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I have a withings pulse (fancy odometer with pulse meter). I got it partly as I have withings scales. Picked it up in the US so wasn't quite as pricey as over here.
I keep it in my pocket with my keys so that screwed the pulse sensor pretty quickly.
The main thing I use it for is for when I go abroad with work I like to wander around the city I'm staying in and get a feel for how long I've walked.
It's interesting and it works well for what it does, uploading to my phone and hence online is seamless and the web interface isn't bad but ultimately (unless you're wandering around a foreign city, stopping to look at stuff, wandering in shops, etc) you generally have a good feeling of how far you've walked in a day.
It's a nice toy but I can only see it being useful as a fitness device for someone who's going from a position of virtually no exercise and walking 10,000 steps or whatever in a day is actually a reasonably tough target.