the first swipe to the left.

Reorganize apps on the Ionic: Simply tap, hold, and then move the app icon around to optimize the location for your usage.

You can setup auto recognized exercises for a number of activities and even customize how long you need to be participating in that activity for it to count.

Customize auto recognition: I mentioned that my walks are automatically tracked when I walk to and from the train.

Tapping on the gear icon gives you the ability to change colors, select the types of data you want to view, and more.

Customize watch faces: Make sure to look for the gear icon when choosing a watch face on the smartphone Fitbit app.

You should also be able to control music with a Bluetooth headset, but it's nice to know there are controls on the Ionic as well. I read through the reviewer's guide and found that you have to press and hold the top right button to access music controls during an exercise.

Control music while exercising: While running the first couple of times I could not find any way to control the music playback on the Ionic.

Since I've been using the Ionic longer than those who just purchased one last week, here are a few things I have learned along the way.

I plan to try out one of the $29.99 optional sport bands next.

The Horween leather band is fantastic and has gotten softer over the month, but the included band is not great. The holes in the strap don't seem to exactly line up with the buckle so I either have to make it a bit tighter or looser. The rubber is too stiff and not very comfortable for wearing over the long term. I missed talking about the details of the included elastomer band in my full review, but I've come to only wearing it when I run.

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